HORATIO ALGER, JR.The enormous sales of the books of Horatio Alger, Jr., show the greatness of his popularity among the boys, and prove that he is one of their most favored writers. I am told that more than half a million copies altogether have been sold, and that all the large circulating libraries in the country have several complete sets, of which only two or three volumes are ever on the shelves at one time. If this is true, what thousands and thousands of boys have read and are readingMr.Alger's books! His peculiar style of stories, often imitated but never equaled, have taken a hold upon the young people, and, despite their similarity, are eagerly read as soon as they appear.Mr.Alger became famous with the publication of that undying book, "Ragged Dick, or Street Life in New York." It was his first book for young people, and its success was so great that he immediately devoted himself to that kind of writing. It was a new and fertile field for a writer then, andMr.Alger's treatment of it at once caught the fancy of the boys. "Ragged Dick" first appeared in 1868, and ever since then it has been selling steadily, until now it is estimated that about 200,000 copies of the series have been sold.—"Pleasant Hours for Boys and Girls."A writer for boys should have an abundant sympathy with them. He should be able to enter into their plans, hopes, and aspirations. He should learn to look upon life as they do. Boys object to be written down to. A boy's heart opens to the man or writer who understands him.—From "Writing Stories for Boys," by Horatio Alger, Jr.RAGGED DICK SERIES.6vols.$6.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.Ragged Dick.Fame and Fortune.Mark the Match Boy.Rough and Ready.Ben the Luggage Boy.Rufus and Rose.TATTERED TOM SERIES—First Series.4vols.$4.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.Tattered Tom.Paul the Peddler.Phil the Fiddler.Slow and Sure.TATTERED TOM SERIES—Second Series.4vols.$4.00Julius.The Young Outlaw.Sam's Chance.The Telegraph Boy.CAMPAIGN SERIES.3vols.$3.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.Frank's Campaign.Charlie Codman's Cruise.Paul Prescott's Charge.LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES—First Series.4vols.$4.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.Luck and Pluck.Sink or Swim.Strong and Steady.Strive and Succeed.LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES—Second Series.4vols.$4.00Try and Trust.Bound to Rise.Risen from the Ranks.Herbert Carter's Legacy.BRAVE AND BOLD SERIES.4vols.$4.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.Brave and Bold.Jack's Ward.Shifting for Himself.Wait and Hope.VICTORY SERIES.3vols.$3.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.Only an Irish Boy.Adrift in the City.Victor Vane, or the Young Secretary.FRANK AND FEARLESS SERIES.3vols.$3.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.Frank Hunter's Peril.Frank and Fearless.The Young Salesman.GOOD FORTUNE LIBRARY.3vols.$3.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.Walter Sherwood's Probation.A Boy's Fortune.The Young Bank Messenger.HOW TO RISE LIBRARY.3vols.$3.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.Jed, the Poorhouse Boy.Rupert's Ambition.Lester's Luck.
HORATIO ALGER, JR.
The enormous sales of the books of Horatio Alger, Jr., show the greatness of his popularity among the boys, and prove that he is one of their most favored writers. I am told that more than half a million copies altogether have been sold, and that all the large circulating libraries in the country have several complete sets, of which only two or three volumes are ever on the shelves at one time. If this is true, what thousands and thousands of boys have read and are readingMr.Alger's books! His peculiar style of stories, often imitated but never equaled, have taken a hold upon the young people, and, despite their similarity, are eagerly read as soon as they appear.
Mr.Alger became famous with the publication of that undying book, "Ragged Dick, or Street Life in New York." It was his first book for young people, and its success was so great that he immediately devoted himself to that kind of writing. It was a new and fertile field for a writer then, andMr.Alger's treatment of it at once caught the fancy of the boys. "Ragged Dick" first appeared in 1868, and ever since then it has been selling steadily, until now it is estimated that about 200,000 copies of the series have been sold.
—"Pleasant Hours for Boys and Girls."
A writer for boys should have an abundant sympathy with them. He should be able to enter into their plans, hopes, and aspirations. He should learn to look upon life as they do. Boys object to be written down to. A boy's heart opens to the man or writer who understands him.
—From "Writing Stories for Boys," by Horatio Alger, Jr.
RAGGED DICK SERIES.
6vols.$6.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.
6vols.
$6.00
By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Ragged Dick.Fame and Fortune.Mark the Match Boy.Rough and Ready.Ben the Luggage Boy.Rufus and Rose.
