CHILDHOOD GAMES
Sir,-The satisfied reader is proverbially silent, whilst the carping critic takes every chance of exercising .his easily acquired and subtly self-flattering talents. Editors, then, blamed continually whatever they say, by someone or other, may be pardoned for non*committal and too nicely balanced statement. They console themselves by believing in the immense inaudible presence of the .contented reader. As a member of that body I would like to help to justify their faith in us, and violating our oath of anonymity, .say with a little more humility and a little less verbosity how much I liked the recent editorial on childhood games. It contains felicitous generalisations expressing those things we have often thought ourselves, but never so well expressed, in a sensitive and unified whole.
K. I.
MASLEN
‘Christchurch),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 528, 5 August 1949, Page 5
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130CHILDHOOD GAMES New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 528, 5 August 1949, Page 5
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