The Nobel prizes, of the value of 27,700 each, were
awarded at Stockholm on Tuesday. The usual ceremonies were omitted owing to the death of King Oscar. The recipients were :—Physics—Professor Michelson, University of Chicago ; Chemistry—Professor Buchner, University of Berlin ; Medi- cine—Professor Laveran, Pasteur Institute, Paris ; Literature —Mr. Rudyard Kipling. The Peace prize, which is awarded by the Storthing of Norway, is divided between Signor Moneta, president of the Italian Peace Society, and N. Renault, French delegate at the last Hague Conference. We heartily congratulate Mr. Rudyard Kipling, whose honour will be extremely grateful to his countrymen. There is no man in our literature alive to-day who is more worthy of honour. He has never failed either in his duty as an artist or as a good citizen,—praise not easily won. By the first we mean that, though tempted by an early and great success, he has never been willing to exploit his genius for money. By the second we mean that, whether we agree or disagree with his particular views, all must admit that he has never failed to keep steadily befere him the desire to make his words, in prose or verge, oondttee to the well-being of the nation and the Empire.
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