People from the past appear to a brother & sister in "Rewards and Fairies" by this author of "The Jungle Book"
[DOC] [TLE] Rudyard Kipling - Poetry Foundation [PAR] His status as a writer for children is rightfully secure, and none of his major works 
has ... Kipling and his sister were placed with the widow of an old Navy captain .... 
last works for children, Puck of Pook's Hill and its sequel, Rewards and Fairies.