Ragged Dick.Fame and Fortune.Mark the Match Boy.
Ragged Dick.
Fame and Fortune.
Mark the Match Boy.
Rough and Ready.Ben the Luggage Boy.Rufus and Rose.
Rough and Ready.
Ben the Luggage Boy.
Rufus and Rose.
TATTERED TOM SERIES—First Series.
4vols.$4.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.
4vols.
$4.00
By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Tattered Tom.Paul the Peddler.Phil the Fiddler.Slow and Sure.
Tattered Tom.Paul the Peddler.
Tattered Tom.
Paul the Peddler.
Phil the Fiddler.Slow and Sure.
Phil the Fiddler.
Slow and Sure.
TATTERED TOM SERIES—Second Series.
4vols.$4.00
4vols.
$4.00
Julius.The Young Outlaw.Sam's Chance.The Telegraph Boy.
Julius.The Young Outlaw.
Julius.
The Young Outlaw.
Sam's Chance.The Telegraph Boy.
Sam's Chance.
The Telegraph Boy.
CAMPAIGN SERIES.
3vols.$3.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.
3vols.
$3.00
By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Frank's Campaign.Charlie Codman's Cruise.Paul Prescott's Charge.
Frank's Campaign.
Frank's Campaign.
Charlie Codman's Cruise.
Charlie Codman's Cruise.
Paul Prescott's Charge.
LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES—First Series.
4vols.$4.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.
4vols.
$4.00
By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Luck and Pluck.Sink or Swim.Strong and Steady.Strive and Succeed.
Luck and Pluck.Sink or Swim.
Luck and Pluck.
Sink or Swim.
Strong and Steady.Strive and Succeed.
Strong and Steady.
Strive and Succeed.
LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES—Second Series.
4vols.$4.00
4vols.
$4.00
Try and Trust.Bound to Rise.Risen from the Ranks.Herbert Carter's Legacy.
Try and Trust.Bound to Rise.
Try and Trust.
Bound to Rise.
Risen from the Ranks.Herbert Carter's Legacy.
Risen from the Ranks.
Herbert Carter's Legacy.
BRAVE AND BOLD SERIES.
4vols.$4.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.
4vols.
$4.00
By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Brave and Bold.Jack's Ward.Shifting for Himself.Wait and Hope.
Brave and Bold.Jack's Ward.
Brave and Bold.
Jack's Ward.
Shifting for Himself.Wait and Hope.
Shifting for Himself.
Wait and Hope.
VICTORY SERIES.
3vols.$3.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.
3vols.
$3.00
By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Only an Irish Boy.Adrift in the City.Victor Vane, or the Young Secretary.
Only an Irish Boy.
Only an Irish Boy.
Adrift in the City.
Adrift in the City.
Victor Vane, or the Young Secretary.
FRANK AND FEARLESS SERIES.
3vols.$3.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.
3vols.
$3.00
By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Frank Hunter's Peril.Frank and Fearless.The Young Salesman.
Frank Hunter's Peril.
Frank Hunter's Peril.
Frank and Fearless.
Frank and Fearless.
The Young Salesman.
GOOD FORTUNE LIBRARY.
3vols.$3.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.
3vols.
$3.00
By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Walter Sherwood's Probation.A Boy's Fortune.The Young Bank Messenger.
Walter Sherwood's Probation.
Walter Sherwood's Probation.
A Boy's Fortune.
A Boy's Fortune.
The Young Bank Messenger.
HOW TO RISE LIBRARY.
3vols.$3.00By Horatio Alger, Jr.
3vols.
$3.00
By Horatio Alger, Jr.
Jed, the Poorhouse Boy.Rupert's Ambition.Lester's Luck.
Jed, the Poorhouse Boy.
Jed, the Poorhouse Boy.
Rupert's Ambition.
Rupert's Ambition.
Lester's Luck.
COMPLETE CATALOG OF BEST BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS MAILED ON APPLICATION TO THE PUBLISHERS
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO., PHILADELPHIA
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.'S POPULAR JUVENILES.
