British School Boy Survey

The other day I came across a fascinating find online--the results to a survey taken of 790 boys in various English schools in 1880. They were asked their favorite authors, with the following results:

Charles Dickens (228)
W.H.G. Kingston (176)
Walter Scott (128)
Jules Verne (114)
Captain Marryat (102)
R.M. Ballantyne (67)
Harrison Ainsworth (61)

Another survey was taken of the readers of a popular boys' magazine in 1908, asking for the twelve best boys' books ever published. The Coral Island was on the list.

Tueri a vulnere,

John