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 The series began as a result of an initiative by [[Rudyard Kipling]] as he sought to assemble funds to return to England from India in 1888: he approached the senior partner of A. H. Wheeler & Co., [[Émile Moreau (businessman)|Émile Moreau]],<ref>Anu Kumar, [https://qz.com/486051/the-mysterious-european-businessman-who-gave-india-its-iconic-railway-book-stalls/ The mysterious European businessman who gave India its iconic railway book stalls], Quartz India, 24 August 2015. Retrieved on 9 March 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.oldframlinghamian.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12881 EMILE EDOUARD MOREAU CBE (1871-72)], The Society of Old Framlinghamians. Retrieved on 9 March 2017.</ref> with the proposal to publish his stories in cheap booklet form. The booklets were to have grey-green card covers, with illustrations by Rudyard's father [[John Lockwood Kipling]].
-Six booklets were initially produced, which sold at the price of one rupee. They were all by Rudyard Kipling, and consisted mainly of reprints of stories that had already appeared in various of the periodicals for which he was already writing in India. They were all published in 1888.
+Six booklets were initially produced, which sold at the price of one rupee. They were all by Rudyard Kipling, and consisted mainly of reprints of stories that had already appeared in various of the periodicals for which he was already writing in India. They were all published in 1888. Twenty volumes followed, of which nineteen were by other authors; the last appears to have been published in 1894.
-*No. 1: ''[[Soldiers Three]]: a collection of stories setting forth certain passages in the lives and adventures of Privates Terence Mulvaney, Stanley Ortheris and John Learoyd done into type and edited by Rudyard Kipling.'', 97 pp: "Reprinted in chief from the Week’s news"
+The following volumes were included:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishinghistory.com/indian-railway-library-a-h-wheeler.html|title=Indian Railway Library (A. H. Wheeler & Co.) - Book Series List|website=publishinghistory.com|access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref>
 *No. 2: ''[[The Story of the Gadsbys]]'', 100 pp: "Reprinted in chief from the Week’s news"
 *No. 3: ''[[In Black and White (Kipling stories)|In Black and White]]'', 108 pp.: "Reprinted in chief from the Week’s news"
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 *No. 5: ''[[The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales]]'', 114 pp
 *No. 6: ''[[Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories]]'', 104 pp.: "Reprinted in chief from the Week’s news"
-==External links==
+''The One-Eyed Forger, and Other Detective Stories'' by R. Reid, and ''Under the Rose'' by Ivan O'Beirne were announced but probably not published.
 ==References==
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 [[Category:Publishing companies of India]]
 [[Category:Pamphlets]]
 [[Category:A. H. Wheeler books]]

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The '''Indian Railway Library''' was an enterprise conducted in [[Allahabad]] from 1888. It was a publishing venture of [[A. H. Wheeler|A. H. Wheeler & Co.]], who "had the monopoly on bookstall sales on Indian railway stations" <ref>{{cite book
| last = Lycett
| first = Andrew
| title = Rudyard Kipling
| url = https://archive.org/details/rudyardkipling0000lyce
| url-access = registration
| publisher = Weidenfeld & Nicolson
| year = 1999
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rudyardkipling0000lyce/page/165 165]
| isbn = 0-297-81907-0}}</ref>
It was a series of pamphlets intended to catch the interest of railway passengers, and offer cheap "throwaway" reading material.

The series began as a result of an initiative by [[Rudyard Kipling]] as he sought to assemble funds to return to England from India in 1888: he approached the senior partner of A. H. Wheeler & Co., [[Émile Moreau (businessman)|Émile Moreau]],<ref>Anu Kumar, [https://qz.com/486051/the-mysterious-european-businessman-who-gave-india-its-iconic-railway-book-stalls/ The mysterious European businessman who gave India its iconic railway book stalls], Quartz India, 24 August 2015. Retrieved on 9 March 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.oldframlinghamian.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12881 EMILE EDOUARD MOREAU CBE (1871-72)], The Society of Old Framlinghamians. Retrieved on 9 March 2017.</ref> with the proposal to publish his stories in cheap booklet form. The booklets were to have grey-green card covers, with illustrations by Rudyard's father [[John Lockwood Kipling]].

Six booklets were initially produced, which sold at the price of one rupee. They were all by Rudyard Kipling, and consisted mainly of reprints of stories that had already appeared in various of the periodicals for which he was already writing in India. They were all published in 1888.

*No. 1: ''[[Soldiers Three]]: a collection of stories setting forth certain passages in the lives and adventures of Privates Terence Mulvaney, Stanley Ortheris and John Learoyd done into type and edited by Rudyard Kipling.'', 97 pp: "Reprinted in chief from the Week’s news"
*No. 2: ''[[The Story of the Gadsbys]]'', 100 pp: "Reprinted in chief from the Week’s news"
*No. 3: ''[[In Black and White (Kipling stories)|In Black and White]]'', 108 pp.: "Reprinted in chief from the Week’s news"
*No. 4: ''[[Under the Deodars]]'', 106 pp.: "Reprinted in chief from the Week’s news"
*No. 5: ''[[The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales]]'', 114 pp
*No. 6: ''[[Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories]]'', 104 pp.: "Reprinted in chief from the Week’s news"

==External links==
*[http://www.publishinghistory.com/indian-railway-library-a-h-wheeler.html Indian Railway Library (A. H. Wheeler & Co.) - Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

==References==
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[[Category:Works by Rudyard Kipling]]
[[Category:Publishing companies of India]]
[[Category:Pamphlets]]
[[Category:A. H. Wheeler books]]

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