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The donefulness is terrific.
— Charles Hamilton (writer)
The donefulness is terrific.
A somewhat short junior, with a broad, pleasant face and an enormous pair of spectacles
I say you fellows, I expect to see fair play.
All boys ought to be drownded at birth.
The chief thing was to select a name totally different from those under which he had hitherto written: so that when he used the name, he would feel like a different person, and in consequence write from a somewhat different angle. I have been told - by men who do not write - that this is all fanciful. This only means that they don't understand.
The business of a boys' author is not to consider political issues, but to entertain the readers, make them as happy as possible.
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 Cherry.
