Rudyard Kipling collected the short stories he had published in various magazines in the mid-1890s into &quot;The Day&rsquo;s Work&quot;, published in 1898.<br />In &quot;The Day&#39;s Work&quot;, Kipling uses a series of short stories to examine labour and employment in a variety of different industries, be it shipping, transport or bridge building. The result is a masterly collection of writings dealing with such eternal themes as family dependency, obedience to command, and loyalty against all the odds.<br /><br />Some of the stories include: &quot;<i>A Walking Delegate</i>,&quot; &quot;<i>The Bridge-Builders</i>,&quot; &quot;<i>The Tomb of His Ancestors</i>,&quot; and &quot;<i>William the Conquerer</i>,&quot; among others.