FAMOUS ALGER BOOKS.

Turner and Rushton,Bankers.

You will have no trouble in conjecturing that the junior partner in this firm is the same who was first known to you as Rough and Ready. If you think that our young friend, the newsboy, has had rare luck, I hope you will also admit that, by his honesty, industry, and generous protection of his little sister, he has deserved the prosperity he has attained.

George Black has long since bought out his partner's interest in the periodical store, and now carries on quite a flourishing trade in his own name. Smith and Martin are still in prison, their term of confinement not yet having expired. What adventures yet remain in store for James Martin I am unable to say, but I doubt if he will ever turn over a new leaf. His habits of indolence and intemperance are too confirmed to give much hope of amendment.

The fortunes of Rough and Ready, so far as this record is concerned, are now ended, and with them is completed the sixth and concluding volume of the Ragged Dick Series. But the flattering interest which his young friends have taken in these pictures of street life leads the author to announce the initial volume of a new series of stories of similar character, which will soon be published under the name of

Horatio Alger, Jr., has attained distinction as one of the most popular writers of books for boys, and the following list comprises all of his best books.

Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York.Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter.Mark the Match Boy; or, Richard Hunter's Ward.Rough and Ready; or, Life among the New York Newsboys.Ben the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves.Rufus and Rose; or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready.

Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab.Paul the Peddler; or, The Adventures of a Young Street Merchant.Phil the Fiddler; or, The Young Street Musician.Slow and Sure; or, From the Sidewalk to the Shop.

Julius; or, The Street Boy Out West.The Young Outlaw; or, Adrift in the World.Sam's Chance and How He Improved it.The Telegraph Boy.

Luck and Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance.Sink or Swim; or, Harry Raymond's Resolve.Strong and Steady; or, Paddle Your Own Canoe.Strive and Succeed; or, The Progress of Walter Conrad.

Try and Trust; or, The Story of a Bound Boy.Bound to Rise; or, How Harry Walton Rose in the World.Risen from the Ranks; or, Harry Walton's Success.Herbert Carter's Legacy; or, The Inventor's Son.

Brave and Bold; or, The Story of a Factory Boy.Jack's Ward; or, The Boy Guardian.Shifting for Himself; or, Gilbert Greyson's Fortunes.Wait and Hope; or, Ben Bradford's Motto.

Frank's Campaign; or, the Farm and the Camp.Paul Prescott's Charge.Charlie Codman's Cruise.

The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains.The Young Miner; or, Tom Nelson in California.The Young Explorer; or, Among the Sierras.Ben's Nugget; or, A Boy's Search for Fortune. A Story of the Pacific Coast.

The Young Circus Rider; or, The Mystery of Robert Rudd.Do and Dare; or, A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune.Hector's Inheritance; or, Boys of Smith Institute.

No author of the present day has become a greater favorite with boys than "Harry Castlemon," every book by him is sure to meet with hearty reception by young readers generally. His naturalness and vivacity leads his readers from page to page with breathless interest, and when one volume is finished the fascinated reader, like Oliver Twist, asks "for more."

Frank the Young Naturalist.Frank in the Woods.Frank on the Prairie.Frank on a Gunboat.Frank before Vicksburg.Frank on the Lower Mississippi.

Go Ahead; or, The Fisher Boy's Motto.No Moss; or, The Career of a Rolling Stone.Tom Newcombe; or, The Boy of Bad Habits.

Frank at Don Carlos' Rancho.Frank among the Rancheros.Frank in the Mountains.

The Sportsman's Club in the Saddle.The Sportsman's Club Afloat.The Sportsman's Club among the Trappers.

Snowed up; or, The Sportsman's Club in the Mountains.Frank Nelson in the Forecastle; or, the Sportsman's Club among the Whalers.The Boy Traders; or, The Sportsman's Club among the Boers.

The Buried Treasure; or, Old Jordan's "Haunt"The Boy Trapper; or, How Dave filled the Order.The Mail Carrier.

George in Camp; or, Life on the Plains.George at the Wheel; or, Life in a Pilot House.George at the Fort; or, Life Among the Soldiers.

Don Gordon's Shooting Box.Rod and Gun.The Young Wild Fowlers.

Rare books for boys—bright, breezy, wholesome and instructive—full of adventure and incident, and information upon natural history—they blend instruction with amusement—contain much useful and valuable information upon the habits of animals, and plenty of adventure, fun and jollity.

Camping Out. As recorded by "Kit."Left on Labrador; or, The Cruise of the Schooner Yacht "Curlew." As recorded by "Wash."Off to the Geysers; or, The Young Yachters in Iceland. As recorded by "Wade."Lynx Hunting. From Notes by the Author of "Camping Out."Fox Hunting. As recorded by "Raed."On the Amazon; or, the Cruise of the "Rambler." As recorded by "Wash."

These stories will rank among the best of Mr. Trowbridge's books for the young, and he has written some of the best of our juvenile literature.

Jack Hazard and his Fortunes.A Chance for Himself; or, Jack Hazard and his Treasure.Doing his Best.Fast Friends.The Young Surveyor; or, Jack on the Prairies.Lawrence's Adventures Among the Ice Cutters, Glass Makers, Coal Miners, Iron Men and Ship Builders.

A New Series of Books for Boys, equal in interest to the "Castlemon" and "Alger" books. His power of description of Indian life and character is equal to the best of Cooper.

Ned in the Block House; or, Life on the Frontier.Ned in the Woods.Ned on the River.

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