For some reason I read this years before I read the original Jungle Book; the sequel is not quite as memorable in general, but the story that has stuck in my mind for almost forty years is “The Miracle of Purun Bagat”, about an Indian official in the Raj who turns his back on the world and seeks enlightenment in nature. ( )

Like its predecessor, this is a collection of short stories and songs that were first published in magazines before being collected in book form in 1895. These were well written, though I thought the Mowgli stories were less interesting than those in the first collection, and less clearly focused around the animals or aimed at younger readers. Also there were no illustrations in this book. One or two of the non-Mowgli stories were actually my favourites, The Miracle of Purun Bhagat about an Indian prince turned spiritualist and Quiquern, providing a big contrast set in Eskimo territory. ( )

Review here: https://www.minds.com/eisah/blog/the-second-jungle-book-by-rudyard-kipling-13900... ( )

4/26/22

Indeholder kapitlerne "Hvorledes frygten kom til verden", "Loven i junglen", "Purun Bhagats mirakel", "En sang om Kabir", "Junglen og landsbyen", "Mowglis sang mod mennesker", "Bedemændene", "En bølgesang", "Kongens ankus", "Sangen om den lille jæger", "Quiquern", "Angutivun Tina", "Røde Hund", "Chils sang", "Forårsløbet", "Afskedssangen".

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