Telegram-herald., 1890-06-01
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slaEss o.,t rs.gAsE satiezly Ia tAs ealsxy
q Bras hseratare. Aa1y have sa-&lsa
al ssle8 osgr hls short z1tbeseS. and
ulaav ,uor.- hsss beea plzz-e1 espsclzls,
~ fis h,...f ssslec- ssores. HIS nznask
Rss,srd Kiulfug, ard he 4 a. Anglo
Frsssn y Aoes LII ceEEsinly sppesr
frs.n tie norless Ia IAe BRITISH pneas
,Thesh,sr he Is - kugilshan.Aa born IL
Tnafa or one tazea tt7-e veTs yo1ng. bnI
one ~ th-ss hs masI oe ~ he writes
E.nglizh very much 81 Il Il were = hiIa
Al s.ouirs.l scnrus. an employs Eintoo
words IL way . s19" iz--i-L-<r <rzIy VIII
them from chldhood
Aud this l. ss ones charm and De
tect in rs writings Il descgitsng things
purely locsl " persons purely u2tlSe lhs
res,iar s. treated - tbs Gcta2l thoughts
ana fsalinrs II I26ls-he feels tbs ia
very Ens-but II writing q he among
he Enzlish u India there Is 1togeihev
10 much Il tbs Ihndoo tusanesS IL
IS evident frora he st2yt tAat M, Zip
ling thiaks lie : Ei-loo. The novelty
IS as gleat as Il s1n4s indian fgon tie
yyIasof Arizona OF Montana should sad
lenly cJn.s before TIE American people
with thrilling art grap1ic porrrsyals u
his vild HE. We sh0uh get a. onoe
complete realization o- that We have
often wondered about, VIZ. " hAt 90 real
~ Intellectual Indians think Of TIC wcrld
and things IL general
For tae first half hours reaiins this
sort Of thiny is wonderfully exinlarat-
ing. Taking ~ e. odd intervals Mr.
KILLINGS httls collection, plain Tales
frorl the HIS" IS Indeed fascinating
But 10 one should read 1t long-certainly
not ell % 4. at a Sttiug-!t wouia be Ike
makirg q Cinusr entirely q miuoe, sugar
and 1icc. TIE ,lfe re delcabc5 as that
of tle English IL their hoI wuatheg re-
treats IL lie India hills Is ,Itoge-As- TOO
intense. lie has lived il for many q
season-that s self oyident-aal equally
eyiden. is the truth that ). IS not natu-
ri or healthy life in any respect ana
least Of III IL social morals. Eis other
productions aEs chiefly on the same gen
e-al subject, but some of these are hu-
mo-o1s. the Ir.sh private soldier il In
dia being used Tor the humorous ele-
ment.
Many critics have already compared
Mr. Kipling to Bret Harte, and there is
q similarity in their styles. Both have
the tTemendoas advantage Of locating
their scenes II a far away, un-
known and most peculiar country and
climate, and selecting their characters
from societies which have no counter
parts elsewhere. The dullest writer who
should simply have lived q few years in
the hills Of India, or II the mines oi
California in ls5O-60. and jotted down
al he saw in p!0inest prose, could scarce
~ fail to make IA booa; worth reading.
Mr.. Kipling is but "a years old and has
been ia England but si< months, yet be
complains already Of over work
Indeed, he cannot supply the demand
upon him. lie was extremely preco
cious, inheriting literary and artistic
talent from both parents; az the early ag,
Of 10 he became sub-editor Of The Ciyi
and Military Gazette Of India. ard many
Of his short stories first appeared in thai
paper. The English critics speak in the
very highest terms OF his versatility anC
predict brilliant futUre Or him.
j. II. BEADLE.