[ [16] I have not discussed a new collection of Mr. Kipling's stories, called Abaft the Funnel, consisting of reprints of early fugitive pieces; because there is not the slightest indication that this book is in any way authorised, or that its publication has the approval of the man who wrote it. Perhaps an authorised edition of it may now become necessary.
[ [17] The English Novel, Chapter VI.
[ [18] A writer in the Atlantic Monthly notes especially the closing paragraph of Chapter XXVIII, and parts of Chapter XXIX.
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