‘This is one of the best of Mr. Hope’s books about boys. There is no pretension about it, and no sentimentality.’—The Spectator.

‘“George’s Enemies,” a sequel to “My Schoolboy Friends,” is, to say the least, too full of variety and of incident to weary the youthful reader, especially if that reader is a schoolboy.’—Pall Mall Gazette.

‘A book for boys by Mr. Hope stands in no need of recommendation. His previous tales have proved such favourites, that the simple announcement of his name is sufficient to ensure for his new volume a wide circulation among the host of youths who are let loose from school about Christmas-time. These stories are admirably suited, in their subject and style, to excite and attract all juvenile readers. They have the rare advantage of really good illustrations, and the style of binding is the prettiest and most artistic we have yet come across.’—The North British Mail.

‘Boys will find he has prepared a tempting dish, into which they may dip again and again with interest and with profit. The volume is handsomely got up.’—The Scotsman.

‘Every one who had the good fortune to read those delightful books of Mr. Hope’s, “A Book about Dominies” and “A Book about Boys,” must have registered a hope that he would some day give us a collection of stories about school life; and here is the identical book. The stories are genial and refreshing, rich with the highest moral sentiments, never maudlin, and thoroughly natural. We trust to meet Mr. Hope again and again in similar works, for we can assure him that no sensational story that has ever been written ever possessed half the interest or enjoyment which these stories possess.’—Public Opinion.

‘This is a manly, earnest book. The author describes in a series of essays the life and work of a schoolmaster; and as he has lived that life and done that work from deliberate choice, his story is worth hearing.’—The Spectator.

‘This volume is full of knowledge, both useful and entertaining, in the truest sense of the words, and it is impossible to put it down without a feeling of personal kindliness towards the author. If our readers think we have praised too much and criticised too little, we can only say there is something about the book which disarms one’s critical faculty, and appeals to them to judge for themselves. We should like to see it in the hands of every parent and schoolmaster in England.’—Saturday Review.

‘Mr. Hope is a very sensible man, and speaks what is well worth listening to for its good, practical common-sense.... This book is especially distinguished by its healthy tone, and should be put into the hands of all young people.’—Westminster Review.

‘It is a book well worth reading by all who have the care and control of boys; for though they may not, perhaps, correct their mistakes, still some gleam of light and feeling of sympathy must follow from reading it.’—The Athenæum.