My copy says (only)
This book is copyrighted in all countries which are signatories of the Berne Convention
MACMILLAN AND COMPANY LIMITED
Little Essex Street London W C 2
also Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Melbourne
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED
Toronto
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
There's no other information; no book cover; no footnotes. I started to read the book in the early sixties
but gave up on it when my son was born in 1962. Time was a factor.
PatH, no doubt the book is based on facts and on Kipling's own experiences. But the times - indeed the very geography - were vastly different. The entire subcotinent was Indian. Part was administered by the British and known as British India, but large areas were autonomously governed princely states. There was no Pakistan yet.
Kipling died in 1936, three years before the outbreak of WW II.
Had he lived, what would he have thought and said about the ignominious wothdrawal of British troops in 1947? Indeed about the fall of the Empire?
Kim begins in the city of Lahore, which is in the Punjab region, and became Pakistan. But, paradoxically and thoughtlessly, the dividing line was drawn right through the Punjab region, so that a part of it remained with India.
This is not an easy read - literally; I agree with JoanP.. I have macular degeneration and trouble deciphering the fine print of the passages at the beginning of each chapter, and with italicized text portions. I have a problem also with the quotation marks in the dialogue because they are put at an odd distance from the text.
Footnotes would certainly come in handy to identify which passes and mountains are talked about. Some Indian words are identified in brackets, but it only adds to the busy-ness of the printed page, at least in my copy.
