27 JANUARY 1912, Page 13

A Kipting Dictionary. By W. Arthur Young. (George Rontledge and

Sons. Ss. 6d. net.)—The title of this book at full length is "A Dictionary of the Characters and Scenes in the Stories and Poems of Rudyard Kipling, 1680-1011." It is needless to comment, but we may congratulate Mr. Kipling on the distinction attained. There are but few authors who reach the dignity of a dictionary or a concordance.