KIPLING’S “RECESSIONAL.”
So many accounts of the way in which “ Recessional ” reached the Times have been published on “ the very best authority,” says Literature, that it may be as well to dispose of’them by the publication of the following letter, which enclosed the MS.:—
“ Dear ,—Enclosed please find my sentiments on things—which I hope are yours.- AVe’ve been blowing up the Trumpets of the New Moon a little too much for White Men, and it’s about time we sobered down.
“ If you would like it, it’s at your service—on the old conditions that I can use it if I want it later in book form. The sooner it’s in print the better. I don’t want any proof. Couldn’t you run it tonight, so as to end the week piously ? “ If it’s not your time, please drop me a wire.—Ever yours sincerely, “E. K.” The poem was published the next morning. Mr Kipling was asked to name his own price, but absolutely declined all payment. _ ’’
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 132, 14 June 1901, Page 1
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