Many Inventions

Many Inventions (published 1893) is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. Twelve of the 14 stories appeared previously in various publications, including The Atlantic Monthly and the Strand Magazine.

The title refers to a verse from Ecclesiastes, which is quoted on the title page: "Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions." 

The stories
The fourteen stories are preceded by a poem, "To the True Romance", and followed by another poem, "Anchor Song".
 * The Disturber of Traffic
 * A Conference of the Powers
 * My Lord the Elephant
 * One View of the Question
 * 'The Finest Story in the World'
 * His Private Honour
 * A Matter of Fact
 * The Lost Legion
 * In the Rukh - the earliest (Mowgli) story but chronologically the last
 * 'Brugglesmith'
 * 'Love-o’-Women'
 * The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot
 * Judson and the Empire
 * The Children of the Zodiac