The Day's Work
| First published | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Macmillan and Co. |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Pages | 381 |
| Price | 6/- |
- 12 stories, all previously published in UK or US magazines, Christmas 1893 to December 1897. They "were written very largely in Vermont, between 1893 and 1896." --Kipling Society
- 13 story titles including "William the Conqueror—Part I." and "—Part II." (non-genre)
- 1st ed., 1st printing (one of simultaneous UK and US eds. maybe) 2nd printing, 1898-10
- HathiTrust Digital Library (see Collection Title) provides full view of the 2nd printing, two copies with matching covers, presumably original: -- front cover dark blue cloth with gold design along top -- t.p. verso (quote in full): First Edition September 1898 Reprinted October 1898 -- Contents lists 13 including "William the Conqueror--Part I." and "[...]--Part II." -- text spans p1-381; p381 ends, "Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh." -- p[383-400], publisher advertisements
- Price from publisher listing among "New Six Shilling Novels" Manchester Guardian 1898-10-11 p4
- Some data from Bleiler78 (redundant 2017; if Bleiler lists any story contents they were not entered)
- Contents lists only those 6 of 12 titles already in the database 2017-10-01, perhaps those identified by someone as speculative fiction. See the collection record.
No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bridge-Builders | Rudyard Kipling | Novelette |
| 73 | The Ship That Found Herself | Rudyard Kipling | Short Story |
| 96 | The Tomb of His Ancestors | Rudyard Kipling | Novelette |
| 139 | The Devil and the Deep Sea | Rudyard Kipling | Short Story |
| 215 | .007 | Rudyard Kipling | Short Story |
| 338 | The Brushwood Boy | Rudyard Kipling | Novelette |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Day's Work | 2001 | Project Gutenberg | eBook | Collection | 2569 |