Abstract
THE addresses which compose the “Book of Words” were delivered in many lands to varied audiences through a period covering almost a quarter of a century. Occasional speeches, however, especially when delivered in lighter vein, only have value outside the circumstances in which they are made when they contain, hidden it may be by phraseology peculiar to the occasion, ideas of general interest. Such, in a measure, are these speeches. Almost every conceivable theme is touched upon from “The Spirit of the Navy” to the “Virtue of France,” from “Independence” to the “Handicaps of Letters.” Here and there, at greater length, occur other types of topics such as the contribution of prehistoric man to modern military practice and naval science, in which imagination and a kindly regard for half truths have resulted in charming narratives. The delight of the book is in the reading.
A Book of Words: Selections from Speeches and Addresses delivered between 1906 and 1927
Hudyard
Kipling
By. Pp. vii + 299. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1928.) 7s. 6d. net.
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A Book of Words: Selections from Speeches and Addresses delivered between 1906 and 1927 . Nature 121, 614 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121614c0
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