The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-11
MY FIRST BOOK.
by RUDYARD kIPLING.

Ana the troll and enome. and dwerg and the gods OF
ella and berg
Were about mo and beneath me aud above
rh.n rival tor soiatd, Told tho tribe my s.ye was
rNenth hammer erooved, Of dolomitr. he teiD
And lief, my views OF Art barbcd aud Hanged beneath
the heart
OF mammo,his:c poet nj Grenella
80 Isttppe 4 them scalp from skull, and my hunting
dogs TED iaiL
Ant Their ir.th threaded neatly on thong.
And wiped my mouth ssd 'Iiis well that thcy
nrr dead.
For know my work is right. and theirs was wrongm
Eu: my Totem saw tho shame. from HIS ridge. pole
shrtne he came,
And he tod N. IN u vision Of tho night;
"Thct. nIneai sixty way, o. constructing tribal
lag.
Ana every Eing,e ore OF them is right"
s,.i thoy ssiy,reh and fro nsn ware! with long
When headed an tho Aurocas turn for turn;
Thcn the rich Aiohrosenscs never Kept amsnucnses.
Amt our only plots were piled IN lakes at lcrne.
siiii. cu,tueel Christian ags sees scuine. squoa
and rage.
still pinch ami slap and labs.r scratch and dirk:
sl we let our business slide las dropped :he half
dressed hide
TO ,how n fellow savage how to work.
eth. the world Is wondrous largc.-ssvcn sea, from
'"''e~ =" "'~'e
And 1t holds vast OF various kinds OF man;
Ana TIL widest dreams OF Kew tho tacts OF Khnt
AM, III. rr,n,.x -, c,,,h,n ch,.,o !, u,r,,n,n
o're my WISDOM i0s your use. as learned IL ~heh
s n.""s, ,,,.
"'' ''' GU Mn''e "'s .""s, ,o''s"'
!"ys.
And ,r,,y ,irye on. efdsn , ,icI.
IA there is only ono man in charge o, n
steamer SO thore Is ont one man In charge OK
tuueht mo this on m indian iournul and he
to be- oboysd at run. not a walk. and that any
notion ar notions as In IN, Ntness mr. nftnea.
OF any Particular KIND Of work for the he younS
,ocSea up to press . ito was breaking mo into
tuLe. which did not discharge ut the time
Tho Path of virtue was very steon whereas the
writing OF verses allowed certain play to tho
mind. and. unlike tho filling In OF reading
matter, could DO done AS tho shirt served.
Now sub-editor is not hired to write
verses. Ho is paid to sub-edit. At the
hmt soma vsnrs ,a,s, ,,hsn I,, "o - Gu ~
editor in charge, Providence dealt mo for my
subor,lnnt. one snturntsI with Ella. Hs
s."ta one s"'usu.eu w.n r''a i'e
wrote them when he should have ueen sub.
siitlnc. Then / saw a little what my chief
must have suffered on my account There Is
q moral here for tho ambitious and aspiring
who arc oppressed by their sun.riors.
darnssinns trnn, " oa' w ar my hnv Wppe
Wiihout inSi.ati"n S"msnneresily. in nj the 1 naD
MnS oIt IL ns kSrt hsahy and
e Busy ssl oo s to sEe 1nS aidn
'ese NAV ,G Irivod marr;,v bx,nc horn ort 9th.
lifs ont m md tHav wrn ry lad inHsaS
and the 10y OF doing them was payment u
.ms and ran awnv aym nnd tha ds ol
o Teins In s.arc OF Sese out t OF ose Ipups
NJ Il ~, W ,Us9 w on t, 20,
With. thn ' cina was nj S nc eSos Wer ah
rnei vc u ne crea inv aa r as uey %erS. rd
81 y' SURVIVORS wv at iSmst tw"tnirds were cut
Whov hea m hat ~ nn SSnG fa h. 10
iSr9 my ycrs n Esro used to ense of tho
;sadins lis EMBELLISHMENTS s%S tho snlsi night:
pc Of ~ tho anna 10
Muslin d cSltpr s' He would saw ANU i Str
third column Just proier. Always can take on
MnhmnT who sol tbemun Ind nm unp,eoa.
ant way Of reference I" NV i, a as aD
Tba ioh eiIc Zoo VA, " mnsvm naths,ic Sa
cause rs" 10 r"i INTO tEr tvn nr
proofs. viii old English and Gothic headlines.
n,d Guy XIV away TO MAKE iong g. ,r,o;.
verses eamn to be printed in the Paper. 'A was
OF nor fsso II oy tim
T6s pui Of II Is ,.P bisr ts nGd in panSrs
more graceful and is done ~ shnso less thaS
Tor ,nant,,ninH Me rono ~ III or,'ttiHEmo