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If everyone enjoyed the recent piece about the Haggards kipling, then the following might be appropriate for a Friday afternoon: Kipling and Rider Haggard became involved briefly in an anti-Bolshevik movement in the early 1920s, which provoked a sparkling riposte in the columns of the Daily Herald: "Every Bolsh is a Blackguard," Said Kipling to Haggard, - "And given to tippling," Said Haggard to Kipling. "And a blooming outsider," Said Rudyard to Rider. -"Their domain is a blood-yard," Said Rider to Rudyard. "That's just what I say," Said the author of They. - "I agree I agree," Said the author of She. ["Two Hearts that Beat as One" in the "Daily Herald", 4.3.1920. Quoted in T Pocock, (1993), Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire, London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson pp225 & 267.] Curious that Haggard should be one of the few firm friends that Kipling ever made. _____________________________________________ Professor Tim Connell Division of Languages Room A2.49 College Building City University, London EC1V OHB Tel: 0171-477 8265 Fax: 0171-477 8266 Homepage: http://www.city.ac.uk/languages %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%