1. Nowadays the Janeites, in their hundreds, come into the open at least once a year to praise Jane publicly.

2. John Shand Saturday July 1', 1'52 The Guardian Jane, not with ill–bred brevity, not with casual modern familiarity, but simply because the wheels of the train carrying one into Hampshire rhythmically brought to memory the poem Kipling wrote for his tale about the Janeites: "Jane went to Paradise:/ That was only fair./ Good Sir Walter met her first,/ And led her up the stair./ Henry and Tobias,/ And Miguel of Spain,/ Stood with Shakespeare at the top/ To welcome Jane." Article continues But the Janeites are no longer a small secret society, as pictured in Kipling‘s tribute to her.