| Show I I I Kipling K pl ng More Praised Pra sed in in n I France Than in in England Our London Literary Litra Letter Lar Special ONDON Jut Jan Jai 1 Rudyard Kip Kipling LONDON L ling hug 11 k Is Ii no now enjoying a u great reat vogue In France Franco which Is la duo largely to to the tho th verve and with sith Ith which his translator M bus Ilas dono his Itis hl work Since Kipling was awarded the Nobel Nobol prize attention huts has been directed lo to o hint him afresh und and writers In the tho Paris Pails press have been ex ox explaining account accountIng him glorifying him hint hll hIs universal acceptance by Ing lag for tor or his hil Ice own land and as us the tie pott and end spokesman of ot British imperialism n and theorizing Franco has hns produced no man as us to lo why Fance Ernest similar role there who fills a Judet Judd In Iii the Iho Eclair arrives I at al the tho conclusion that it II Is because In Franco Franca Francono Francano l distinction prevails between no large 10 va and alIl politics tics and every pl achievement that thai concerns the nation nalon standpoint is Judged from a partisan The Tite particular niche that Kipling occupies IB Is II a P I poor POO menu mellI mellIa way a of ot describing It comes he ho says from this titi very tact fact that the Iho to l ul h 01 fae can conceive of or patriotism with without without tItan man out 11 politics No doubt the tho man whom Sweden has honored Is the tho high pi priest lest of Imperialism and und has no words with which to tickle at Iho thu same lame time lime he l is hi the Die spokesman of ot the nation the lyrical commentator ot of the naton British Renaissance which Is the it milt of a wider conception of at the Iho In Inheritance of empire The TIte nation nallon thai that honors without cavil 11 find and indecent party par conflict tho the servIces of ot a I Lord Cromer and a L Kitchener ot of rord Lord Roberts and 1111 other generals and which is 19 ever oer ready read to vote yote a handsome money grant to lo their national servants is entitled to Its lIs Kip Kipling ling hag and Indeed produces him Hero Her alas politics weighs weigh In the tile balance the Iho deeds good or bad of proconsuls and Ind scales go no down or up very velY much as the tho partied range In the tile chamber PAl NB FOR FOH I PI NO NOTh The Tho Th laudations of ot Kipling I In France one ono of ot tho the of ot praise that vere weIl showered upon him hint In England l years ago Igo After Iel Shakespeare and Defoe writes do tb Vogue the celebrated In tho the Fi Fl Figaro I I gate garo no 10 ono one helps us Its lS to trl understand II 11 tho that British miracle as lS Kipling I docs does Ho no and ami represents r a 1 force which dominates the world ills His bools bring to 10 mind tile the Rock of ot bristling with cannon 10 I guarded by gen gentleman Ien teme who shio play tennis tell Ils drink whisky think little Ill anti and are each elch and an nIl all ni ready to miff suffer or atrocious death before relaxing their grip of ot a ut 1 Piece of ut tho thin world on 01 which they have laid hand Yet Yol wo we can ell hear Kipling gibe at al althem them He lie seems to 10 tiny say slY I know them They TIle are arc lre v vury ry stupid hut But they tile the are aro III Ulan And nd Britain rules hundreds of ot millions Tho The Dully Deity Doly constructed clumsily ly I I Ih British machine of Yet I HH hut HI hint ban newer 1001 built buit a I lIner finer one ono since silco Rome Homo and an He lIe le vill 11 create a n greater ono tIne titan than Britain rile Tho entente In Is l doubtless r for fOl no ho 10 Inconsiderable nor por portion POI thIn lion of ut those these laudatory outbursts They File era aio In III striking to tho tito lack hick of ot with wih which the tho announce announcement ment that Kipling had bLurt ull tho the Nobol Nobel prize for tal literature line hag boon been eon received hem hOI There hore is undeniably n a general feeling III In I clr dr cl cbs clou that thaI In yours years Kipling hns done duite nothing I pg tInt thai L a dele 0 to II hl hI ii famo tutu that In Iii fact ho has Ono tue II hI hll paper Ill over hil his denial of ot tb rumor lulor thins that ho liD WItS wag engaged on In a I hook book about Canada which ho lie lately via vis viI lell I t mul ti uti tin 11 lie hope that hiat I a I of ot temporary silence will enable him hll to regain his ills earlier earler form olm and find fresh inspiration ration MOORES START Frankfort Moore 1001 has