“ The Tyrrell boys ate the kind that every real boy would like to know. How their friend, “the Rabbit,” mended his pants with a sailor collar cut’ off another boy’s suit; the great fight between the Rabbit and Claude Tyrrell that was quenched by bread pudding: and many other things go to make a bright, wholesome boys’ story, brimful of adventures and fun. ”

“ A rattling good boys’ story, with plenty of adventure thrown in yet the adventure is of a wholesome kind, and the sum of all the adventures goes to point the lesson that true manliness in a boy’s character will prevail against a very unfavorable environment. Moreover, the real literary merit of the book will appeal to older readers. ”