Rudyard Kipling, Author, Robert Andrew Parker, Illustrator Gulliver Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-200456-9 Parker's paintings elegantly interpret the British Cockney soldier's eulogy to Gunga Din.

Mr. Kipling's last work is ... may perhaps be the verdict of the ruthless boy reader who revels in the Jungle Book and Captain Courageous, and derives an unholy gratification from Stalky ...