“The Maltese Cat” is one of the best-known short stories written by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). First published in 1895, it is set in India at the end of XIXth century.

The story is centered arounda game of polo between a team of British cavalry and one of Indian infantry. Its main character is a pony named “The Maltese Cat”.

This edition also contains a biographical profile of Kipling written by Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) in 1891.