唐弢同志在《影印本<申报·自由谈>序言》(《新文学史料》1981年3期)中谈到《申报·自由谈》上发表了许多“美丽的诗一样的散文”时说:“我以为这方面首先应当提到的是艾芜,他以岳萌、刘明、斐儿等笔名,先后为《自由谈》写了为数不少漂亮的散文,形式有游记也有速写,边陲风光,异国景色,一一映入笔底,给人以耳目一新的印象。” 其中“斐儿”这个笔名我们感到很生疏,曾就此请教艾芜同志,艾老也说不是他的笔名。细查《申报·自由谈》上,“斐儿”发表了不少写新嘉坡及南洋一带的散文,记述他到过菲律宾、爪哇、苏门答腊等地,足迹几乎遍及南洋各 Comrade Tang Tao published a number of “beautiful poetic prose” in his “Preface to the Photocopies of the Declaration and Freedom Talks” (“History of New Literature”, 1981, 3) : “I think the first thing I should mention in this regard is Ai Wu. He writes a lot of beautiful essays for” Free Talks “in the pseudonyms of Yue Meng, Liu Ming, Fei Er, etc. In the form of travel notes, there are sketches, Border scenery, exotic scenery, one by one into the bottom of the pen, giving a fresh impression. ”“ ”Fei children “ this name we feel very strange, had asked Comrade Ai Wu Wu, Elder also said he is not pen name. Scrutiny ”declaration free talks“, ”Fei children " published a lot of essays written in Singapore and Singapore along the Pacific Ocean, describing him to the Philippines, Java, Sumatra and other places, footprints almost all over the South Pacific