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Dear Philip After Yan's prompt, I found that there is another letter in Vol.4 of Pinney to C.R.L. Fletcher of 17 February 1918. There is a postscript to the letter 'How does this go into Greek. It's out of the sepulchral unchristian epigrams of the missing parts of the Anthology: ' and goes on to quote some early lines from "Epitaphs of War". Quite which Anthology RK is referring to I don't know, but you can find the full text on-line at: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qC9wJMG0OBwC&pg=PA483&lpg=PA483&dq=Sussex/+Feb.17.+1918&source=bl&ots=eFTq1LUSMy&sig=JX1hwVV72BUtKo8YyojOCZ4Fmjs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iGh0T9zzKaXT0QXus_zjDw&sqi=2&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Sussex%2F%20Feb.17.%201918&f=false Yours, David ________________________________ From: Philip Holberton <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2012, 5:14 Subject: Epitaphs of the War I am currently working on draft Notes on “Epitaphs of the War” for the New Readers Guide. Carrington’s biography says: “His ‘Epitaphs of the War’, ‘naked cribs of the Greek anthology’ he called them, include much comment.” (page 548 of the Pelican paperback edition.) But Carrington does not give a source for this direct quote from Kipling. Do any of you knowledgeable people know where it comes from? Perhaps a letter? (i do not have access to Pinney.) Regards – Philip Holberton