The Second Jungle Book, the second and final installment, was published in 1895. Much like The Jungle Book, the second consists of poems and short stories about the jungle, animals, and, most important, the man-cub Mowgli.

Captains Courageous, published serially in McClure's Magazine in 1897, is the story of Harvey Cheyne, the pampered son of a millionaire, who falls overboard from an ocean liner. He is rescued by a fishing vessel where he must work, initially against his will, to hold his place aboard the boat. Like Mowgli, Harvey is inadvertently thrust into a completely foreign world where he is forced to adapt in order to survive.

Stalky & Co (1899), based upon Kipling's experience at the United World College  Westward Ho!, is a collection of short school stories. Kipling appears as the main character, Beetle, who learns lessons about imperialism, warfare, and...