R.吉卜林编著的《吉姆英文版最经典英语文库》讲述了:Kipling''s works of fiction include The Jungle Book1894, Kim 1901, and many short stories, Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius that I have ever known." In 1907, Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature,making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date. Among other honors, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood,all of which he declined.