OBJECTIONABLE BOOKS.
DUNEDIN, Jan. 31.
At the annual meeting of the Athensoum Committee the question of supervision of books allowed to go into circulation came up. The local papers had drawn attention to a book being in circulation, which was forbidden by Mudie and Smith and Sons, of London. It appears that the Committee allowed the books to go out until some one complained of them, when they were laid aside. In the present case Professor Brown said the book objected to had been taken out by 40 subscribers, and no complaint had been made of its tone. Those who had had the book were some of the most respectable members. After a slight discussion the matter dropped. The publication of an article condemning the book caused it to be in great demand, and the local booksellers sold out their copies of the work, which had scarcely ever been enquired for before. A lad named William Boss was charged to-day with criminally assaulting a little girl at Moßgiel, and the case was remanded. The accused was a former inmate of the Industrial School.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5840, 1 February 1887, Page 4
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