RUDYARD See also:

• RUDYARD KIPLING (1865— )

KIPLING (1865— )  , See also:

• BRITISH

British author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Bombay on the 3oth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1865 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• LOCKWOOD, SIR FRANK (1846–1897)
• LOCKWOOD, WILTON (1861– )

Lockwood See also:

• KIPLING, RUDYARD (1865— )

Kipling (1837—1911), an artist. of considerable ability, was from 1875 to 1893 See also:

• CURATOR (Lat. for " one who takes care," curare, to take care of)

curator of the See also:

• LAHORE

Lahore museum in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother was See also:

• MISS

Miss Alice See also:

• MACDONALD, FLORA (1722—1790)
• MACDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905)
• MACDONALD, JACQUES ETIENNE JOSEPH
• MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD (1812-1872)
• MACDONALD, LAWRENCE (1799-1878)
• MACDONALD, SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD (1852-1903)
• MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER (1815-1891)

Macdonald of See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, two of whose sisters were married respectively to See also:

• SIR

Sir E . Burne-See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones and Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• POYNTER, SIR EDWARD JOHN, BART

Poynter . He was educated at the See also:

• UNITED

United Services See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, Westward Ho, See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon, of which a some-what lurid See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account is given in his See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story Stalky and Co . On his return to India he became at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of seventeen the sub-editor of the Lahore See also:

• CIVIL

Civil and Military See also:

• GAZETTE

Gazette . In 1886, in his twenty-first See also:

• YEAR

year, he published Departmental Ditties, a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse chiefly satirical, only in two or three poems giving promise of his See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic poetical See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note . In 1887 he published See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

Plain Tales from the Hills, a collection mainly of the stories contributed to his own See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal . During the next two years he brought out, in six slim See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper-covered volumes of See also:

• WHEELER, JOSEPH (1836-1906)
• WHEELER, WILLIAM ALMON (1819-1887)

Wheeler's Railway Library (See also:

• ALLAHABAD

Allahabad), Soldiers Three, The Story of the Gadsbys, In See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White, Under the Deodars, The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Wee Willie Winkee, at a See also:

• RUPEE (Hindustani rupiya, from Sanskrit rupya)

rupee apiece . These were in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form and substance a continuation of the Plain Tales . This See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of tales, all written before the author was twenty-four, revealed a new See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of fiction . A few, but those the best, he afterwards said that his father gave him .

The See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest were the See also:

• HARVEST (A.S. hcerfest " autumn," O.H. Ger. herbist, possibly through an old Teutonic root representing Lat. car pere, " to pluck ")

harvest of his own See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of observation vitalized by See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination . In method they owed something to Bret See also:

• HARTE, FRANCIS BRET (1839–1902)

Harte; in See also:

• MATTER

matter and spirit they were absolutely See also:

• ORIGINAL

original . They were unequal, as his books continued to be throughout; the sketches of Anglo-See also:

• INDIAN

Indian social See also:

• LIFE

life being generally inferior to the rest . The See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style was to some extent disfigured by jerkiness and mannered tricks . But Mr Kipling possessed the supreme spell of the story-See also:

• TELLER, WILHELM ABRAHAM (1734-1804)

teller to entrance and transport . The freshness of the invention, the variety of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, the vigour of narrative, the raciness of See also:

• DIALOGUE

dialogue, the magic of See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere, were alike remarkable . The soldier-stories, especially the exuberant vitality of the See also:

• CYCLE
• CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

cycle which contains the immortal '/Iulvaney, established the author's fame throughout the See also:

• WORLD

world . The See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child-stories and tales of the British See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official were not less masterly, while the tales of native life and of See also:

• ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

adventure " beyond the See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale " disclosed an even finer and deeper vein of See also:

• ROMANCE

romance . India, which had been an old story for generations of See also:

• ENGLISH

English-men, was revealed in these brilliant pictures as if seen for the first See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in its variety, See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion, vivid as See also:

• MIRAGE (a French word, from mirer, to look at, se mirer, to be reflected)

mirage, enchanting as the Arabian Nights . The new author's See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent was quickly recognized in India, but it was not till the books reached See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England that his true See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank was appreciated and proclaimed . Between 1887 and 1889 he travelled through India, See also:

• CHINA

China, See also:

• JAPAN

Japan and See also:

• AMERICA

America, finally arriving in England to find himself already famous . His travel sketches, contributed to The Civil and Military Gazette and The See also:

• PIONEER

Pioneer, were afterwards collected (the author's See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand having been forced by unauthorized publication) in the two volumes From See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea to Sea (1899) .

