Rudyard Kipling literary reconing with younger writers

Literary critic Philip Guedallia (1889 – 1944) reluctantly concluded that the contributions of Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) to the world of letters were genuine – and, no matter what you think of him, his writing will be around for a good while.

“He sharpened the English language to a knife-edge, and with it he has cut brilliant patterns on the surface of our prose literature.”