![]() ![]() They discussed the prevailing trends in literature. ![]() Twain was also was also very happy to have met Kipling. His meeting with Mark Twain in New York was very impressive. He then undertook an extensive tour of USA. In 1889, Rudyard Kipling returned to London after visiting San Francisco, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. Also, he worked as a special correspondent for the “The Pioneer.” His work has been published in “Letters of Marque.” In 1888, he published a collection of stories. Kipling then moved to Allahabad to work in“The Pioneer” for the period, 1888-89. The published stories during 1886 to 1887 in the Gazette, were included in his first prose collection in “Plain Tales from the Hills “in 1888. Kipling wrote articles about his stay in India at the hill station in the Gazette. Kipling used to visit India during his annual leave for a stay at hill stations. The new editor, who took over the charge of the newspaper encouraged Kipling to contribute short stories and publish them. There was a change of editors for the newspaper. He published in 1886, his first collection of Verse, Departmental Ditties. Rudyard Kipling worked very hard for the Newspaper for six years from 1883. ![]()
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