Kipling, the Story-Writer (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Kipling, the Story-Writer However, it is always vain to attempt to anticipate the verdict of posterity, to predetermine the precise rank which one of our own contemporaries may achieve. It is too early to distinguish in Kipling 's work, with anything like certainty, the sound from the unsound or only half sound. For, not the least astonishing of the many astonishing facts about him, Kip ling has, at the present writing, not yet celebrated his fiftieth birthday. And there is no more reason now, at what looks like the conclusion of a third period of his work, to suppose that his production has ceased than there was some twenty-five years ago when, at the conclusion of the first period, the critics ex pressed the fear that he was written out. But if it is too early to pass final judgment, it is not too early to attempt an examination of his technique, to pay him the compliment that his preeminence justifies and demands. This is the purpose of the present study. It aims to observe from a definite point of view, as objectively and dispassionately as may be, the tech nique of his stories, to point out simply what is there. Such a study, it is hoped, may lead to an increased appreciation of his skill, may conceivably make clear in a measure some of the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.