New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-04
RrDY4RD KIPLIyG 1T TWENTY-FIVE


4 London letter IN Tie Boston ADVERTISER
may have ccG,ed t. be OH t "; oaT, Il: Vii g
/ twenty i've years Of Oh The 3OtA Of this month
re Wa born III the agq nj % rock cy 81 Bonlpa'
ne second cry II lie British Empire on Tie oOih n
! December. lodj. lie was ,ent q" hyme' az an early
age, and received MS eqGcatlon Ut famous SCHOOL IN
England. IN lc-@, at The Of eigt-n. but probably
already mglured man. he returned 10 India, AID BEGAN
ms vivid a, I'VE IKE a. reporter ana 'uoeoOr OF IN
INDIA newspaper. Nhat tA.' lie va we S4n sathe,
Dst by following the Ar,t person, iAe po FdGlng Z
his collected stories, In the pam IleS from ;he ilI,
~ Sold.es ihice ara ~ Oc volume OF AaL,e 't'rle'
ptes>ble active reporter, who has always uch ininis
leisure for sirNaliDu story OF universal - pauis
"n- low aHc .S s ~ Min b~ ~IadS and idle a.
Nulytucy REMARKS. the bosom cgOnS Of the sans
native character Win peneuauNc Gepth OF Weighs
such other European las a'iglred tO-ths i onl'
i-s. 50 ve. tie sefd time and The harvest II liz
Vor, il Then that the stories aad the verses IN
part. o., portion Of hi, daily task WORK. and aser
their appeGdlc@ ia journalistic form were collect To into
4 sphinx, Of Calcutta. whlcfould Teton their weight DO
gold n hi, day They lave gone, a. Mr.. Andrew Lang
Gtct show, tlat kiphHss WorA, from the first, Was
heeaN appreciated on hi' Own ground.
Never there such an illustration OF " nme ard
non Of aye tiges mar of the much boaStcd niiei
states Of a hsndTcd different Ian gTageS and religions.
with history which concenrates al the Wild roadnte
name Of India has been synonymous with romance, or
If. a. Alr hipihs says. the history OF Inda only be
been the recorded the,tp of such absolutely varied
action A. no other country can rival. Ana YET uhuI
bat the other dd1 that tine % Colonel Meadows
TAYLOR. whom | knew in my Childhood and 0t whom
| may sometime nave occasion 10 Speak-lhe author
OF rtia,7 >ceta.' Confessions Of a Thug and
several other excellent uovc,-Cpllne Taylor remained
the literary UUtcOm" of two centuries Of Briti,h
rule n India. u was certainly not an adequate prot
Kipliug puts il. the Government OF India acts on the
beautiful principle Of working al H. servants 10 death
i7s2 appeared Mr. Kiplug, who was most fortunately
surplus man fr a. other Of he services was con-
I.,.lb far I'M ron oh
dumb centurc' When | tod nm; The Other night
mat he had been able TO 90 this ana mat great a
feeling that he but The instrument say, yon
will. that l was allowed % do IT," II was an easy
task, Twas my place Of Punishment" he calls lndia
that bitter and beautiful Envo' at the close OF
soldiers Thrre,' but he did his great work ,.-
I'm the sumner oi lss0. Mr. Kiping. aged twenty
three and by achievement The greatest teller OF stoses
alive. not less gr0ter certainly than Such Veterans
knowing little Of All IN, HIMSELF lett his Gorgeous
palace of punishment 20 20 nome, wa 'hihs,
10 India describing his adventures and observations
by the way These letters will BE- collected very short
ly into n most fascinating volume Aud abOnt fifteen
months ago he reached London and soon after hc bs-
gan to flame across the entire literary armament lie
is kecny aware Of the start which he has got over MS
% @ NJ, |g F mis- start lie has probaby never
leads life of oyster never seeing stranger and
one Of his friends relates That he makes nothing OF
heard him called the hardest man in London b met
and t indeed ne d qo ~ T I 1 that Failed" now
running in America. Is but one Of the recent RESULTS
~ his great labor. | ventured 10 ask Mr.. Kiplng
gneson that is doubtless in the hearts OF 10000 name
~ whether he was engaged in fulfilling The half
nromise made 10 the reader In the last story Of the
plain Tales called " Filed FOR Reference No. he
said " no indeed should have 10 be I'm India II do
that Rut going back Ia India DO t. he win
some dav take that weird and matchleSs plot Of tho
file. and produce one 81 the novels OF all time m
horn lost In drunkenness. I'm Hinduism. and In tho
,mms of that picturesque baLar
/ ought 10 state that Mr. Hlplng. who It Is possible.
has no better ground OF Information on this point tan
an outsider would have. SAYS; ION, ~ never said
such a thing he cOulint have IN reference 81 Mr..
Glad,tOne's universally reported pronunchmento. ~
the effect that there at tins moment Just four
authors of any account In the English language
rennyson. Rushn. Kipling and Meredith. Certan II
is that Mr. Kipng. in common with every old Indian,
has such q for Mr.. Gladstone a. 10 iuale HIN
dspoSed 10 lind little honor IN any praise from hin.