Boys Will Be Boys: The Story of Sweeney Todd, Deadwood Dick, Sexton Blake, Billy Bunter, Dick Barton et al.

Context:

Referenced as 'a brilliant essay' by George Orwell about school stories and their influence, written about The Magnet and The Gem boys' papers and the Greyfriars school stories starring Billy Bunter. This is likely Orwell's essay 'Boys' Weeklies' (1940), which is sometimes collected in book form.