The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-05
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Klplings new book, PUCK of Pook's
HILL" grew out of a characteristic M
cident. 1t is the authors habit 10
prowl through the village of Burwash,
which lies near his farm In Sussex,
England. One day two years ago he
went into an old bookshop and picked
up time-worn History of Sussex"
He began to read the volumes and be-
came absorbed in them. Finally lie
bought the set When he brought the
books home Mrs. Kipling asked: "Why
did you buy these old booksT II am
going to get book out of them,' re-
piled Kipling. The result was the
group of fanciful tales which compose
l'Puck OF Pook's HILL" and which have
the Sussex background. 1t lie a mod
lern midsummer Nights Dream" for
1t deals with fairies and knights.
Henry Van Dyke, in recent num-
Der of The Interior, proposes the addi-
ton Of two stanzas to the national an
!: them. He thinks these are required
to express the inexhaustIble riches of
the sublime and beautiful, the broad
! and varied natural entertainments of all
, America. He says: Let us sing the
familiar and well-loved verses which
come from the East; but let US sing
also of the North and West and the
South, the great lakes, the wide for
= ests, the vast prairies and the bloom
ing savannahs:
l love thine inland seas,
3 Thy groves and giant trees,
3 Thy rolling plains;
Thy rivers mighty sweep,
q Thy mystic canyons deep,
Thy mountains wild and steep,
All thy domains.
Thy silver eastern strands,
Thy Golden Gate that stands
Fronting the west;
B., Thy f1owery southland fair,
t Thy sweet and crystal air
l o, land beyond compare,
, Thee l love best
: when in 1889 Hearn appeared In
/ my reception room," writes DR.. George
i NJ. Gould in Putnam's Monthly, ''al-
though 1 had not seen any photograph
!, fof him, and had not even known Of
his 'commg;I at once said, You are
/ Lafcadio.' The poor exotic was so
: sadly out of place, so wondering, 50
suffering and shy that l am sure he
! would have run out of the house IL
had not at once shown him, on over
/ flowing kindness, or If a tone of voice
. had betrayed any curiosity or doubt.
1t was at once agreed that he should
, lStay with me indefinitely and there
: was no delay In providing him with a
: seat at my table, and a room where
he could be at his work of PROCTOR
Q recting. His Two Years in the French
A West Indies was then going through
J the press and an incident connected
!, with the proofreadlng illustrates how
|, impossible 1t was for him, except when
/ necessity drove, to meet any person
v not already known. He wished to give
r his reader the tune of the songs print
: ed on pages 426-431, but he knew moth
&? ing of music. l arranged with lady
u to repeat the airs on her plano as he
should whistle them, and then to write
r them on the music staff. When the
e fatal evening arrived, Hearn and
r went to the lady's house, but as VIZ
|. proceeded his part In our chatting
lapsed into silence, and he Jagged be
4 hind, although he finally dragged him
l. self to the foot of the doorstep. Afte
" l had rung the bell his courage failed
q and before the door was opened I saw
? him running as If for life, half ,
square away"