Charles Hamilton (writer)

"I say you fellows, I expect to see fair play."

"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 fr…"

"All boys ought to be drownded at birth."

"The GEM and MAGNET are sister-papers , and were both started more than thirty years ago. At that time, together with Chums and the old B O P, they were the leading papers for boys, and they remained d…"

"The business of a boys' author is not to consider political issues, but to entertain the readers, make them as happy as possible."

"A somewhat short junior, with a broad, pleasant face and an enormous pair of spectacles"

"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."

"The donefulness is terrific."