To the Editor of the "Nonrm-Cuixa Datcy News,"
Sin,—In the recently publistied account of the Annual Meeting of the Shanghai Library, it was stated that " Committee composed of two of our esteemed clergymen had been appointed to review the works of fiction, and east out such as are by them deemed unwise for further retention.
There is no doubt but that some such weeding-out process is required, but in the selection of a Committee whose province it is to decide just which books shall come under the ban, it would seem that more liberal lines should have been followed. Possibly there are many subscribers to the Library who feel that they would like little Broader range of reading matter than would probably pass the muster of a clerical censorship, Therefore the suggestion is made that the Committee, est able so far as it goes, should round itself out by including an equal number of persons of other professions, thus sharing the responsibility for the retention of such works as the present Committee would no doubt find it inexpedient to throw out, but would hesitate ¢o commend in its professional capacity.
Tam, ete., 14th March,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.