Hollings Collection 1891-1954

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English author and poet. His best-known works include the novels and short story collections The Jungle Book (1894), Just So Stories (1902), Puck of Pook's Hill (1906), and Kim (1901), as well as a number of poems such as "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), and "If-" (1910). Kipling was born in Bombay, India, into an artistic family: his father was a sculptor, pottery designer, and professor of architectural sculpture and tw...

Hollings H Percy fl 1927

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Hollings, H. Percy, fl 1927-1954

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H. Percy Hollings was a journalist who formed this collection of the works of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), author. He was an early member of the Kipling Society founded in 1927 - with enrolment number 18 - and in the early days of his enthusiasm visited Burwash and the storied places on Kipling's property. In 1931-33 he was living in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, in 1944-46 in Kingswood, Surrey, in 1950-54 in Ferring, Worthing, West Sussex (SxMs 39/2/21, 23-25). From the guide to the...