J. T. TROWBRIDGE.
Neitheras a writer does he stand apart from the great currents of life and select some exceptional phase or odd combination of circumstances. He stands on the common level and appeals to the universal heart, and all that he suggests or achieves is on the plane and in the line of march of the great body of humanity.The Jack Hazard series of stories, published in the lateOur Young Folks, and continued in the first volume ofSt.Nicholas, under the title of "Fast Friends," is no doubt destined to hold a high place in this class of literature. The delight of the boys in them (and of their seniors, too) is well founded. They go to the right spot every time. Trowbridge knows the heart of a boy like a book, and the heart of a man, too, and he has laid them both open in these books in a most successful manner. Apart from the qualities that render the series so attractive to all young readers, they have great value on account of their portraitures of American country life and character. The drawing is wonderfully accurate, and as spirited as it is true. The constable, Sellick, is an original character, and as minor figures where will we find anything better than Miss Wansey, andMr.P. Pipkin,Esq.The picture ofMr.Dink's school, too, is capital, and where else in fiction is there a better nick-name than that the boys gave to poor little Stephen Treadwell, "Step Hen," as he himself pronounced his name in an unfortunate moment when he saw it in print for the first time in his lesson in school.On the whole, these books are very satisfactory, and afford the critical reader the rare pleasure of the works that are just adequate, that easily fulfill themselves and accomplish all they set out to do.—Scribner's Monthly.JACK HAZARD SERIES.6vols.$7.25By J. T. TROWBRIDGEJack Hazard and His Fortunes.The Young Surveyor.Fast Friends.Doing His Best.A Chance for Himself.Lawrence's Adventures.CHARLES ASBURY STEPHENS.This author wrote his "Camping Out Series" at the very height of his mental and physical powers."We do not wonder at the popularity of these books; there is a freshness and variety about them, and an enthusiasm in the description of sport and adventure, which even the older folk can hardly fail to share."—Worcester Spy."The author of the Camping Out Series is entitled to rank as decidedly at the head of what may be called boys' literature."—Buffalo Courier.CAMPING OUT SERIES.By C. A. STEPHENS.All books in this series are 12mo. with eight full page illustrations. Cloth, extra, 75 cents.Camping Out.As Recorded by "Kit.""This book is bright, breezy, wholesome, instructive, and stands above the ordinary boys' books of the day by a whole head and shoulders."—The Christian Register, Boston.Left on Labrador; or, The Cruise of the Schooner Yacht "Curlew."As Recorded by "Wash.""The perils of the voyagers, the narrow escapes, their strange expedients, and the fun and jollity when danger had passed, will make boys even unconscious of hunger."—New Bedford Mercury.Off to the Geysers; or The Young Yachters in Iceland.As Recorded by "Wade.""It is difficult to believe that Wade and Read and Kit and Wash were not live boys, sailing up Hudson Straits, and reigning temporarily over an Esquimaux tribe."—The Independent, New York.Lynx Hunting: From Notes by the Author of "Camping Out.""Offirst qualityas a boys' book, and fit to take its place beside the best."—Richmond Enquirer.Fox Hunting.As Recorded by "Read.""The most spirited and entertaining book that has as yet appeared. It overflows with incident, and is characterized by dash and brilliancy throughout."—Boston Gazette.On the Amazon; or, the Cruise of the "Rambler."As Recorded by "Wash.""Gives vivid pictures of Brazilian adventure and scenery."—Buffalo Courier.
Neitheras a writer does he stand apart from the great currents of life and select some exceptional phase or odd combination of circumstances. He stands on the common level and appeals to the universal heart, and all that he suggests or achieves is on the plane and in the line of march of the great body of humanity.
The Jack Hazard series of stories, published in the lateOur Young Folks, and continued in the first volume ofSt.Nicholas, under the title of "Fast Friends," is no doubt destined to hold a high place in this class of literature. The delight of the boys in them (and of their seniors, too) is well founded. They go to the right spot every time. Trowbridge knows the heart of a boy like a book, and the heart of a man, too, and he has laid them both open in these books in a most successful manner. Apart from the qualities that render the series so attractive to all young readers, they have great value on account of their portraitures of American country life and character. The drawing is wonderfully accurate, and as spirited as it is true. The constable, Sellick, is an original character, and as minor figures where will we find anything better than Miss Wansey, andMr.P. Pipkin,Esq.The picture ofMr.Dink's school, too, is capital, and where else in fiction is there a better nick-name than that the boys gave to poor little Stephen Treadwell, "Step Hen," as he himself pronounced his name in an unfortunate moment when he saw it in print for the first time in his lesson in school.
On the whole, these books are very satisfactory, and afford the critical reader the rare pleasure of the works that are just adequate, that easily fulfill themselves and accomplish all they set out to do.—Scribner's Monthly.
JACK HAZARD SERIES.
6vols.$7.25By J. T. TROWBRIDGE
6vols.
