1934-10-29 — Page 7

LITERARY NOTE

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"A CENSORSHIP FOR NOVELS"

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Question of Restricted Output

"CLASSICS NOT THEIR HERITAGE"

A suggestion that the Library, Association should inquire into the possibility of establishing some kind of publication censorship over novels, on the lines, of the censor- ship of films, was made recently at a meeting of the Association held at University. College, Landon.

The suggestion was put forward | by the Rev. E. St. G. Schomberg. Deputy Mayor of Westminster. Hej said that the public had right to expect from the public libraries the supply of any book, that had any kind of claim to be worth reading. but it seemed to him that nowadays there was an increasing output of looks which could make no such claim either on literary, intellec- tuul, artistic, educational, or roman- tic grounds, or, in fact, grounds whatever.

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The President (Mr. S. A. Pitt. Glasgow) said that the angrestion: would be considered. To give any such guidance would call for con. siderable tact, à great deal of time) and probably would lead to a battle. with publishers and others:

Miss M. Watt-Smith deplored the] fact that so little effort was made to find out what the modern child preferred to read and to correlate

librarians.

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1934

A scene in the Congress Hall in London recently, when the 47 delegates from 22 countries to the Salvation Army High Council, gathered to elect a new fieneral and Commander-in-Chief upon the retirement of General Edward J. Higgins. At the right, extreme background, is Commander Evange- line Booth, 68, who was finally elected leader of the Army.

A GREAT VICTORIAN

PUBLISHER

50th Anniversary Of Death of Bohn

HOUSEHOLD NAME

ONE-ACT PLAYS IN BOOK FORM

Up-To-Date Volume By Gollancz

EXTREMELY WIDE RANGE

Fifty years ago there died a man Fifty One-Act Phys. By Victor

who held a many years in the Victorian world of books.

unique position for

was a name of

Bohn's Libraries

OBITUARY

Carlos A. Remedios Laid To Rest

MANY ATTEND FUNERAL

WOMAN BEATEN

TO DEATH IN NEW

TERRITORIES

(Continued from Page 9.j the accused declined, stating that

CYCLING

(Continued From Page 5).

This "road" (in reality nothing more than a bridle path) has been much affected by the heavy rains

CENTRAL

THEATRES

FINAL SHOWINGS

TO-DAY

of the summer and a great deal DAILY 2.30, 5.15, 7.16, & 9.30,

The wished to send money to the of what was rideable on a Club

country. The woman then

run held in June had to be walk- gob hold of him by the hair and ed on this occasion. By this time dragged him out and beat him with the Chinese riders had decided to the iron hoe head and struck him return to Kowloon, whilst the re- in the riba.

mainder pushed on to Lye-mun. Not content, she took

Point and the village of Stu- the top of a broom handle and used

chang-wan. that also to beat him.

An alfresco, tiffin was enjoyed on the heights before the descent was made to the village, which

The accused had a forebearing temper, or perhaps it was because, like the other fokis, he was afraid was reached at 2.30 p.m. Sam- of her, but he did nothing in reply, and the riders crossed to Shau

pane were then brought into use! said. Mr. Fraser,

The master re-ki-wan there to carry out turned the next day from. Un cuit of the Island by way of Ty- a 'cir- Loong, but the incident was made known to him by either lay and Aberdeen. The run con-

nottam Gap and the Reservoir, Stan-1 On the evening of August 25 of the harbour from Pokfulum cluded at 4.80 a.m. after Ane views after the fokis had locked up the and Bonham Roads. plantation, the woman left to visit

party.

