New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-07

there is "A pathos which Is the more touching Tor us
refusal TO take Itself ut all seriously Whetner the
key be serious funny or merely INDIFFERENT '"eie
IS never any mistake possible about the reahy Vi
the people concerned. They are drawn IN s"'''
brief strokes without much tone or sh' "'s' II
Is true but with suggestlveness that II "o"e .no
Iess artistic The tales in the book under re''o"
~ Tho IMAGINATIVE mowers OF the author on
their way toward a wider and more audac'ouS oe
vejonment There Is nothing here comparao'e ioi
Invcntiveness and brilliancy to Inc '''i ,,.'
Was or THE Man Who Would BE Nins VI ~
ont Henent Of Clergy" TO say that <ipliag hau
co,,alled his best I'm work done ten years "so VIZ"
be to admit that ne could not grow lie mas s'o""
in great leaps and bounds His later stories sho"
tremendous gains In quiet. sometimes 'ras'''"s
min, forcc Ru, we repeat his first tales are
uo-,hv NJ association with their proudest success
ors for from the beginning kipling mas ''"u'o'
his material from the inside. mas given IL '"""'''
rich human Significance. unalterap'e u"'"' -
long since a reprint Of modern author cou'u pe
received with the unqualified sympathy 'ha' mus
await the "Outward Bound" edition among all low
ers Of good hction.
rho ,o,,cr aro IN he congra tuaed, too on the eN-
lorna, ,spec, OF this edition The type IL bold clear
and han dsome. The paper Is OF soft texture '
not nj all porous 1t Is sufficiently Opaque anu 'e
curious may be pleased to note that the n'ois Vi TUE
author form the water mark on his pages Inc
luxury OF makeup the publishers nave added d
number of interesting illustrations reproduced from
designs modelled in cay by Mr.. John LOCKWOOD
Kipline The frontisplecc to plain Tales from 'he
Hills is M attractive portrait OF Kipilng himseH
and he provides In the introduction 10 wnich We
have already alluded, q characteristic ana feicitous
description OF hts work. figuring 1t "a sailing the
seas with eagerness to appeal TO readers every
where Young and old. 1t Is significant OF the quich
unaffected spirit of the man that in this ntrodpc-
ton he should say:
But the chief part Of our business les with men
who are weared the end of the day IL Is Tor tnu
sake OF these men that have lade1 the bisgliow
Sock these Nakhoda. before all others at the
end OF the day have said, and In whatever dress
q have put many dresses aboard may make them
look M. Then little by little entice them away
from their houses and their occupations TIL they
come aboard the Bungalow. And whether they de-
scend Into the run and read the private marks
have put upon the bales. whether they lie upon
the deck the moonlight pricing the smali-lrms and
krses: whether they take passage in the busga'ow
for far voyage, you the servant OF these men,
u Nakhoia. and the buggaloW Is theirs so long az
they please For though am only trader with no
ware upon which there ia not open price do not
forget how, when | was wearied az the END or the
day certain great captains sold me for a little SILVER
thai which could not find in any market. Pay,
then the debt 10 these men who are my brothers.
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