FRENCH VIEW OF KIPLING.
Tho award to Mr. ; . Rudyard Kipling of thq:, !Npbal litoraryprize, which tho teata-tor-deorees ."'to tho bost ideaListk literary work, 1 ' has caused a good, deal of surpriso Injtfraac#,-;/ and';!!.' / de.'; i'Vogoe, in the ' 1 ivigaro,' J . : ; afctoifipts to explain tho honouring; of jgloriiicateur du nmscle AngloSajori.;';' .He thinis that Mi\: Kipling was M iJip author most: roprcwniative of tho British', free. 1 '
■ ''After Shakaspearoand Dafoo," he writes, "bo m to. nndorstaad tho British ntir»ol« »j Kipling does. Hb oxpressos and represents a forco which dominates the world. .> Hia bonks bring: to mind tho seaGibraltar, bristling witli cawton, gnardtd b*. gantlomcn who play tonnia, drink w'bsßhjy i-hhik. little, aad are eoob and ail rewly.'.tu "/fitffsr atrocious doafcfa before » Ja*int: : !|h«ir psip of a pioco of the wmtt on K'lucli IHoy nifrt laid band. :(Uji h<.ar Kipling gibe at them. Bo f-wiAfJ tii. a»y, "I knosr tKcm. Titty are very - stupid.'Bat tbtoy dm Britain. And liritniiyjrnlw bimdrcda irf taiHiona. Tha l)eity .' tho British nuicbrWi' i*?' Empire. Set Ho hiu oarer IrtiSit i User, ono since ftamn.; and Be tunw will ?.' vno thin
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 113, 5 February 1908, Page 11
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184FRENCH VIEW OF KIPLING. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 113, 5 February 1908, Page 11
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