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a nearby friend, taking with her a

2 TOURIST TIME TRIAL

No "all-day" run will be held on basket of beans. Another foki. Sunday rext in view of the promo- Lo Sheung, also left the plantation tion of the Tourist Time Trial to call on his aunt, who lived at scheduled to start from the junction the same village which the mistress of the Taipo and Castle Peak Roads, was visiting. The woman and Left 9 a.m. Entries for this event, Sheung, returned to the plantation in which 50 miles have to be cover together at about 9 p.m. Lo Sheung jod in 41⁄2 hours, should be forward. 'crawled through the barbed wire ed to L. A. Anning, No. 23 Taipe and went ahead to get the key for Road, A. J. Raptis No. 32 Johnston the gate.

He bad gone about 15 Road, or to R. A. G. Keates, Antonio Remedios, aged 16, who turning, he saw his mistress being accompanied by the requisite fee

The funeral of the late Carolos feet when he heard a noise and R. A. S. C. Wellington Barracks, Gollancz, Loudon, 8/6,

passed away at St. Paul's (French) struck by a man with a bamboo Club members $1.00; .non-members Hospital on Saturday, following an pole. The man he would say, $1.50. One of the troubles which lovers operation for appendicitis, took was the accused, said Mr. Fraser. were a household woril both in the of the dragon frequently encounter place at the Roman Catholic Ceme The women ran, but was pursued finishing point of the Trial his tastes to the booka circulated by nd world and in the new: "Boha" is the difficulty of obtaining alters, yesterday, the Rev. Father by the man who continued to hit milestone on Castle Peak Road) a Commencing at 2.30 p.m. from the "The most noticeable gap in con-schoolboy trying to extract meaning especially those which are

comfort to the volume of really good one-net plays, Page officiating. temporary juvenile book provision from classical authors, and very upday.

her with the bamboo pole until she run will be organised by the Hong is the absence of any satisfactory few men of the Victorian Age can

most A large gathering of relatives collapsed in a nearby pool.

Kong Cycling Club to the Castle books for children, hetween the ages have contributed so much to that

and friends of the family were?

Lo Sheung raised an alarm and Peak Cafeteria for tea. of ten and fourteen.

Alessrs. Gollancz, Ltd., have dono present and Flowers

the woman was dragged out of the Enthusiastle cyclists are extended- from thirst for knowledge which charac-, "After a couple of years spent terised the generation following the want, by the publication of the above were placed in the grave.

great deal to fill a very evident Grandma, Mrs. A. M. S. Remedios, pool. She had severe injuries to a very cordial welcome on all runs. reading the better class fairly tales first Reform Acta generation for works of fifty-two writers from all younger brother and sisters, there

her head and died shortly after- the modern girl turns to something whom, it was said, "everything was over the world have been brought were

entitled compilation in which tho Besides the bereaved parents and wards.

circulated to all Stations.. with a a little more grown up. And what

description of the man. A Euro is there? Just school stories;

new, everything was true,

Portuguese Assiste and together, within the compass of just Remedios (Grandmother), and Mrs, local solicitor, who was sitting on the bridge on the main road not far present Mrs. A. M... S. Mr. F. X. D'Almada e Castro, the geant Eccles, immediately went to pean officer from Lokmachau, Ser-J bally written. of doubtful merate.

over 1,000 pugen. the plot isually taken from petly

L. F. Sousa, Mr. U. B. Sousa and the verandah of a nearby bungalow, from the Police Station and at about jealousies and anobberies far field, but he was certainly the mostjone taking in even two Japanese

The range is an extremely wide Mr. A. R. Remedios (uncles). divorced from the life of the aver-important purveyor of

Others of the gathering, were Mr. and, thinking that it was a robbery, was found to be the accused.

heard police whistles being blown, 11.15 p.m., a man approached, who assorted plays which scem porteetly capable and Mrs. M. M. da Roza, Mr. and got in his car and drove to Lokma-failed to give a satisfactory ex nge schoolgirl.

"serious" knowledge, and, long af-of being presented on the stage. Mr. Arthur Sousa, Mr. and Mrs. chau Palice Station where he re-planation of his doings and was ter he had sold the business, Bohn's Indeed many of the translations are H. F. Pires, Mrs. S. E. Carvalho, turned with Sergeant Roberts. On taken to the Police Station, where Is it any wonder that after the Libraries were selling in prodigious extremely good. boredom of reading 1,000 chcel quantities in England and America.

