“A very evident sincerity and an infinite patience in the transcription of details give a value to this book altogether greater than that of most of the innumerable books about Harrow, Eton, and other similar institutions.” S. C. C.
+ New Repub 23:94 Je 16 ’20 550w
“The breath of a dogged sincerity, a determination to set down nothing but the truth, emanates from every page. As a narrative of sustained power and interest the book holds up well. Mr Waugh’s characters are broadly drawn but they do give forth an intimate sense of reality. It is the meticulous eye of Mr Waugh that plays a large part in the book’s success.”
+ N Y Evening Post p2 Ap 24 ’20 850w
“The book is one which will probably be of far greater interest to an English than to an American audience. It would seem to be, take it all in all, a book of no little promise.”
+ N Y Times 25:220 My 2 ’20 600w
“Everything in this really spirited book is sane, equable, intellectually mature. It may be read either as a narrative of a boy’s school days or as a treatise on education. Remarkable to relate, it is about equally instructive and diverting from either point of view.
+ Springf’d Republican p11a Je 20 ’20 550w
WEALE, BERTRAM LENOX PUTNAM, pseud. (BERTRAM LENOX SIMPSON). Wang the ninth. *$1.75 (3c) Dodd
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