THE KIPLING JOURNAL


published quarterly since 1927 by The Kipling Society
(6 Clifton Road, London W9 1SS)
and sent free to all members world-wide


Volume 84 MARCH 2010 Number 335


CONTENTS

THE KIPLING SOCIETY: OFFICERS, ETC 3

SECRETARY’S ANNOUNCEMENTS 4

EDITORIAL 6-8. 34
54 & 61

THE JOHN SLATER MEMORIAL KIPLING ESSAY PRIZE, 2009
by John Walker
9-10


THE PRIZE ESSAY by Gregory Noone 10-13

THE JOHN SLATER MEMORIAL KIPLING ESSAY PRIZE IN 2010
by Sharad Keskar
12


THE PRESENTATION OF THE JOHN SLATER MEMORIAL KIPLING ESSAY PRIZE, 2009
by Jane Keskar
14



UNPUBLISHED KIPLING DRAWINGS
by The Editor
15-20


KIPLING AT WORK: THE TEXTUAL HISTORY OF “THE SPIES’ MARCH”
by Prof. Thomas Pinney
21-34


RUDYARD KIPLING: POET AND PROPHET by Martin Down 36-45

KIPLING’S AND ELGAR’S FRINGES OF THE FLEET and CD REVIEW
by Andrew Neill
46-54


ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT BUTTERFLIES
by William B. Dillingham
55-61


MEMBERSHIP NOTES by John Lambert 62

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 63-67

ABOUT THE KIPLING SOCIETY 68