24 JANUARY 1936, page 6

The King We Salute

IN the person of a new King there ascends the I Throne an unknown quantity. That must nearly always - be so, for kingship is a unique office. In other capacities Edward VIII......

Rudyard Kipling

M R. RUDYARD KIPLING'S death occurred too late for mention in last week's Spectator, and today it is inevitably overshadowed for the nation by a greater bereavement. But even......