CHINESE FAIRY TALES
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sia,—In your issue of September ioth, our book Chinese Fairy Tales and Folk Tales was reviewed by William Plomer. The whole of the first paragraph of this review is devoted to pointing out the iniquity of the publishers in putting on a band that this book is not suitable for children.
This was done after much thought, as books of fairy tales are usually given at Christmastime to children, and this book is, in spite of what Mr. Plomer says, entirely unsuitable for children. Take, for example, the fairy tale on page 133 ; while suitable for grown-ups, we should not care to hear of any child reading this tale. I have shown it to several parents, and not one would care for his children to read this.—Yours faithfully, KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER AND Co., LTD., CECIL A. FRANKLIN, Managing Director.
Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane, E.C. 4.
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