The author introduces this book as a collection of 'a few of the papers I have contributed to various magazines for youngsters and grown-up people'. He goes on to say that '[c]hildren are the best judges of books for children ; and, therefore, when I write for them, I am very glad if I can get a child's criticism on what I have written before I print it' (from preface: 'To My Young Readers').
One of the adventures in this volume concerns Rowe's visit to Australia in the 1850s.
