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It was lovely to see an article on Just?William (¡°Embrace a scruffy boy¡±, Culture, 19?September), but it behoves editors always to be wary of pieces that arrive with the tag, ¡°no one has written anything on¡­¡±.

While we would of course like more, we are?aware of 12 examples since the mid-1980s on the subject. These include Kay Williams¡¯ Just?Richmal (1986),?Mary Cadogan and David Schutte¡¯s The?William Companion (1991) and Mary Cadogan¡¯s Just William through the Ages (1994), plus papers in the Children¡¯s Literature Association Quarterly by?Ralph Stewart (¡°William Brown¡¯s World¡±) and?Lois Rauch Gibson (¡°Beyond the Apron: Archetypes, Stereotypes, and Alternative Portrayals of Mothers in Children¡¯s Literature¡±), both published in 1988.

Farah Mendlesohn, Anglia Ruskin University
Andrew M. Butler, Canterbury Christ Church University