An Almanac of Twelve Sports

This book is a short collection of a dozen poems and one for each month of the year – two-page calendar for 1898 followed by twelve color woodblocks by Nicholson with verses by Kipling on opposing pages, whose language is short but lively and interesting. Each month illustrates a different most popular sports at the end of the 19th century: «Hunting,» «Racing,» «Boating,» «Fishing,» «Skating,» «Boxing,» «Golf,» «Shooting,» «Archery,» etc.