11 stories and 22 poems
- 9 stories were published September 1909 to August 1910 in the US-based New York and London monthly The Delineator, from issue 74:3, p. 196. There was no story in the March to May 1910 issues. Numbered in the sequence of book chapters, the sequence of magazine stories is 1 9 3 2 8 11 10 6 7.
"A Note from The Editor" explains the significance of the series (76:1, p. 69, perhaps printed at the end of each story).
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Illustrations in the serial:
• "Illustrations by Frank Craig and Frederick[sic] Dorr Steele; the largest engraved on wood by F. H. Wellington" --so credited in the list of Contents, issue 74:6 (Dec 1909)
• "Illustrations by Frank Craig and Frederic Dorr Steele" --so credited at the head of the story, 74:6 p502
• Large illustrations plainly signed "Frank Craig"
(Year 1909 only examined, or parts 1-4 of this serial)
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"The Knife and the Naked Chalk" was published December 1909 in the monthly Harper's Magazine.
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"Marklake Witches" was first published in the collection.
--KiplingSociety.co.uk
Data from Bleiler78 (no illustrator credit?)
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-- credits "illustrations by Frank Craig", one of three artists credited for the serial publication (see Title Reference)