Miss L M. de Sousa, Mrs. A. Rocha their way back, they stopped a man, he was subsequently detained in In the English section the choice and the Misses Rocha, Mrs. W. A who was found to be the accused. connection with stories the girl turns to something lurid on reaching the adult library” Henry Martin Bohu, a Westphalian, and Catherine Parr, and o He was born in 1796,

of plays ranges from a humorous Sprinkle and Miss E. Sprinkle, Mr. He was permitted, however, to pro Throughout, the accused had wigor- family interlide between Henry VII and Mrs. Coates, Mrs. F. Sequélra ceed after being questioned.

the murder. The major fault of many boys who, having studied the mystery of little scene drawn from the life of Miss books was that they were out of book-binding in his native country. Samuel Pepys, to a very dulightful Rodrigues and Captain H. J. de merry the Misses Santos, Miss Barros,

oualy denied the charge, said Mr. date. Henty and his contemporaries aettled in London in 1795 and mar-ystery by Cicely Hamilton, entitled Silva (representing the Portuguese|

Murray; Captain J. S. dent were made known a report was

As soon as the facts of the inci- Fraser. - m were going at last, but too slowly.[ried a Scots wife.

The case is proceeding. The modern boys' book was betteria useful connection by some

He established The Child in Flanders" the wealth Company of the Hong Kong Volun- than the modern girls' book, but it genious new ideas in bookbinding would mike it somewhat lengthy, H. A. de B. Botelho, W. Sousa, R. in-of detail in the production of which teer Defence Corps), and Mesura. was not perfect.

and set up in Henrietta Street. His but nevertheless presents possibilities There was a large output of na-son went from school into his which should commend it to any Cho, A. L. de Sousa, D. Santos, A. ture books, though the majority of father's business and exhibited at desiring a delightful subject for pro- children saw the country each year cnte eminent ability, energy, and in-entation around Christmas. for a few hours only and spent dependence--which last quality he their lives facing four walls and a showet when his father refuged to book calculated to afford a wealth of In all a most delightful readable chimney. Yet we expected them to adopt some of his ideas. enjoy rending about the neating Henrietta Street and obtained a He left

ntertainment. habits of the pied wagtail.

Lurid Reading

There should be more good hie tory books and biographies with not, so much insistence on battles, em- pires,, soldiers, and sailors.

Parents, teachers, and librarians chose the wrong books for children, and were partly to blaine for thei popularity of "penny dreadfuls."

A male delegate expressed the opinion that the English classica were part of the structure of our lives, and were part of our heritage. "Yes," retorted Miss Watt-Smith, "they are our heritage, but not the children's heritage. They were not

written for children." :

The President spoke of the need for further legislation to improve library administration.

everything was important."

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Bohn was not the first in thei

son of

position for himself in the City.

TWOPENNY LIBRARY

CONDEMNED

"Dose Of Imaginative Dope"

A BUTLER YEATS' ANECDOTE

de Sousa, S. Medina and A. Crestejo,

The Wreaths. Wreaths were sent by Mummy, Daddy, Sisters and Tony; Auntie Mary, Aunty Laura, Uncle Rom and Auntie Cissy and cousins; Cousin Tony: Gladys and Alfred

Mr. and Mrs. E. 1. Alarakia and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Crestejo and family, Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Labrum, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. da Roza, Mr. A, R. Remedios and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Rocha, Mr. and

The Sign Of A Coming Mrs. William H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs.

