Debits and Credits is a 1926 collection of fourteen stories, nineteen poems, and two scenes from a play byRudyard Kipling, an English writer who wrote extensively about Britishcolonialism in India and Burma. Four of the poems that accompany the stories are whimsically presented as translations from the "Bk. V of Odes" byHorace, but are actually poems by Kipling imitating the style of the Roman poet.

• "The Enemies to Each Other"

The story ofAdam and Eve retold in the style of a Muslim fable

• "Sea Constables: a Tale of ’15"

Weekend sailors turned naval officers discuss their patrolling of the coast over dinner

• " 'In the Interests of the Brethren' "

An account of the generous hospitality of aMasonic Lodge in wartime

• "The United Idolaters"

A tale of school life, in whichStalky & Co discoverUncle Remus and outrage a new master

• "The Wish House"

An oldSussex woman talks about the love of her life and the price she paid for loving him

• "The Janeites"

A still-bewildered old soldier recalls how he came to join a 'secret society' ofJane Austen admirers and gives his own unique take on her oeuvre

• "The Prophet and the Country"

A stranded motorist meets an exiled American who explains his passionate objection toProhibition

• "The Bull that Thought"

A story about an uncannily intelligent bull with a flair for thebullfight

• "A Madonna of the Trenches"

After the war, a soldier reveals the true cause of his "shell-shock"

• "The Propagation of Knowledge"

A tale of school life, in which Stalky & Co bait their English master with theCuriosities of Literature and theBaconian theory

• "A Friend of the Family"

An Australian soldier avenges his friend by waging war on the home front

• "On the Gate: a Tale of ’16"

A fantasy in whichSt Peter and the administrators of Heaven struggle to cope with the surge of souls from the war

• "The Eye of Allah"

In a mediaeval abbey, an artist shows some doctors an earlymicroscope, which provokes debate

• "The Gardener"

A story about respectability and mother-love

• The Changelings
• The Vineyard
• ‘Banquet Night’
• To the Companions (Horace, ode 17, Bk. v.)
• The Centaurs
• ‘Late Came the God’
• Rahere
• The Survival (Horace, Ode 22 Bk. v.)
• Jane’s Marriage
• The Portent (Horace, Ode 20, Bk, v.)
• Alnaschar and the Oxen
• Gipsy Vans
• The Birthright
• A Legend of Truth
• We and They
• The Supports
• Untimely
• The Last Ode: Nov. 27, B.C. 8 (Horace, Ode 31, Bk. v.)
• The Burden

• Gow’s Watch : Act IV. Sc. 4
• Gow’s Watch: Act V. Sc. 3

• Full text ofDebits and Credits at Project Gutenberg Australia
• Debits and Credits public domain audiobook atLibriVox

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