THE RUPA BOOK OF SHIKAR STORIES and THE RUPA BOOK OF GREAT ANIMAL STORIES. Edited by Ruskin Bond.

(2003, 2004) recent reprint of 2010 combined edition. Small 8vo paperback (129 x 196mm). Ppx,142;xii,205. Not illustrated.

Two books in one. "Here are exciting tales of hair-breadth escapes and thrilling encounters in the wild - stories of man's relationships with other living creatures, furred or feathered, fierce or friendly." BOOK ONE: THE RUPA BOOK OF SHIKAR STORIES. Chapters include:- The tiger and the terrier by Brig.-General R.G. Burton; A letter from the jungle by 'Nimrod'; A further letter from the jungle by 'Nimrod'; The panther and the shepherd by C.H. Donald; Indian lions by C.A. Kincaid; Some panthers by C.A. Kincaid; An adventure with a tigress by N.B. Mehta; The midnight visitor by C.A. Renny; Hunting with a camera by F.W. Champion; Drought in the jungle by F.W. Champion; Shooting in the Doon by John O'Lynn; Hunters of souls by Augustus Somerville; Encounters with big game by 'Surfield'; On the banks of the Narbada by 'Nimrod'; The haunts of Isabeline by C.H. Donald. BOOK TWO: THE RUPA BOOK OF GREAT ANIMAL STORIES. Chapters include:- The coming of the tiger by James S. Lee; Man-eater by Frank Buck with Edward Anthony; The pale one by John Eyton; A philosopher stag by John Eyton; The tiger-charm by Alice Perrin; Travels with a bear cub by C.H. Donald; Tippitty, a flying squirrel by C.H. Donald; The man-eater of Mundali by B.B. Osmaston; Garm - a hostage by Rudyard Kipling; 'Sandy' Beresford's tigerhunt by Charles A. Kincaird; A terrible bedfellow by L. St. C. Grondona; Chased by bees by E.F. Martin; In the jaws of the alligator by P.C. Arnoult; The tiger in the tunnel by Ruskin Bond; The leopard by Ruskin Bond; The regimental myna by Ruskin Bond; The moose and Rusty Jones by Charles D. Roberts; Mustela of the lone hand by C.G.D. Roberts; A warrior from Bhut by John Eyton.