[The further adventures of the robber Hotzenplotz] is a gay, romping continuation of The Robber Hotzenplotz…. It is a charming story based on the escapades of villainous Hotzenplotz after he escapes from the lock up in the town's fire station, and told with gentle ease and good humour.

The boy Kasperl and his friend Seppel are the prime movers in Hotzenplotz's recapture, after a series of comic adventures and coincidences told with a relish which will evoke zest in young readers.

Altogether delightful reading with a brisk pace of action which never becomes breathtaking.

Doreen Norman, "'The Further Adventures of the Robber Hotzenplotz'," in The School Librarian, Vol. 19, No. 1, March, 1971, p. 86.

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