I really loved the Mowgli stories, particularly considering they were way more violent than I expected. Mowgli seems very much like a proto-Conan, and I suspect Howard learned a bit about action scenes from Kipling. Which leads me to Rikki Tikki Tavi. This held up amazingly well, and I never realized this gem from my childhood was from the Jungle Book. The action is well paced and the tension is gripping. Major points to Kipling for making Rikki Tiki Tavi the distilled essence of Mongoose, rather than an anthropomorphized pseudo-beast. 
 As a comprehensive collection, this is a mixed bag. I didn't particularly care for the remainder of the stories.I'm hard pressed to call this a four. Call it just shy of a 3.5 so I rounded down.