Dear Luke, (if I may)
I am sorry to have kept you waiting for a reply to your query. You
will understand that, until all of Kipling's work is digitised, we
have to rely on the expertise and experience of individual readers. In
this case, I am very grateful for the keen eyes of David Page, the
editor of the Kipling Journal. He came across the reference after I
had appealed for help to our on-line discussion group, at
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The quotation "several immense Madrids breaking half the horizon"
refers to San Paulo, in Brazil, and comes from Brazilian Sketches:
"Post-War San Paulo: An Up-Country Coffee Estate". This piece is also
titled "A City and a Silence". It was first published in the Morning
Post on the 13th of December,1927. I believe that the articles were
also featured in Liberty, in which case, the 18th February 1928
edition would be the one.
If you would like to refer to a copy yourself, I see that Damascus
Books, from Boring, Oregon (a fascinating address) have a decent
reading copy for about $8, or there are several other volumes on-line,
going up to $75.
Thank you for the challenge of finding this quote.
John
John Walker
Honorary Librarian,
The Kipling Society
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