Departmental ditties and other verses vs The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Soldiers, English poetry, Poetry

Cover of Departmental ditties and other verses

Departmental ditties and other verses Rudyard Kipling · 1800 94 pages · ≈ 1 h 44 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling

The Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling · 1892 ★★★★☆ 3.7 80 pages · ≈ 1 h 29 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.

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