HUMOROUS WRITING
Sir,-In The Listener of October 28 there was an article by F. L. Combs which I enjoyed. I wish you would publish more of his articles. Humour is so rate. For one good humorous writer there are a thousand serious writers. Humour works wonders. There woyld be less sickness in New Zealand if there were more laughter among our sober
people. I wish someone would draw up a list of thé 100 most humorous books in the world. Now that Hitler is dead, I don’t know the most capable one to do_ it. I suggest three: Shakespeare’s Henry IV.; Cervantes’s Don Quixote and Dickens’s Pickwick Papers.. The Health Departriient might help in the good work by prescribing a dose of good humour.
P. W.
JACKSON
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 545, 2 December 1949, Page 5
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128HUMOROUS WRITING New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 545, 2 December 1949, Page 5
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