Editor

V. F. M. de Souza, Miss K. Samy, M L. Sprinkle, Kum Kee, the Portuguese Company, Hong Kong Volunteer De Readers who remember Mr. Wil.fence Corps; and Ye Olde Printerle lian Butler Yeats, sorvices to Wil- liam Blake have a special interest

had sprung up for those who wished to his "Letters to the New Island." Twopeany libraries, which he anid in the préface which he has written to bare "a daily dose of imaginative When Mr. Yeats, ut the age of 20

HOSPITAL SUNDAY

AT ST. JOHN'S

Lady Peel Attend

lupe." were criticize by Mr. J. D. or 27, was sitting in the Dublin H.E. The Governor And Stewart, Borough Librarian of Ber-National Library, he remembers ndsey, at the Library Association some old man, a stränger to rim, Jannual conference at University saying, "I have watched you for the

College, W. C.

The Association was welcomed to London by Lord Ebbisham, repre¡ prepared to pay handsomely for that. People Mr. Stewart said, were senting the Lord Mayor and Cor-kind of amusement to get away from poration of the City.

their wives, etc., and the twopences quickly nunted up.

MORE ON BLIGHT Engrossing History of "Bounty" Hero

past half-hour, and you have neither Feel, K.C.M.G. K.B.E., and Lady H.E. the Governor, Sir William

made a note nor rend a worl"

"He had mistaken the proof Peel were among those who attend- sheets of "The Works of Williamed the special Hospital Sunday ser- Blake, edited and interpretated by vice held at St. John's Cathedral Edwin Ellis and William Butler yesterday.

Yoats," for some school or univer- They were accompanied by Capt. sity text-book, me for some ne'er Walter His Excellency's A.D.C. do-weel student."

Mr. Yeats suys frankly that lie lor of Hong Kong University, was Sir William Hornell, Vice Chancel- was "ürrogant, indolent, excitalso present. able,"

Dean Swann conducted the ser "To-day, knowing how great vice and was assisted by the Rev. were the odds, I watch over my H. W. Baines. The sermon was don, a hoy at the preparatory delivered by the Rev. E. W. L. Mar- school, fearing that he may grow tin, Headmaster of St. Stephen's up in my likonese,"*"

These ligurisht nde no difference to the publication of fie ftinn. from public libraries, however,

and it was obvious that they hadh. tapped a new kind of reading public. Between 1924 and 1932 the public us of books' provided by urban and Jcounty libraries bad increased by Bligh of the County. By Geoffrey over: 88,000,000 volumes, to the Rawson. The Nautilus Library,large annual total of 104,998,740 Philip Allan & Co, Ltd, Lon-volumes. don. 2/6.

At the annual business incoting off This is a reprint of Mr. Rawson'sfmembers of tlio Association the engrossing history of the hero of Wednesbury Public Library was ex- the Mutiny of the Bounty, Capt. pelled from membership of the William Bligh, about whom some Association on the grounds of eon. remarkably interesting books have duct prejudicial to the profession." Thomas Burke, who is written it.

́ ́**London in my time" will be the LOQUACITY OF COLERIDGE next new book on London. Mr. been written recently. The work

This action, it is understood, is was born in London. There are talkers, but few could have com- Poets have often been good

a ispeted in loquacity with

ANOTHER LONDON

La purely historical one, and pro- the outcome of a controversee many Londons, and Mr. Burke's

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College, who took as his text the words "Truly our fellowship is with the father and with hla Son, Jesus Christ."

bably gives a better insight into thegarding the appointinent of the pre-one of the most interesting Many Samuel Rogers recorded character of the man, who with all sant Wednesbury librarian, Mr. E. J. people, remember his Limehouse, and his lodging in Pall Mall one morn-

faults, was a very brave officer, Walford, who, according to the Athere is another Limehouse in ing ban some of the accounts written sociation's reports, has laid no pra Mr. Hugh Bedwood's recent article hours without Intermission

ing when Coleridge talked thres fictional style. It is a work well vious experience of public library London in My Time will be one poetry, and so

the reading.-B.T.P-G. work.

of Riel and Cowan's books,

about

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