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A collection of short stories, part of a series Stories by English Authors published by Charles Scribner's Sons. Note that the story "Tajima" is misattributed to "Miss Mitford" (Mary Russell Mitford); it is actually by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford.

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Stories by English Authors

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The Orient

Rudyard Kipling
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Stories by English Authors


The Orient

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The Man Who Would Be King By Rudyard Kipling
Tajima By Miss Mitford
A Chinese Girl Graduate By R. K. Douglas
The Revenge of Her Race By Mary Beaumont
King Billy of Ballarat By Morley Roberts
Thy Heart's Desire By Netta Syrett

New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
1896

Copyright, 1896, by
Charles Scribner's Sons

Publishers' Note

The stories in this volume are published by arrangement with the authors or their representatives, and all rights are reserved. Acknowledgments are due Messrs. Macmillan & Co. for permission to use Mr. Kipling's story, "The Man Who Would Be King;" Messra. J. M. Dent & Co. for Miss Beaumont's story, "The Revenge of Her Race," one of the stories in the volume "A Ringby Lass," and Messrs. Copland & Day for the right to reprint Miss Netta Syrett's story, "Thy Heart's Desire," published originally in "The Yellow Book."

Contents
Page
The Man Who Would Be King, Rudyard Kipling. 9
Tajima, Miss Mitford. 67
A Chinese Girl Graduate, R. K. Douglas. 79
The Revenge of Her Race, Mary Beaumont. 129
King Billy of Ballarat, Morley Roberts. 145
Thy Heart's Desire, Netta Syrett. 157


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1931.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1943, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 82 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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