The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-04
TTpLIyG TO GERMAN EYES.
~ Av4LTTrcAL ACCOUNT or THE
NorELIsr By DR. EELLyER.

rov-sy. Nov. 25.-hipllng has been inter
- again. This time DR.. Leon Kellner vas
~. ,,,,essfll nan. and the result was pub
S.hsI !, The Ns,tes Wiener Tdgbid1. DR.. Kell-
...rs Z, have been greatly struck by the
~. ., h,opiness that surrounds kipling. After
=. I,.,-viay he said to himself: To-day 1
- aeon happiness face to face"
"a, s.s, IMPRESSION produced By the author
bs Interviewer was striking In itA diver
- ~ .whsr,ver Mr. KipiinE speaks and
s-r. ss ace full upon you. you would thlnk
~ had before you a very wide awake. lively
81 harmless child. but the profile shows q
..r,,y maa. who has noe grown up In the at
",sn5ers Of the study. I have seldom re-
..,rsI two such different Impressions from one
and the SANE face.
EirIirg "a wurkroom Is described as being OF
-,,rurstn- simplicity. The north wall 10 COW
.,ei With books half its height. over the door
- , ~por.rait q Burne-Jones Mr.. KiDling's
..ce. 70 the right near the window stands a
.I,i, able. on which lie a couple Of pages con-
,Irirc verses. No works OF art. no conven-
,..,ss no kniokknacks. the uuadorned room
.irnIs and earnest Ike a Puritan chapel"
81 much fear" began the interviewer. that
,.aro come too early. and that I have dis
t,rbed you in yOur work"
No. no." Interrupted KlplinE. I have done
nv daily task
81 In5ksd as.ontshed at him." DR.. Ke1lner
.or.nu.s. The late iamented Trollope came
- nv mind. who under all circumstances
"a his twerty RACES every day. but Trollcpe
md FIDllrg, He guessed at once what had as
lonished me.
= DO nv laily task couscisntiously. but not
,l .b1t I write Is printed. Most OF It goes
there
THE waste pager basket under the table
hsr. received a vigorous kick. and q mass Of
torn-rp papers rolled on the ground. Kip
lin-,s movements are quick and lively. and.
perhaps, somewhat nervous: q thoroughly
Suthern temperament"
The interviewer despairs Of giving n report
A. the interview. which lasted for about i've
hours, but furnishes TO his German readers an
.nalyac account u Kipling. evidently based On
information supplied by the novelist himself.
Hs las stress on the com plex influences that
have worked upon EiplinE's nature. In him
are blended three different ~nationalities. On
the mothers side. Scotlandsand Ireland On the
hther's. England. though 400 years ago the
Killings came from Holland. There is like
wise 4 mixture Of two different temperaments
in the renealogy. Both ErandtAthers were
csrxymeu. but the father Is an artist. and the
mDLL-L ~ hJOG ~ AN NShN -
verse and prose. The same complexity ex-
tstei in the early environment OF the future au-
thor. spent in the wonderful world OF India.
midst the primitive culture OF the East on one
hand and the most advanced civilization OF the
West on the other. The child could thus SEQ
one family content with four clay walls under
straw tharch. three earthen pots N a hand
'l Of rice. earned by hari work. while close by
he could ind himself surrounded by al the con-
v~eniences which Europeans find necessary to
make their stay in India bearahle. As the
child began 70 talk he learned to call things by
two different names. Kipling speaks Hindu
Eanl As huently as English. Through the SER
wants he came in touch with all the religions
Of Asia: his Ayah was Roman Catholic. and he
knelt with her at the same altar: other SER
want. 10. K him into the others intro
tlc-t him into the temples Of the Hindus and
Parsees. As soon as he reached the age Of
bOylpoi h. was torn from these marvels and
placAd 4E an English school at WESTWARD Ho.
But he had scarcely time to learn his new sur
r~uu1dings before he again went to the East to
earn his own bread at the age OF 10. For seven
years he passed through the dangerous ap-
premiership Of a journalist in I~ndia-danger-
GUS because he remained throughout that time
In the plains. even when all other Europeans
hA- & ~ h1 AA-' eHO bCob
AMI the rainy season he remained watching
the military and civil organizations OF England
at work. No man. not even a physician. sees
So much Of lie as : journalist who has eyes to
see. EiplinE sees and hears with all his
senses. and retains all that he sees and hears
IN MS marvellous memory forever"
The genesis Of the "Barrack Room BALLADS
h thus set forth: Especially he had studied
that poor devil. Tommy Atkins. the common
soldier Of England. despised at home. doing
oil the hard and dirty work Of the empire in
al the five quarters OF the globe without ever
receiving a word Of thanks. Kipling was espe-
cialy struck by the barrack room songs With
their striking lit. their power Of expression.
which said 50 much in so few words. and their
Fousing ch0ruses. He removed. the dust and
dirt rom the unpublished stones. and gave
them a new setting after polishing each facet.
Some Of the 'Barrack Room Ballad are actu-
ally soldier songs, treated rs Heine and Goethe
treated the tolk-poesy OF their native land. but
most Of them are CONFESSED merely in the
spirit and 70 The tunes Of old soldier songs"
Alter "BArrack RoonN Ballads" and Plain
Tales from the Hills" had been published. Kip
ing hal made his mark. and DR.. Ksllner de-
scrtoes how he met his sudden fortune in the
following wcris: The Puritanic strain in his
-NNA' cdLic OuL the more strongly AZ the mo-
mant when others-like Burns. for example
nave lost their hold on themselves in the hour
@triumph. kiplinE IL never SO d~Istrustful and
seit-erltinal as when he has around him the
cries CT praise. I am very distrustful against
praise said he. very dlstrustful against fame.
lou know the fate OF eighteenth century Eng
lsh literature. how many immortal poets
uaf prouac time brought forth. and yet how
nuen ot this Immortal poetry still lives in
our time To name only one. who reads Pope
uoWanays' / often run over these volumes
mere here he pointed 70 the edition de
"4e 81 his works published by Macmillan
Hu mink q myself how much OF that which is
printed On such beautiful paper ought never
nave seen the light. How much was written
vf mere love Of gain. how often has the knee
oeeh lowed "a the House Of RimmonF" IA IA
'orUr expression OF E~iplinR'sL.'"
Nth regard to the actual work Of the au-
..' ut Aei!rer SAYS; "EiplinG lays the great
~ ''''ss upon form. He has. OF course. Gre
a~' 4 irhoo', and equally. OF course. the schol-
initiate the weakest point Of his youthful
,tA-iiyerahUndancs OF material with SOW
80 'on-empt for form. This has much
"a.e''1i AlDi.ng and caused him 20 lay even
NAIlTlganr Errnaa upnp kha w,rLr ~ form,