KIPLING RUDYARD: (1865-1936) English writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1907. A.L.S., Rudyard Kipling, one page, 8vo, Rottingdean, 11^th December 1897, to Sir Walter Parratt. Kipling acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's letter ('and need not say how flattered I feel at your proposal to include me in your scheme') and remarks 'But I fear that verse of the type that would best suit a latter day “Tribute to Oriana” is altogether beyond my powers, and I have never had any luck when I have attempted verses of occasion'. With blank integral leaf. A letter of good association and interesting content. Annotated in ink and pencil in an unidentified hand at the head of the page and with light overall foxing, G

 

Sir Walter Parratt (1841-1924) English organist and composer. In 1899, at the instigation of Parratt, Master of the Queen's Musick, thirteen British composers contributed songs to a collection modelled on The Triumphs of Oriana, entitled Choral Songs in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, published on the occasion of the Queen's 80^th birthday.