Referring to “Mr. Kipling’s casual
remark” on the doaen immortals, the
New York Herald Tribune suggests
that , "doubtless he Intentionally
named he names and will get consid
erable amusement out of the Specu
lation that is bound to follow. Few
opportunities ‘the like of this have
come to writing men who know the
true value of publicity,” continues
the Herald Tribune, "but on none of
the rolls supplied by these gentlemen
will be written the magic letters
*O. K.—R. K.’ So the world at large
will • have to write Its own ticket.”
The Herald Tribune would start the
list with Homer, Shakespeare and
Milton. "Then there are Virgil and
Horace and Dante,” It says. -"France
and Germany will come forward with
a few contenders, and Spain may have
a word to say for Cervantes. Any
one of these countries could name
full twoscore men whose.work has
not been forgotten in the course of
80Q years, and which may never be
forgotten. And certainly SS. Paul,
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are
of the stuff of which Immortality is
made. If there is anything in the teat
of tiffio."
“Perhaps Mr. Kipling was not pre
pared offhand.” suspects the Chicago
Daily News, "to name the dozen he
would choose, but a t least part of the
task is not difficult. Certainly Homer.
Sophoclea, Euripides, Aristophanes,
Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Cervantes.
