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.