我愿向读者(尤其是广大青年读者)推荐我社新出的一套小型丛书——《凤凰丛书》。 书名凤凰(phoenix),是取凤凰再生之义,因为它不收新作,只选旧书。所谓旧书,既包括一九四九年以前出版的书,也包括过去海外所出有关中华文化的书。 本来书一绝版,它的生命亦即结束;但如果它有‘史的价值和文的趣味’(这是《凤凰丛书》选择的标准),那么就总会有人喜欢它,希望它能再生的。例如下面这些书: I would like to recommend to readers, especially young readers, a new series of books published by our society, “The Phoenix Series.” The phoenix name is phoenix, because it does not accept new works, just choose old books. The so-called old books include not only books published before 1949, but also books on Chinese culture made overseas in the past. The original book is out of print and its life is over; but if it has the value of history and the taste of the article (which is the standard of choice for the Phoenix Series), then there will always be people who love it and hope it will regenerate. For example, these books: