In 1965 the Lamar library hosted an exhibit of materials drawn from Yeats’ collection in commemoration of the centennial of Kipling’s birth. Featured was a virtually complete gathering of Kipling’s early publications, including:
- Schoolboy Lyrics (1881)— Kipling’s first book (right) and one of the rarest in the Kipling bibliography. This copy contains hand drawn decorations by a young Kipling himself.
- The United Services Chronicle — Kipling’s school paper, the editorship of which he assumed in June of 1881 and in which many of his earliest poems and prose pieces occur.
- Quartette (1885)—this copy is inscribed by Kipling’s father, John Lockwood, and was sent by him for review to the editor of the Spectator.
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The opening page of 'Schoolboy Lyrics'
- Echoes (1884)—poems by Kipling and his sister Alice in imitation of the style of contemporary American and British poets.
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