New-York tribune., 1904-10-04

Of liquor. and in his highly picturesque speech
Is kind OF echo. a long way OF. OF MuiVaney
and the contrast that IS tneyitaD4S 0I0"" Oe-
tween the two is disastrous 70 the &c" 1Oiiler'
He Is picturesque indeed but olls -
10 his verbal performances N14ll11 - VIZ
nor IN act has ne Mulvaneys orlslh4--lg' anu
never for moment does he exert any ------7 Lac
the famous soldiers positively loNaDi7 O-isilil-
Mr.. Kipiing puts him through ms PAGES ~ Lo-
than one story. not only in The EoHIS q Is IS
ciplinc" but n Their Lawful OCCASIONS (WHICH
is so long that IL is divided into TWO paris II
Steam Tactics" which Is ar automooi-e s'oFy)
and in Mrs bathurst which IS after It's
fashion, q love tale, and not very pretty one.
IN al Of these compositions Mr- klpAng gives
Us adventures Of q sort IN the hrst OF tneIn
he tells how a French spy or British manor
var was discovered, hUmorously fooled 10 the
top OF his bent and then transferred IN the coaI
hunkers Of a tramp steamer. n Their LaWiuI
Occasions" q young English officer N charge OF
a small boat succeeds. with the aid OF r FyecFo1l'
IN accomplishing incredible things as a psrtici-
pant II some naval manRuvres. steam Tao
tics" is merely the record OF q days frolic.
Mrs Bathurst" is. as we have said an affair OF
sentiment. robbed OF al the grace which senti-
rreut may be made 10 possess The point TO any
one Of these tales IS OF slight importance What
Mr.. KipIing seems chiefly 70 be driving al IN
them IS the exploitation OF British rough dia
uonds as gems Of the purest ray serene, and the
circumstances under which ne exhibits them
are those Of the days work" What these men
do IS piquaar enough. but Il never has the IN
trinsic interest that is needed 70 make the sub
stance Of a good srOry. Somehow Mr Moorshed
and his Pyecroft fail 70 impress Us very deeply
as they go about their business. and Mr.. Kip
Iing's way Of commeuorating their achievements
"a mixture Of E7eb-atc eIoquence and sailor
mans slaug-seerns less the way OF the creative
author than that Of the sensational reporter
turned loose on q special"
IN a Sahibs' War and in The Conprehen-
sion OF Private Copper" Mr.. Kiplirg's preoccu-
patton with the South African war crops out
again, and 10 small effective purpose The les
sons these stories enforce are not particularly
impressive and The tone throughout IL both
cases IS TOO much that OF the tractarian.- The
Army OF a Dream, a satire in two parts. is dull
fooling al least for an American reader. Three
stories remain which are free from the talnt Of
didacricism OF slangy swashbuckling. Wire
less is the Ingenious. if rather far fetched and
UHconvtnctng. study in uetempsychosis which
attracted attention when il appeared in serb
ner's" through the clever manner in which the
author made use of the ideas about wireless
telegraDhy so much in the air OF late years
They Is the charming biz OF mysticism recent
y printed In the same magazine. a tale in which
Mr. KiplinE's feeling for children is deIicately
expressed. Below the Mil Dam" is a capital
little fantasy. fl which the wheel and the
waters. The cat and the rat Of an ancient Eng
Iish mil are made TO share in talk contrasting
old with modern conditions. These three stories
but mora especially They revive the memory
OF the old KipIing who waved his wand and
compelled the world 10 listen But even these
three are inadequate substitutes for the master
pieces which We would rejoice to receive al the
hands OF the genius who wrote The Man Who
Was" Without Benefit Of Clergy" NV Lord
The Elephant" The Incarnation OF Krsh.a