been giving some sonIc Interesting reminiscences of ot f his early carly crl literary struggles The TIte he manner of ot his first 1 getting Into print wan 11 strange As a 1 boy bo ho was VS always fond of studying seamy and peculiar phases of at life Ue which led I him hint one duLy day to visit a 0 police court coull He wrote a l humorous account of ot f one of o the Iho cases cusses that was M tried flied ant ln gave guve ge It to 10 a reporter portEr who handed It in to 10 his hl paper as as part art of at his own copy U it I was watho tho only Item I m relating that to tIm thu police court couil proceedings appeared In the paper next day dl do It I got gotto gotto gotto to the editors cars ears that young oung Moore 1010 wa wal was the thin author of at it with wIt tho the ie result that thiat thaI ho he was offered the position of or tho the reporter who had sent sont It In iii as l his hit own aIl work But Dut the iho future novelist had not then acquired that which is lul ono one ot of WK hia most 10 t pronounced char characteristics Ho lIe 10 did not flat know shorthand and declined the job on tho the ground gould that ho tl was WIS not nol qualified for it I Afterwards A he obtained a Journalistic te foothold as ns an good editorial writer and Ind speedily made HARD ON HIS IHS FRIENDS I When he was 19 UI ho Ito published a IL vol volume time ume of ot poems One may Judge of ot tile the extraordinary popularity of at tho the book he lie states by b saying baying that at lt the tho end endot of ot six siz SO O 0 copies caples wore sold Fold and moreover that I was personally I ac tue acquainted with every ever oer purchaser of Un the Unhook hook book I eventually however made mae It a IL I financial success by whipping up other ft lends friends and Ind by ity h dint of ot sheer sheet cheek pet get petting sot ting thug them thorn to purchase r copied copie before they became aware of ot thu tho fact that the tho price of the tite volume was IS six shillings ho rio fO I lost nothing by tIt th book except friends Front From that thaI day until lt now no I Ihlo have hlo between DO 50 0 and 60 GO books anti and by of oC them I have hLo man mall managed aged to make Ilke some lome money Frankfort Moores first signal success was achieved with I Forbid lorld the Banna Bantis So firmly convinced was he that it I would miiko a n hit lilt with the pub public lie lic 10 that on tho the day da he Iw finished It ho hI said to a it I f i tend miend I snail shall not nol bo be much long longer longor er or in this tubs town tOlI I mean to 10 begin leglu pock pack pocking lag ing lu this tills night because a I book which I have Just completed will wi nio to sever eer my I lii connection with Journalism But Hut it I until two years hud html laps claps elapsed ed cut 11 It I was waH the tho old Twelve London publishers in iii II succession reject rejected ed oil it The Tho thirteenth moro more 1010 greatly dar ing lug accepted it I In II Its It form torm It II ran through eight editions and nIl it continues 1 to 10 sell well wel still sti PUBLISHERS JUDGMENT MI Mr i elates another story which Illustrates tile Iho fallibility of ot n u publish publishers ors ers ors Judgment Just Jut after his lila Tho Joslun Bride BIlde hud lOud begun to appear In serIal form In an 11 illustrated weekly a I publisher whom ho lie hI lied mot mat only onby c once onCI before culled called upon him to give ad advice a adVice vice Ice I hear henr he pall that you hl written a 1 romance Why on Cuth do Ill you U do tie anything so stupid There U Is s absolutely no Ito market tom for such u IL I thing People are aro reading loading your nov novels eta els II of o modern and lilting lIking them tham well swell wel and If It you OU continue doing dOln them thol you might PlIght got geL a decent living Now INOW It if you 01 with will wil Insist on un taking a leap bail Io Into tho time dark they will swIll 11 road that book bol of ot yours nor any al oilier you ou oum may m in iii II the olih either ir In your blessed b eighteenth c or In thin the nineteenth I toll 11 you 01 thIs thU for Cor or your own good Knod if H 1 U It I Is U not inn too late laic I should strongly you to cancel the thu publication And Auth now fun for the About a ut ayour 1 your reel utter Ater the tIme publication of oC The Tha mite Hie sauis to Mr Mo Mel staling that ho would woul 11 bo 1 o to i publish jul a 1 hook book by hy him that it IL be b a 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