Excerpt from The Living Age, Vol. 255: June 3, 1922 That tale of Mr. Kipling which he has entitled The Finest Story in the World succeeds because it stops short on the threshold of the unknown. When the story breaks off sharp, we wake with 'immortal longings on us, ' as from an unfinished dream of strange passion and adventure, that we seemed to be on the point of enjoying, when it faded at cockcrow. This effect, artisti cally the highest, but not capable of prolongation, has been sacrificed in Puck of Pook's Hill. There, in order to enjoy the supreme pleasure of living for some appreciable hours in a fully visi ble past, we gladly pay the price of partial disillusionment, which no oak. Ash, or thorn can magic away from grown-up eyes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.