In an 1899 Courier article Cather writes: "No man has ever written more persistently or more vividly of the affairs which engage the daily life of men," but "Mr. Kipling's experimental playfulness of mood seems to have affected his workmanship."
In an 1899 Courier article Cather writes:"Had Captains Courageous and The Day's Work been his first productions they would have made, doubtless, a noise in the world, but they would not have done for their author what Plain Tales from the Hills and Soldiers Three did.