11 MARCH 1949, Page 20

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Sut,—In her review of Children's Illustrated Books by Janet Adam Smith, Honor Croome wonders about an old favourite missed, " who was responsible . . . for that glorious colony of goblins, elves or leprechauns who never did anything less than fifty strong, careering down mountains, for instance, on one vast toboggan ten deep, inextricably inter- mingled." I am sure she .refers to Kenyon Cox's " Brownies," appearing for many seasons in St. Nicholas, that children's magazine so ably edited

by Mary Draper Dodge.—Yours faithfully, HARmONY T. IVES. 164 East 14th Street, New York City 21.