THE SPORTSMAN.—“The Champion must be commended for having produced what will become a standard work, and as it is moderate in price, it will doubtless meet with a large sale.”
MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.—“He is best in the second part of the volume, which gives valuable hints on play. These hints have accompanying diagrams, the execution of which leaves nothing to be desired . . . We must give Mr. Roberts credit for using great brevity, plainness, and clearness of speech. What he professes to teach he knows thoroughly, and can put into the fewest words.”
THE FIELD.—“The qualification which contributes most to Mr. Roberts’s success is the judgment by which he is enabled to calculate consequences—to select the most favourable stroke when several are open to him, and to play it with such knowledge of strength and angles as to leave an easy stroke to follow. It is this acquired judgment only that any work on Billiards can teach, and to this Mr. Roberts wisely confines his instructions. . . . The plates are well executed in colours, and the positions are clearly defined.”
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