$7.25
By J. T. TROWBRIDGE
Jack Hazard and His Fortunes.The Young Surveyor.Fast Friends.Doing His Best.A Chance for Himself.Lawrence's Adventures.
Jack Hazard and His Fortunes.The Young Surveyor.Fast Friends.
Jack Hazard and His Fortunes.
The Young Surveyor.
Fast Friends.
Doing His Best.A Chance for Himself.Lawrence's Adventures.
Doing His Best.
A Chance for Himself.
Lawrence's Adventures.
CHARLES ASBURY STEPHENS.
This author wrote his "Camping Out Series" at the very height of his mental and physical powers.
"We do not wonder at the popularity of these books; there is a freshness and variety about them, and an enthusiasm in the description of sport and adventure, which even the older folk can hardly fail to share."—Worcester Spy."The author of the Camping Out Series is entitled to rank as decidedly at the head of what may be called boys' literature."—Buffalo Courier.
"We do not wonder at the popularity of these books; there is a freshness and variety about them, and an enthusiasm in the description of sport and adventure, which even the older folk can hardly fail to share."—Worcester Spy.
"The author of the Camping Out Series is entitled to rank as decidedly at the head of what may be called boys' literature."—Buffalo Courier.
CAMPING OUT SERIES.
By C. A. STEPHENS.
All books in this series are 12mo. with eight full page illustrations. Cloth, extra, 75 cents.
Camping Out.As Recorded by "Kit."
"This book is bright, breezy, wholesome, instructive, and stands above the ordinary boys' books of the day by a whole head and shoulders."—The Christian Register, Boston.
Left on Labrador; or, The Cruise of the Schooner Yacht "Curlew."As Recorded by "Wash."
"The perils of the voyagers, the narrow escapes, their strange expedients, and the fun and jollity when danger had passed, will make boys even unconscious of hunger."—New Bedford Mercury.
Off to the Geysers; or The Young Yachters in Iceland.As Recorded by "Wade."
"It is difficult to believe that Wade and Read and Kit and Wash were not live boys, sailing up Hudson Straits, and reigning temporarily over an Esquimaux tribe."—The Independent, New York.
Lynx Hunting: From Notes by the Author of "Camping Out."
"Offirst qualityas a boys' book, and fit to take its place beside the best."—Richmond Enquirer.
Fox Hunting.As Recorded by "Read."
"The most spirited and entertaining book that has as yet appeared. It overflows with incident, and is characterized by dash and brilliancy throughout."—Boston Gazette.
On the Amazon; or, the Cruise of the "Rambler."As Recorded by "Wash."
"Gives vivid pictures of Brazilian adventure and scenery."—Buffalo Courier.
THE RENOWNED STANDARD JUVENILES
BY EDWARD S. ELLIS
Edward S. Ellis is regarded as the later day Cooper. His books will always be read for the accurate pen pictures of pioneer life they portray.
LIST OF TITLESDEERFOOT SERIESHunters of the Ozark.The Last War Trail.Camp in the Mountains.LOG CABIN SERIESLost Trail.Footprints in the Forest.Camp Fire and Wigwam.BOY PIONEER SERIESNed in the Block-House.Ned on the River.Ned in the Woods.THE NORTHWEST SERIESTwo Boys in Wyoming.Cowmen and Rustlers.A Strange Craft and Its Wonderful Voyage.BOONE AND KENTON SERIESShod with Silence.In the Days of the Pioneers.Phantom of the River.WAR CHIEF SERIESRed Eagle.Blazing Arrow.Iron Heart, War Chief of the Iroquois.THE NEW DEERFOOT SERIESDeerfoot in the Forest.Deerfoot on the Prairie.Deerfoot in the Mountains.TRUE GRIT SERIESJim and Joe.Dorsey, the Young Inventor.Secret of Coffin Island.GREAT AMERICAN SERIESTeddy and Towser; or, Early Days in California.Up the Forked River.COLONIAL SERIESAn American King.The Cromwell of Virginia.The Last Emperor of the Old Dominion.FOREIGN ADVENTURE SERIESLost in the Forbidden Land.River and Jungle.The Hunt of the White Elephant.PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE SERIESThe Forest Messengers.The Mountain Star.Queen of the Clouds.ARIZONA SERIESOff the Reservation; or, Caught in an Apache Raid.Trailing Geronimo; or, Campaigning with Crook.The Round-Up; or, Geronimo's Last Raid.OTHER TITLES IN PREPARATIONPRICE $1.00 PER VOLUMESold separately and in setComplete Catalogue of Famous Alger Books, Celebrated Castlemon Books and Renowned Ellis Books mailed on application.THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.PHILADELPHIA, PA.