A further set of Indian tales, equal to the best, appeared in See also:

• MACMILLAN

Macmillan's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine and were republished with others in Life's See also:

• HANDICAP

Handicap (1891) . In The Light that Failed (1891, after appearing with a different ending in Lippincott's Magazine) Mr Kipling essayed his first See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long story (dramatized 1905), but with See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative unsuccess . In his subsequent See also:

• WORK

work his delight in the display of descriptive and verbal technicalities See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew on him . His polemic against " the sheltered life " and " little Englandism " became more didactic . His terseness sometimes degenerated into abruptness and obscurity . But in the meanwhile his See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius became prominent in verse . Readers of the Plain Tales had been impressed by the snatches of See also:

• POETRY

poetry prefixed to them for See also:

• MOTTO (an Italian word, from Late Lat. muttum, a low sound, a mutter or murmur, cf. mutere, to mutter; the Latin word also gives Fr. mot, word)

motto, certain of them being subscribed " Barrack See also:

• ROOM

Room Ballad." Mr Kipling now contributed to the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Observer, then edited by W . E . See also:

• HENLEY, JOHN (1692-1759)
• HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST (1849-1903)

Henley, a series of Barrack Room See also:

• BALLADS

Ballads . These vigorous verses in soldier See also:

• SLANG

slang, when published in a See also:

• BOOK

book in 1892, together with the See also:

• FINE

fine ballad of " See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West " and other poems, won for their author a second fame, wider than he had attained as a story-teller . In this volume the Ballads of the " See also:

• BOLIVAR
• BOLIVAR, SIMON (1783-1830)

Bolivar " and of the" Clampherdown," introducing Mr Kipling's poetry of the ocean and the See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine-room, and " The See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

Flag of England," finding a See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice for the Imperial sentiment, which—largely under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Mr Kipling's own writings—had been rapidly gaining force in England, gave the See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

key-note of much of his later verse . In 1898 Mr Kipling paid the first of several visits to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa and became imbued with a type of imperialism that reacted on his literature, not altogether to its See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage .

Before finally settling in England Mr Kipling lived some years in . America and married in 1892 Miss See also:

• CAROLINE
• CAROLINE (1683-1737)

Caroline Starr Balestier, See also:

• SISTER

sister of the See also:

• WOLCOTT, ROGER (1679-1767)

Wolcott Balestier to whom he dedicated Barrack Room Ballads, and with whom in collaboration he wrote the Naulahka (1891), one of his less successful books . The next collection of stories, Many Inventions (1893), contained the splendid Mulvaney extravaganza, " My See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord the See also:

• ELEPHANT

Elephant "; a vividly realized See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale of See also:

• METEMPSYCHOSIS (Gr. µF El.4/1Xco rts)

metempsychosis, " The Finest Story in the World "; and in that fascinating tale " In the Rukh," the prelude to the next new See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition of the author's genius . This came in 1894 with The See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

Jungle Book, followed in 1895 by The Second Jungle Book . With these inspired beast-stories Kipling conquered a new world and a new See also:

• AUDIENCE (from Lat. audire, to hear)

audience, and produced what many critics regard as his most flawless work . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief subsequent publications were The Seven Seas (poems), 1896; Captains Courageous (a See also:

• YARN

yarn of deep-sea See also:

• FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery), 1897; The See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day's Work (collected stories), 1898; A See also:

• FLEET

Fleet in Being (an account of a cruise in a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man-of-See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war), 1898; Stalky and Co . (mentioned above), 1899; From Sea to Sea (mentioned above) ,1899; Kim,19oz; Just So Stories (for See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children), 1902; The Five Nations (poems, concluding with what proved Mr Kipling's most universally known and popular poem, " Recessional," originally published in The Times on the 17th of See also:

• JULY

July 1897 on the occasion of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria's second See also:

• JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

jubilee), 1903; Traffics and Discoveries (collected stories), 1904; Puck of Pook's See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill (stories), 1906; Actions and Reactions (stories), 1909 . Of these Kim was notable as far the most successful of Mr Kipling's longer narratives, though it is itself rather in the nature of a See also:

• STRING

string of episodes . But everything he wrote, even to a farcical extravaganza inspired by his See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm for the motor-See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car, breathed the meteoric See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy that was the nature of the man. lg vigorous and unconventional poet, a pioneer in the See also:

• MODERN

modern phase of See also:

• LITERARY

literary Imperialism, and one of the rare masters in English See also:

• PROSE

prose of the See also:

• ART

art of the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short story, Mr Kipling had already by the opening of the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century won the most conspicuous See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place among the creative literary forces of his day . His position in English literature was recognized in 1907 by the See also:

• AWARD (from O. Fr. ewart, or esguart, cf. " reward ")

award to him of the See also:

• NOBEL, ALFRED BERNHARD (1833-1896)

Nobel See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize . See Rudyard Kipling's See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter in My First Book {Chatto, 1894); " A Bibliography of Rudyard Kipling," by John See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane, in Rudyard Kipling: a See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

Criticism, by See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard de Gallienne; " Mr Kipling's Short Stories " in Questions at Issue, by See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• GOSSE, EDMUND (1849– )
• GOSSE, PHILIP HENRY (1810–r888)

Gosse (1893) ; " Mr Kipling's Stories " in Essays in Little, by See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• LANG, ANDREW (1844— )
• LANG, KARL HEINRICH, RITTER VON (1764-1835)

Lang;" Mr Kipling's Stories," by J . M .

See also:

• BARRIE
• BARRIE, JAMES MATTHEW (186o- )

Barrie in the Contemporary See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review (See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1891); articles in the Quarterly Review (July 1892) and See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh Review (See also:

• JAN

Jan . 1898) ; and See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section on Kipling in Poets of the Younger See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

Generation, by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• ARCHER, WILLIAM (1856— )

Archer (1902) . See also for bibliography to 1903 English Illustrated Magazine, new series, vol. See also:

• XXX

xxx. pp . 298 and 429-432 . (W . P .