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Puck of Pook's Hill

Chapter 28: Transcriber’s note
By Rudyard Kipling
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A mischief-loving fairy visits two children in the English countryside and enables meetings with voices and figures from the past; through a series of interlinked short stories and poems, warriors, craftsmen, smugglers, and ancient spirits recount episodes from Roman occupation, Saxon and Viking eras, medieval chivalry, and later folk life. Each episode blends historical detail with imaginative magic, often framed by songs and runic inscriptions, and examines themes of memory, continuity, and the deep ties between landscape and legend. The collection alternates narrative tales with lyrical pieces to create an episodic, folkloric tour of place and tradition.

Footnote

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Copyright, 1905, by Rudyard Kipling.

Transcriber’s note

The following typographical errors were corrected:

page 7, “Pyramis” changed to “Pyramus”
page 9, quotes added before “couldn’t” and “I”
page 13, “draggons” changed to “dragons”
page 27, quote added before “Late”
page 43, “summons” changed to “summon”
page 51, “we” added before “do”
page 62, double quote changed to single quote after “pirate-folk?”
page 64, semicolon added after “Yes”
page 68, double “said” removed, single quote changed to double quote after “kill!”
page 69, comma added after “Kitai”
page 76, double “where” removed
page 85, quote added after “gold!”
page 97, quote removed after “Aquila.”
page 99, “shouder” changed to “shoulder”, single quote changed to double quote after “Look!”
page 102, “learned” changed to “leaned”
page 103, “a” added between “is” and “good”
page 108, quote removed before “At”
page 110, single quote changed to double quote before “But”
page 127, quote added after “catapult,”, quote removed after “Una.”, “quicky” changed to “quickly”
page 128, comma removed after “bigger”
page 135, “hmself” changed to “himself”
page 137, “did'nt” changed to “didn’t”
page 141, quote added before “But”
page 142, single quote changed to double quote after “reason,”
page 143, “Cylops” changed to “Cyclops”
page 152, “Caesar” changed to “Cæsar”
page 153, comma added after “children,”
page 156, quote added after “make.”
page 160, comma added after “No”, period added after “up”
page 166, quote added after “thoughts.”
page 170, double quote changed to single quote before “Sorry”
page 184, single quote changed to double quote after “Man.”
page 188, single quote changed to double quote after “him,”, “to-day?” and “finished!”
page 193, quote added after “letter.”
page 205, parenthesis added after “complain”
page 214, period added after “lime.”
page 218, “sepentines” changed to “serpentines”
page 224, quote added after “voice.”
page 235, apostroph moved after “conjurin’.”
page 237, quote added before “Dymchurch”
page 239, apostroph and comma changed after “nothin’,“
page 240, “shouder” changed to “shoulder”
page 241, apostroph and periodchanged after “bein’.”
page 244, apostroph added after “an”
page 248, comma removed after “Robin”
page 260, “asid” changed to “said”
page 269, “stubborness” changed to “stubbornness”
page 275, quote added before “I”, “burne” changed to “burn”