> IT WAS a pity that Mr. Eliot should be so much on the defensive in the
> long essay with which he prefaces this selection of Kipling's poetry,
A surprisingly good essay and a surprisingly good book.
Last week at church, one of the attendees read "The Elephant's Child" and we were all greatly amused. It _is_ a funny story.
Kipling's _Epitaphs on the War_ are not be be sneezed at, either. They ain't Owen, but they're not chopped liver, either.
All the best,
John A