In a_ letter to the "Saturday Review,'' Captain J. F. Murphy takes objection 1.9 tlio phrase "Kiplingesque JournalHe writes:— I do not profess to be either a teacher or a deep student of poetry, but since I was ten vears old it has been my favourite form of literature. . Mr Kipling's poetry mav in the opinion of Mr Fletcher and Student" (previous correspondents) be only "journalism"; but I venture to think the vast majority of those wlio have read it will be of a very diffprwit opinion. Is the "Ballad of East and West," or "The Islanders," only "journalism"?, I take two at random and 1 say tl,ey " nd ™ an . v ethers 'affect me as 'Chevy Chase" affected Sidney; they "stir the blood l,ke the sound of a trumpet, and feeling so I find the words "Kiplinsesque journalism" not only unspeakably stupid, but also offensive.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16472, 15 March 1919, Page 2
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