\ loA FORSTER’S “ Kipling 3ournal anP v ^ Scrap ICooli. EASTER DAY. At last have received an offer. Got to the lo7oest ebb — yd. a page ! Will go aboard a man o' •war, and do a day s work. m m r Ww BIRTVCINGHPCTUV; THE HOLLAND CO., PUBT.TSHERS, 12, CHERRY STREET. ■ ■ - PRICE SIXPENCE NET. ★ • Contents ★ • PAGE INTRODUCTORY . THE JOURNAL. Notes 7 “The Day’s Work” 8 Opinions on Kipling 10 The Story of Horsmonden .. 10 Kipling Rarities 11 Sir Edward Burne-Jones 12 THE SCRAP BOOK. The Kipling Register 13 Bibliography, Alphabetical ... 14 ,, Chronological... 15 „ Best Work 16 ,, Order of Series 17 ,, Contents of Series 17 Press Opinions IS Kipling Philosophy .. 19 Indian Money 20 Editor’s Note 21 A D V ER T IS EM EN TS. <<<<<<<<< <<<<■>>>> >>>)>)>)> r & « vi? A Cv< 82,3 KU^ j? ^\aaXx^ ‘lmjl (j y 2 - jfo (X/V^vv A Kipling Motto. • • • Life is worth Living Through every grain of it. From the foundations To the last edge Of the corner-stone Death. Quoted by G. W. in The Outlook. -A± q A Os*J O o ^11^ R. KIPLING is a very remarkable man, and HE following criticisms on the various stories in Mr Kipling’s latest book will give a pretty clear idea of its scope, and of the relative value of the parts : — THE BRIDGE BUILDERS. That is what the English are in India, just as the Romans were the roadmakers of Europe.” 1 — The Spectator. 1 ‘ It will rank among the masterpieces of this generation.” — The Spectator, Oct. 15. “ To the Anglo-Indian who knows something of Hindoo mythology there will doubtless be comprehension and possibly warm appreciation of The Bridge Builders, but what will the ordinary English reader say?” — The Literary World, October 14. “I do not hesitate to set it beside the greatest Kiplingism of the past — I mean, of course, “The Man that would be King.” — W. E. H. in The Outlook. 8 THE TGMB OF HIS ANCESTORS. “ A very good story i'lustrating the mysteri- ous influence of an Englishman over the natives. — See The Spectator. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. ‘‘ Also a good story, showing Englishmen at work fighting the famine for the natives.”— The Spectator. This story was written certainly not later than 1895, if we may judge by the announce- ments made in that year. THE MALTESE CAT. “ A thrilling account of a polo match. Nothing compan d to ‘ The Bridge Builders.’ ” — See The Spectator. “A first cousin of the Mowgli Stories.” — Literary World. THE BRUSHWOOD BOV. “ The clearest sketch we have seen of Mr. Kipling’s ideal young man ” — The Spectator. “Still more remarkable, convincing, engag-' ing, and wonderful than even ‘The Bridge Builders.’ W. E. H. AN ERROR IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION. “ Tame after ‘ The Brushwood Roy,’ or even 1 The Devil and the Deep Sea.’ ” — W. E. H. in The Outlook. Full of Kipling humour, never broad, but always saline, with an Altic flavour. Literary World, THE SHIP THAT FOUND XZRSKLr. “ A little miracle of imaginative presenta- tion.”—' W. E. H. “ Doubly fantastic .” — Literary World. 9 OPINIONS ON KIPLING. Expressed in reviews of The Days Work." • • • “ Of the twelve stories, one will rank as a master- piece of this generation ; three others are valuable posessions for the race.” — The Spectator. “ Of the stories the worst are better than most men’s best . . . the best as good ... as any that Mr. Kipling has done.” — W. E. H. in The Outlook. “Mr. Kipling is rightly placed in the very front rank of living English writers.” — Literary World. THE STORY OF THE Horsmonden School Budget. —-?£=i ■=$<— Whereas, when Mr. Kipling wrote Under the Deodars,” a certain party was made to “ orate ” on the subject of importunity as follows : — “ Ask, my dear sir, ask ! McArthurson has come to his present position by asking — sheer, down-right asking . . . You have passed a high test . . . and you can all work. Asking does the rest. Call it cheek, call it insolence, call it anything you like, but ask. Men argue — yes, I know what men say — that a man, by the mere audacity of his request, must have some good in him.” And Whereas, Messrs. B. Medhurst and Gus Chinnery had just become founders, editors, and pro- prietors of the unpretentious little Horsmonden School Budget , having as a feature some “ Hints on Schoolboy Etiquette,’’ and conceived the idea that the author of “ Under the Deodars ” ought to be open to any offer that would benefit their magazine, it was resolved to write Mr. Kipling and offer him 3d. PER PAGE for anything he sent on. They did so, and sent him on No. 8 of the first volume (dated 14th February, 1898) of this Budget, with some suggestions that if he did not do as he was asked they might be led to take measures to stifle his next production. 