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 85 DECEMBER 2011 Number 344


CONTENTS

THE KIPLING SOCIETY: OFFICERS, ETC 1

SECRETARY’S ANNOUNCEMENTS 2

OUR NEW PRESIDENT by Sharad Keskar 4-6

THE NATIVE AS “(AN)OTHER” SELF: COLONIAL ANXIETY IN RUDYARD KIPLING’S “THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING” by Dr Bidisha Banerjee 7-20


MAROONED IN THE MALDIVES by Ian Burns 21-28

KIPLING AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR: ‘A DRESS REHEARSAL FOR ARMAGEDDON?’ by Rodney Atwood 29-49


PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN IN “THE CHURCH THAT WAS AT ANTIOCH” by John Coates 50-66

MEMBERSHIP NOTES 67

A BIRTH REPORTED IN THE TIMES by The Editor 67

LETTER TO THE EDITOR 68

NEWS FROM THE BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY by The Editor 68