Facsimile of author's signed holograph.
Printed on two pieces of silk cloth covering three cardboard stays, the whole folded twice to form a triptych.
Facsimile of poem laid out on p. [2] and [4] (inside the fold), surrounding (on p. [3]) a sepia reproduction of an illustration entitled "A gentleman in Kharki," signed by R. Caton Woodville, 1899.
Sepia reproduction of portrait of the author, signed "John Collu[s?], 1891"--p. [1].
"The whole proceeds from the sale of this poem will be devoted by the Daily Mail in the name of Rudyard Kipling to the benefit of the wives and children of the reservists"--p. [5].
Poem served as text for Sir Arthur Sullivan's song, The absent-minded beggar.
Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900. Absent-minded beggar.