A series of 'wholesome' stories for boys, concentrating largely on school life and school chums, and with a view to instilling manly principles of behaviour in young boys.
'A story about the robbery of a store by bushrangers, told by Will Frankland. The hiding place of the bushrangers is revealed by the Chinese gardener, and they are captured by Will and Ralph Halloran' (Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature, 362).