How the Camel Got His Hump
| First published | January 1898 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
| Series | Just So Stories |
Notes
"How the Camel Got His Hump". Copyright, 1897, by the Century Company.
(per 1912 copyright page, Just So Stories)
Published in the US monthly St. Nicholas XXV:3 p185-89 (January 1898) as the second in a three-part serial there styled 'The "Just-So" Stories', with illustrations by Oliver Herford, subheading "II. How the Camel Got His Hump."
(digital copy at HathiTrust Digital Library)
The first story is slightly edited in the book; see Notes on that title for some account. (No others examined in detail --Pwendt 2016-06-30)
The book is illustrated by Kipling whose full-page drawings are accompanied by very long captions that amount to a significant expansion of the text.
Publications (43)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1898 | St. Nicholas Magazine, January 1898 | The Century Co. | MAGAZINE | 185 | |
| 1902 | Just So Stories for Little Children | George N. Morang | Collection | 15 | |
| September 1902 |
|
Just So Stories for Little Children | Macmillan and Co. | Collection | 15 |
| September 1902 | Just So Stories for Little Children | Doubleday, Page & Company | Collection | 15 | |
| 1912 |
|
Just So Stories | Doubleday, Page & Company | Collection | 15 |
| 1958 |
|
Just So Stories and Other Tales | Caedmon | Collection | |2 |
| 1965 | Just So Stories for Little Children | Schocken Books | Collection | |2 | |
| July 1965 |
|
Just So Stories: Volume II | Disneyland Records | Collection | |3 |
| September 1970 | Children's Digest, September 1970 | Parents' Magazine Press | MAGAZINE | 9 | |
| 1973 |
|
Just So Stories: Vol. 1 | Argo (audio) | Collection | |2 |
| 1975 | Just So Stories for Little Children | Schocken Books | Collection | 15 | |
| September 1993 |
|
The Complete Just So Stories | Little, Brown | Collection | |2 |
| October 1993 |
|
The Complete Just So Stories | Viking | Collection | |2 |
| 1994 |
|
Just So Stories | Puffin | Collection | 13 |
| 1994 |
|
The Random House Book of Bedtime Stories | Random House | Anthology | 1 |
| 1994 |
|
Just So Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 16 |
| 1994 |
|
The Random House Book of Bedtime Stories | Random House | Anthology | 1 |
| 2004 |
|
Just So Stories | Puffin | Collection | 13 |
| December 2006 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |2 |
| June 2007 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |2 |
| 2008 |
|
Just So Stories | Puffin | Collection | 13 |
| May 2009 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |2 |
| May 2009 |
|
Just So Stories | Phoenix Books | Collection | |2 |
| December 2009 |
|
Just So Stories | Transaction Large Print | Collection | |
| April 2010 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |2 |
| May 2010 | Just So Stories | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| October 2010 |
|
Just So Stories | Vintage Digital | Collection | |
| October 2011 |
|
Just So Stories | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| September 2012 |
|
Just So Stories | Collins | Collection | |
| September 2012 |
|
Just So Stories | Collins | Collection | |
| January 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |2 |
| June 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Vintage Digital | Collection | |
| July 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Abela Publishing | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Templar Publishing | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Vintage (UK) | Collection | 15|2 |
| November 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Palazzo Editions | Collection | |
| November 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Heritage / Egmont | Collection | |
| July 2015 |
|
Just So Stories | Egmont Books | Collection | |
| August 2016 |
|
Just So Stories | Macmillan UK | Collection | |
| August 2016 |
|
Just So Stories | Macmillan UK | Collection | |
| September 2016 |
|
Just So Stories | Racehorse for Young Readers | Collection | |
| September 2016 |
|
Just So Stories | Pan Books | Collection | |
| November 2019 |
|
Jungle Book Stories & Just So Stories | Alto (audio) | Collection | |2 |