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TypeNews
CollectionThe Happy Prince and Other Tales
Publication countryUnited Kingdom
Publication nameThe Evening News and Post
Publication dateYear 1889Month 06Day 25
Contributed byRegina Martínez Ponciano
How to citeThe Evening News and Post (United Kingdom), 1889-06-25, available at the Wilde Short Fiction database, https://wildeshortfiction.com/reviews/106.

Two of Mr. Oscar Wilde's stories, 'The Happy Prince and other Tales,' have been translated into Dutch. Mrs, Twiss, a Dutch lady of considerable gifts and culture—and position—met with the book at the house of one of the author's friends in London, and, allured by 'a taste' of it, procured a copy to read on the homeward journey to Utrecht, in and near which city she resides. To promote a deserving charitable object Mrs. Twiss got up a dolls’ bazaar, and contributed versions of two of Mr. Oscar Wilde's delightful fairy tales, done into choice Dutch by her own hand. A large number of copies were sold, and there is a consequent demand in that part of the Netherlands for other stories from the same pen.