On 22/03/07, sean neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I remember being surprised > as a child that it occurs frequently on the covers of Kipling's books.
This was because for a time in the middle of last century there was a fashion for writers to adopt a monika of some sort as a personal symbol. As you indicate, Kipling's was the swastika, the symbol of completeness and well being. Another with which people might be familiar is Somerset Maugham's 'tent-like' hyroglyphic with cross hatches which was always on his books of short stories. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
