The Elms
Rottingdean.
<Septr. 28th. 1897>1
Dear Dr Wallace —
Dr. Gregory is quite right. I very much wanted to have a letter from you but I am sure the first one you wrote must have miscarried as if I had received it I should have answered it at once.
As to the Jungle Books you are entirely right about keeping all Mowglis' adventures under one head: and in the new edition which Macmillan are bringing out & have done this – beginning with "Mowglis' Brothers": and ending with "In the Rukh" a tale of Mowglis' “[illeg.]” life, which originally appeared in "Many Inventions" but I don't think I shall ever write more Mowgli tales. They came all of a piece and went away in the same fashion. I very much hope some day to have the honour of meeting you and explaining my very great admiration for all that you have done. In the meantime believe me | very sincerely yours | Rudyard Kipling2[signature]
ARW’s letter to his wife Annie mentioned Kipling’s letter. See letter WCP418-L418.
Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1529.1308)]
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Please cite as “WCP1529,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on