'The outrageous truth is that in hunting around \Shanghai_book shops for two or three new books for children T was told: "It would hardly pay to import too many expensive books for children, parents don't seem to want' te spend money for nursery books.'' Let.us thank the altruistic booksellers of Shanghai that if such be the case they gallantly face financial loss in an educational campaign, for the variety and beauty of the books displayed refutes the calumny for the most part, Still, to have this remark ulvanced in palliation for net stocking certain books, which perhaps might not appeal to all parents, shows that there must have been some slight foundation for the excuse offered.
Granted such an offence there is no limit to the thunderburst of indignation which should justly fulminate upon the head of the offender. Not spend money for nursery books? Where could it better ba spent? To those who
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