30 SEPTEMBER 1922, Page 12

MR. EDWARD PRICE BELL AND MR. KIPLING. [To THE EDITOR

or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Mr. Edward Price Bell, in your last issue, says many sound things, but when he says that "most Americans feel that Mr. Kipling never has 'understood them, never has liked them." &c., is he not mistaken to an extraordinary degree? Can anyone say this of the writer of An American, of Captains Courageous, of An Habitation Enforced, of The Captive, and of numerous others? We who love these writings have loved with Kipling the people of America and their ideals, which are our own.—I am, Sir, &c., W. NEWTON DREW. Raincliffe, Ecclesfield, nr. Sheffield..