"An eminently wholesome and good book."—Zion's Herald.
"An excellent story for boys, inculcating the valuable truth that whether a boy be rich or poor he should learn to work. There is also a good temperance lesson taught; and it is all told in a simple way, that ought to interest young readers."—Literary World.
RIVERSIDE MUSEUM.
"Thoroughly healthy in tone."—Nation.
"A very charming story for young folks."—Inter-Ocean.
"In a pleasant, easy style, the writer shows how children aiming at improvement can find around a village the objects in Nature which develop thought and knowledge."—Christian Intelligencer.
THE FITCH CLUB.
"A very interesting and very profitable story."—Hartford Post.
"The author has a happy way of telling a story in just the style calculated to interest boys."—Christian Union.
"A pure and interesting story for the boys and girls. Ways and means of doing many useful things are so naturally and pleasantly told that the information does not appear like teaching, but like story-telling."—Kansas City Times.