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TATION 4YC is at present running a series of programmes made up of letters grouped under such headings as: From the field of battle, from exiles, or from America. Each letter is, individually, a work of art, beautifully written and. sympathetically, read. Collectively, the letters prove that a chance association is not enough to give a programme
unity. Letters from America had in common only the geographical accident that they were actually written in America. Jenny Lind described her arrival there, Julia Ward Howe defended Oscar Wilde, Dolly Madison wrote of the burning of the White House, and Louisa M. Alcott’s letter was personal and domestic, They were thus not letters about America, nor specifically Ameritan in any way, and their purely incidental association was a little pointless. This series, because of the skill of the writers, consists of some excellent material. It is a pity that it had not been arranged more intelli-
gently.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 631, 3 August 1951, Page 10
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157Patch-work New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 631, 3 August 1951, Page 10
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