tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post1306466546196528754..comments2023-11-01T02:35:48.057+00:00Comments on Geranium Cat's Bookshelf: Please Sit up!GeraniumCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010199887691558717noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-88065840777863535582009-06-14T07:20:44.315+01:002009-06-14T07:20:44.315+01:00I haven't read this story, but your post makes...I haven't read this story, but your post makes me want to. I loved Kipling's Rikki Rikki Tavi as a child and I have (but have not read) Just So Stories for Little Children (it was one of the books from my sister's collection of second-hand books). I just had to get it off the bookcase this morning when I read your post and start reading it.<br /><br />I am fascinated by Kipling. Have you visited his house, Bateman's? You could imagine it's just as he left it - particularly his study.<br /><br />You mentioned Sassoon’s Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man - I read that at school and recently I've tried to find a copy. My memory of it is vague, but isn't there something in it about cricket?BooksPleasehttp://www.booksplease.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-37417288817939501492009-06-13T20:10:24.116+01:002009-06-13T20:10:24.116+01:00Callmemadam, I do understand, I've lost too ma...Callmemadam, I do understand, I've lost too many much-loved animals, and I can't bear the thought of anything happening to either of my dogs, or a time when they won't be here, but I know I'll have others. And yes, I agree about Kipling.<br /><br />Cornflower, I've read your posts about your dogs, and I think you would like it as much as I did.<br /><br />Masha, I suppose it's because our relationships with animals have always to be so transient. And I think what you have to say about the dichotomy between great work and personal belief is very apposite. We should be educating our children to make sound judgments, not banning books.Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-80343969685447900642009-06-13T19:21:15.577+01:002009-06-13T19:21:15.577+01:00Wow this sounds great. Why do animal stories so of...Wow this sounds great. Why do animal stories so often have sad endings?<br /><br />I loved Rudyard Kipling's "just so" stories. Especially that one about the cat "that walked by himself". <br /><br />I know he had some very disturbing beliefs, but still - I find it very odd sometimes that people seem unable to refer to him without a sort of disclaimer, almost as though to distance themselves from him.<br /><br />I think that we need come to terms with the fact that a person can be a great artist, and produce work as precious as any other artist - and yet reflect some very unpleasant, disturbing, even evil beliefs in their work.<br /><br />And reading / looking at / listening to them does not mean we will be "corrupted". Oops. Sorry for the rant :pMashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733160823822343971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-68541096134451699912009-06-13T19:18:32.811+01:002009-06-13T19:18:32.811+01:00I'm completely soppy about dogs, and this soun...I'm completely soppy about dogs, and this sounds marvellous!Cornflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779286635989616330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-85205258755500835052009-06-13T17:36:40.940+01:002009-06-13T17:36:40.940+01:00Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware Of giving y...<i>Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.</i><br /><br />Why I don't have a dog, and don't intend to have any more cats. People really should get over their prejudices about Kipling and accept his greatness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com