Sir,-Your footnote to H. C. Mathew’s letter in your issue of September 10 is so churlish that it cannot be let pass. The New Zealand Council for Educational Research would not publish a book unless written by an authority on
a particular subject and furthermore such books do not usually become generally read. -To class Mr. Mathew with the usual run of authors and sneer at him is quite unjustified. He and his wife have received a Carnegie grant for six months to travel in the. U.S.A. to study penology with particular emphasis on juvenile delinquency. Needless to say the Carnegie Institute does not make such a grant lightly and Mr. and Mrs. Mathew’s qualifications need no further mention.
H. E.
RUSSELL
(Invercargill).
(Mr. Mathew needs some protection from his friends. The Listener did not question the value of his book or his ‘knowledge of juvenile delinquency. It expressed surprise that he should have complained publicly of lack of appreciation as an author.-Ed.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 483, 24 September 1948, Page 5
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