LIST OF TITLES
DEERFOOT SERIESHunters of the Ozark.The Last War Trail.Camp in the Mountains.LOG CABIN SERIESLost Trail.Footprints in the Forest.Camp Fire and Wigwam.BOY PIONEER SERIESNed in the Block-House.Ned on the River.Ned in the Woods.THE NORTHWEST SERIESTwo Boys in Wyoming.Cowmen and Rustlers.A Strange Craft and Its Wonderful Voyage.BOONE AND KENTON SERIESShod with Silence.In the Days of the Pioneers.Phantom of the River.WAR CHIEF SERIESRed Eagle.Blazing Arrow.Iron Heart, War Chief of the Iroquois.THE NEW DEERFOOT SERIESDeerfoot in the Forest.Deerfoot on the Prairie.Deerfoot in the Mountains.
DEERFOOT SERIES
Hunters of the Ozark.
The Last War Trail.
Camp in the Mountains.
LOG CABIN SERIES
Lost Trail.
Footprints in the Forest.
Camp Fire and Wigwam.
BOY PIONEER SERIES
Ned in the Block-House.
Ned on the River.
Ned in the Woods.
THE NORTHWEST SERIES
Two Boys in Wyoming.
Cowmen and Rustlers.
A Strange Craft and Its Wonderful Voyage.
BOONE AND KENTON SERIES
Shod with Silence.
In the Days of the Pioneers.
Phantom of the River.
WAR CHIEF SERIES
Red Eagle.
Blazing Arrow.
Iron Heart, War Chief of the Iroquois.
THE NEW DEERFOOT SERIES
Deerfoot in the Forest.
Deerfoot on the Prairie.
Deerfoot in the Mountains.
TRUE GRIT SERIESJim and Joe.Dorsey, the Young Inventor.Secret of Coffin Island.GREAT AMERICAN SERIESTeddy and Towser; or, Early Days in California.Up the Forked River.COLONIAL SERIESAn American King.The Cromwell of Virginia.The Last Emperor of the Old Dominion.FOREIGN ADVENTURE SERIESLost in the Forbidden Land.River and Jungle.The Hunt of the White Elephant.PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE SERIESThe Forest Messengers.The Mountain Star.Queen of the Clouds.ARIZONA SERIESOff the Reservation; or, Caught in an Apache Raid.Trailing Geronimo; or, Campaigning with Crook.The Round-Up; or, Geronimo's Last Raid.
TRUE GRIT SERIES
Jim and Joe.
Dorsey, the Young Inventor.
Secret of Coffin Island.
GREAT AMERICAN SERIES
Teddy and Towser; or, Early Days in California.
Up the Forked River.
COLONIAL SERIES
An American King.
The Cromwell of Virginia.
The Last Emperor of the Old Dominion.
FOREIGN ADVENTURE SERIES
Lost in the Forbidden Land.
River and Jungle.
The Hunt of the White Elephant.
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE SERIES
The Forest Messengers.
The Mountain Star.
Queen of the Clouds.
ARIZONA SERIES
Off the Reservation; or, Caught in an Apache Raid.
Trailing Geronimo; or, Campaigning with Crook.
The Round-Up; or, Geronimo's Last Raid.
OTHER TITLES IN PREPARATION
PRICE $1.00 PER VOLUME
Sold separately and in set
Complete Catalogue of Famous Alger Books, Celebrated Castlemon Books and Renowned Ellis Books mailed on application.
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Transcriber's Notes.The following corrections have been made in the text:Minor punctuation errors corrected: added several periods, removed extraneous quotes.Occasional inconsistency in hyphenation has been retained.A few instances of exclamation points at the end of questions have been retained.⭘–"immiment" corrected to "imminent"(peril was imminent.)⭘–"loyality" corrected to "loyalty"(faith in your loyalty,)⭘–added "you"(I hope you are well, Carrie)⭘–duplicated word removed 'was'(hope of escape was presented)⭘–"gnardian" replaced with "guardian"(with his new guardian)⭘–"power?" corrected to "power!"(get him into my power!)⭘–"it?" corrected to "it!"(Gave a thousand dollars for it!")⭘–Speech marks removed from "And two thousand..." and "He doesn't know....", retained around "How long have you had it?"