Mr. Rudyard Kipling, whose recovery we are glad to note
seems to have no drawbacks, was well enough on Sunday last to write a letter to the American papers, in which he asked to be allowed to " attempt some acknowledgment of the wonder- ful sympathy, affection, and kindness" shown towards him during his illness. He cannot answer letters in detail, so "takes this means of thanking as humbly as sincerely the countless people of goodwill throughout the world who have put me under a debt I can never hope to repay." There is a manly, as well as a modest, note struck in the letter which, though it will not surprise, will delight all Mr. Kipling's friends. All that we now desire is that Mr. Kipling will be preserved from the treacheries of the spring, which, we fear, are almost as great on that side of the Atlantic as on this.
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