Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-11-08

PlCs
The Devil and the Deep Sea-Th'
resourcefulness of the daring
English adventurer on the high
seas.
William the Conqueror-The wo-
mans part in the fight for life in
the famine districts of India or
the power behind the throne in
the life of scott, the hero of the
struggle.
.007-The romance in the life O.
the locomotive.
The Maltese Cat-The more than
human intelligence in the brute,
the polo pony, the Maltese Cat.
Bread Upon the Waters-Scotch
shrewdness in the struggle for
commercial supremacy on the
sea.
An Error in the Fourth Dimen-
sion-The inability of the An
glO-American to see things from
the British point of view.
My Sunday at Home-The ludi-
crous and painful result of try
ing to play the part of the Good
Samaritan in strange land.
The Brushwood Boy-The force of
youthful dreams in shaping the
life of an ideal English officer in
India.
The Characteristics of kipling as
Short Story Writer as i!lustrat-
ed by the stories of The Days
Work
What are the distinguishing
characteristics of these stories?
What are the qualities of Kipling
as a short-story writer which make
him stand out head and shoulders
above most of his contemporaries?
Why are these stories better than
the average story of the popular
magazine?
81. At the basis of his work is
his extensive knowledge of so
many phases of life. He has act
ually seen the things which he
writes about and has lived among
the people whose stories he tells.
His attitude is not that of a cur
ious observer or seeker after know
ledge. He is vitality interested in
the lives of his heroes and hero
inc, and his sympathies are so
broad that he can enter feelingly
into the life of the barracks or the
engine room of the hills of India
Hence comes in part the striking
reality of his stories. For the wo-
ment at least Kipling has the read
er under spell and the latter ac-
cepts implicitly the tale that is
told.
SO, Of course, with all his pow
er of penetrating and extensive OBJ
servation, Kipling could not make
his stories convincing had he not
the great essential quality of an
selective faculty. Kip
ling is rarely in error here. He al
most invariably selects the signifi-
cant facts in life or the precise
moment when certain characteris-
tics become most suggestive. He is
concise almost to a fault. The prin-
ciple of condensation could go no
further. In fact one of the most
characteristic of Kipling's quail
ties as narrator is that of giving
the reader just enough of a story
to set him thinking and ju,
of a mans character to sat-
sfy the readers desire for COM
pleteness.
y. CONTINGENCIES of portrayal,
resulting largely from the natural
ness of his dialogue. The lam
guage of his persons-whether
men or things-is the language of
men in their every day conversa-
lion, selected of course skilfully
for the purpose in mind.
a. Unerring choice Of words.
kipling has the genius for effect
I'VE expression. No matter what
nay be the phases of life in which
ne is interested, he selects the
word which you feel is inevitably
right.
IS. Masculinity or virility of his
story. A firmness of touch,
frankness of expression, manliness
and robustness of character give
20 these stories and to his other
stories, despite anoccasional vul-
yarity, an atmosphere of whole
'omeness which you will find at it's
pest in one other English writer
Chaucer.
g. Unity Of treatment. Every |
hing in story belongs inevitably
here. His stories are here in the