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"A somewhat short junior, with a broad, pleasant face and an enormous pair of spectacles"

"Foreigners are funny"

"All boys ought to be drownded at birth."

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"The business of a boys' author is not to consider political issues, but to entertain the readers, make them as happy …"

"If there is a Tchekov among my readers, I fervently hope that the effects of the Magnet wil be to turn him into a Bob…"

"The GEM and MAGNET are sister-papers (characters out of one paper frequently appear in the other), and were both star…"

"In general appearance the is an extremely large and powerful fellow, with a beautiful head and speaking countenance, …"

"Very few of the old s interfere with the duties of their assistants, but there be men who seem to think you have mere…"