New-York tribune., 1903-03-15
CHE Netu;}lorst grlbm''&
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-
SUNDAY, MARCH IS. 1903.

The fate of Mr Kipling who Is now peiils
o,.. ari+io;sod where he was once telauded,
,ui.h+ seen to illustrate nothing more thah 'he
.;ol7,onoss of taste. As it happens, ho"eEei'
Mr. linlinc has only himself to blame 1or 'ne
croat change which has come over p"o
oninion in respect to his work his own cou
,rvmen are now adjuring him to turn Ills oa,
rnon the political utilities which nave ao-
sorbed his energy and to give them ollce no
nrose and poetry such as he gave the "oriu
when he first appeared upon the norizon' -
vcrses TO which we have again ana again nau
occasion to refer with sorrow IN this pace the
verses inspired by South African alaiis' see
to no liked no better in England than oh
~. si5o ~ tho water. "The Settler" MIR. Kip
,ino.s reccnt contribution to the cause OF peace
;s iustly characterized by n writer in q Lonuoh
iournal rs "Cable Poetry" ave see IN lints
ination Mr.. Kipling sitting at the far eno OIL
the South African cable engaged at MS 'a'n'
Drinting his letters very clearly, lest the ope-
rator should make mistake cap. mere III
I,rca and q sunlit land comma where no wrong
bites the hone comma cap 1 will lay my manu-
in nv ncighbors hand comma ana tosether
we will atone cap. for the set folly OF the reu
breach and the black waste OF it all senlcolon
cap giving and taking counsei each over u"
cattlc-kraal full stop Thus the cable poet
Tho sources of the names used in fiction have
often stirred the student to invesugatlon' Du'
as q rule he has confined himself to the mas
tcrs and has sought to discover some esoteric
reason for the choice of the names ne h''S
hunted down. Latterly this subject has been
neglected, but it might be worth while for some
one to take it up again. BY what processes do
dealing
life arrive at the names which they use! IN
q orc,t many cases it would seem as il they
gave little thought to the matter, using the
first names entering their minds with no at
tempt to make them fit the characters 1of
whom they are borrowed. Possibly this Is the
yisest plan. The novelist who tries too hard 10
Give. one of his characters really expressive
name is apt to give the impression that ne Is
frrbiy initiating Dickens The only author OF
the day we know who, while avoiding the
dickens system, still seems to find for his char
actrrs names that somehow seem to belong to
them is Mr. Henry James. His new book or
short stories, "The Better Sort" is full Of good
names Stuart Straith Mrs. Brash, Maud Bless
in-holrne Mrs. Dyott, Lady Wantridge Mrs
Cavenlam, Howard Blight. Morris Gedge, May
Eartram. John Marcher, Lady Gwyther. Lady
B..ldonald all have sufficient individuality, yet
not one of them carries undue emphasis. IN
the stories they seem very Jamesian, but very
NATURAL and even when detached from the text
they convey the same impression. To be as
successful in this matter Mr. James Is one
must have a gift for the right choice. The sad
dr<t Of the unfortunates who have gift for
making tho wrong one are those who still cling
to the tradition Of Ouida and dot their pages
with Nayasours, Vandeleurs, Dalrymples, Mu-
,iels, aid so on
"Ficton. and fiction dealing with love and
the sexes. is now the very backbone, the be all
and end-all of modern popular publications"
These are the words of Literary faster"
who explains in the columns Of the London
"Daily Chronicle" just how to make a fortune
with ones pen. All one has to do is to write
for the millions, instead Of for a few educated
readers. We seem to have heard something
like this before There are whole battaliOns of
novclists, it appears. who, if able to claim
certain literary success are nevertheless willing
to confess that "their total earnings from each
1r,oll have either been some small sum, ten