10 He was, no doubt, somewhat astonished at the offer and to know the fate that awaited him for non- complin, nee ; but he decided to send them a few hints for schoolbov etiquette, although he did not fail to re- mark that the editors “ seemed to be in possession of all the cheek that was in the least likely to do them any good in this world or the next.” His £ - Hints ” were duly received and printed in No. 13 of the Budget, and on the 21st May, 1898, The Academy remarked that iust at that moment the most illustrious periodical in the world was the Ilorsmonden School Budget. On the 21st May the editors, having received all Mr. Kipling sent them, and having written to Mr. Mav Beerbohm for a good caricature of Mr. Kipling, were pleased to find in their letterbox just such a picture of the great man as they had asked for. and this they published in their School Budget No. 14. Of course, there has been a good outside demand for copies of the Budget ; but we hear that it has been impossible to re-print any copies. None are in exist- ence of Nos. 1 and 2, as they were only in manuscript, and have been lost, and in September last the editors had only two sets of the remaining numbers (3 to 17) complete, and four copies of No. 13, for which they wanted payment in gold. KIPLING RARITIES. ♦♦♦ CHRISTMAS QUARTETT.— Sketches by the Kipling Family. The Westminster Gazette in July last said this series of sketches, a drug on the market in 1885, now sells in India at about £6. Latest English Auction Prices. ECHOES. £19 5s. Od. DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES. £14 and £19. CHRISTMAS QUARTETTE. £12 10s. PHANTOM RICKSHAW. £1 10s. Od. WEE WILLIE WINKIE. £2 2s. Od. LETTERS OF MARQUE. £G 10s. and £6 15s. All these prices are, of course, for first editions and complete and in first-rate condition, just as first published. 11 5itr EdtxtaPd Bapne« Jones. >>>>> 5 T will be remembered that Mr. Kipling is a nephew of the late Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and the following note on a lecture just delivered here will have an interest for the family connection of the great artist with the admired author : — TRIBUTE TO SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES. The Birmingham and Midland Institute was crowded last evening, when Sir William Richmond, R.A., paid “A Tribute to Sir Edward Burne-Jones,” remarking that Sir Edward was in his way, and after the fashion of his genius, the greatest of English artists of this or of any time, and who was equal in many respects to the great names which adorn the art of Italy. Of these distinguished men the artist was, perhaps, the greatest, for he is the rarest product of modern life. There have been other centuries more sympathetic to the artist than this has been. But with all its draw- backs, a practical spirit was shown -by a section of the public — not large, perhaps, but influential — that there is enthusiasm in England for the noblest forms of art. Sir Edward fought bravely in the cause which was his, for what he liked and what he enjoyed doing. Finally he won. He won by persistence, by sincerity, and in spite of initial prejudice he attained the highest dis- tinction, and commanded not only respect but gratitude. Those who respect his work are legion, tho-e who love it increase in very remarkable propor- tions. His art finds keen admiration all over the world. Artistic temperament was evidently more commonly a Celtic than a Saxon property. Sir Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris were Welsh by descent. As co-workers, as well as individuals, they had exercised enormous influence upon modern thought and task ; in combination they rev Spectator. “ The ballads teem with imagination, they palpi- tate with emotion. We read them with laughter and tears ; the metres ttrob in our pulses, the cunningly- ordered words tingle with life ; and if this be not poetry, what is ? ’ —Pall Mall Gazette. m, m, m. KIPLING PHILOSOPHY. 