CHINESE FAIRY TALES
FOR DOMINION CHILDREN NECESSITY FOR OBEDIENCE THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED Through the centuries the Chinese have jealousy guarded treasures and antiques, but plunder and pillage that has been rife in the Orient, particularly in recent years, has had the tendency to release them for more inthfiate study by Europeans. And so, through the agency of an enterprising young New Zealand woman, Mrs Coralie McKellar, several unique Oriental gems —some of which can be associated with 400 years B.C. —have found their way into the Dominion. Not only art* they studded with particular interest to those associated with mythology, but they are destined to play an important part in inculcating into the minds of children of this country the necessity for maintaining respect for ancestors and obedience. Many of the articles in Mrs McKellar’s possession have “an attractive moral,” and it is the intention of “the fairy tale woman” to utilise their value in this respect, during tho course of a series of .lectures' to he delivered in the schools. Included amongst the collection are some beautiful a-eolicas of originals
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12606, 17 November 1926, Page 3
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183CHINESE FAIRY TALES New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12606, 17 November 1926, Page 3
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