Rachel Mary Lloyd
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Member of the Kipling Society
THE KIPLING JOURNAL. The Letter Bag. October 1930 In the No. 13 Journal, among the Crypticisms, Major Bewley writes about a matter which must have puzzled many people— namely, the many inaccuracies in " Mandalay." I can give an explanation of sorts, though I don't think Major Bewley will find it a very satisfying one. In 1925 I was travelling up the Irrawaddy by river-steamer, and as we approached Mandalay I was talking to a fellow-pasenger, a young Chinese who had lately returned home after spending a good many years at an English university and in Europe. We were discussing Mandalay, and the subject of Kipling's poem came up, and I wondered at these same inaccuracies. My companion told me that, some years before, he had met Kipling at a dinner or some such function. In the course of conversation with him he had asked him why, in that poem, he had made such a number of puzzling statements, and Kipling had merely laughed and answered, " Well, you must allow me some poetic licence!—Rachel M. Lloyd, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. |
Aunt Rachel left Deborah a ruby brooch in her will with a note that the rubies were purchased cheaply in Burma in 1925
For Sale on EBay The Day's Work Kipling Hardcover First Edition Contains the special bookplate 'A Member of the Kipling Society' with the name of Rachel Lloyd, Dolobran, Moss Vale, NSW. |
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Rachel Mary Lloyd with her brother Howard Sanderson Lloyd
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