3 N this section we propose to put what we can find concerning the views, opinions, and aims in life of Mr. Kipling. We are not going to take him too seriously. We intend, that is to say, to credit his account with a good thing or two now and then. When he takes to philo- sophy pure and simple we shall close the account. “ Act, act in the living present.’ He believes “ jthat the near is more important than the far ; that home, wife, child, comrade, chief, contest, motherland, race, are nearer to most of us than Utopia.” — G. W. in The Outlook. No Fairy Tales. “ Those who prefer jewelled patterns to pictures of life must look elsewhere.” — G. W, in The Outlook. 19 Qaotations fpom The Indian Iiibnany “ Look to a man who has the counsel of a woman of or above the world to back him .” — Under the Deodars. “ Year bv year England sends out fresh drafts £or the first fighting-line, which is officially called the Indian Civil Service. These die or kill themselves by overwork, or are worried to death, or are broken in health and hope, in order that the land mav be protected from death and sickness, famine and war, and maj' eventually become capable of standing alone. It will never stand alone .” — Black and White. “ You may carve ir on his tombstone. You may cut it on his card, That a young man married is a Young man marred ! ” — The Story of the Gadshys mm INDIAN MONEY. £ s. d. A rupee = 1 4i 16 annas = 1 4^r 64 pice = 1 U 192 pie = 1 4 A lac of rupees— 100,000 rupees= £6,875. OTHER THINGS INDIAN- Lord Curzon, the Viceroy Designate of India, was last night entertained at dinner by the Royal Socie- ties Club, and, in responding to the toast of his health, said that to him India had always appeared to be the pivot and centre of our Imperial system. The Eastern trend of our empire would increase, and the time would come when Asiatic sympathies and knowledge would not be the hobby of a few individuals, but the interests of the entire nation.— Nov. 8th, 1S08. 20 The Editor mill be glad to receive any item of interest to KipHttQites, suitable for publication in No. 2 of this Note Book. 21 A D VER TISEMENTS. tub Holland company, KIPLINGITE BOOKSELLERS, 12, Cherry Street, BIRMINGHAM. /^\HE Holland Company will Re glad to procure any of the Out-of-Print editions of Mr. Kipling’s books for customers seeking them. They would also like to hear from any owner of early editions who desires to sell, but the price required should be stated, as they do not make valuations. The Holland Company have always on sale many good Kipling items, and invite enquiries for the same. KIPLil^G BOOKS FOR SflUE. The following items are offered for sale by the Holland Company on the day of issue of this Note BooK(November 25th), but large additions are expected daily, and various changes will of necessity be made in the list from time to time. Special enquiries are therefore advisable for any item required, whether in the list or not : — KIPLING (Rudyard). Soldiers Three, 2nd [ndian edition, wrappers, scarce, 25s Allahabad 1S89 In Black and White, 1st Indian edition, wrappers, £2 2s. Do. Fifth English edition, wrappers, 2s8d Under the Deodars, 1st Indian edition, wrap - pers, £2 2s Do. 2nd English edition, 4s6d Do. 3rd English edition, 2s6d Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories, 1st Indian edition, £2 2s The Story of the Gadsbys,5th Eng. edition, 2s6d Barrack Room Ballads, crown 8vo, cloth , 1st edition. 21s 1892 First Jungle Book, 1st edition, 21s Second Jungle Book, 1st edition, 10s6d Soldiers Tales, Dt edition, 10s6d Letters of Marque, 1st edition, ong. doth, uncut, very rare, £8 10s Allahabad, 1891 The Seven Seas, 1st edition, 12s0d — Many Inventions, 1st edition, 1893 15s