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Summary

Embossed cover from the original 1895 Macmillan edition of w:The Second Jungle Book. Illustrations based on sketches by John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) (father of Rudyard Kipling). Scanned and uploaded on en.wiki by en:User:Lee M.

The front cover illustration depicts the White w:Cobra (guardian of an ancient, forgotten treasure vault) twirled around the w:ankus (w:elephant hook) from w:The King's Ankus. The spine illustration depicts Kaa the w:python wrestling with the nude teenage w:Mowgli.

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The author died in 1911, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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current17:16, 23 February 2007Thumbnail for version as of 17:16, 23 February 2007500 × 668 (104 KB)SuperchilumEmbossed cover from the original 1895 MacMillan edition of ''The Second Jungle Book''. Illustrations based on sketches by J. Lockwood Kipling (father of Rudyard Kipling). Scanned and uploaded on en.wiki by en:User:Lee M.

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