Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and himself remained a boy in heart and association till death, was born at Revere, Mass., January 13, 1834.
Among the best known are: Strong and Steady
Strive and Succeed
Try and Trust
Bound to Rise
Risen from the Ranks
Herbert Carter\'s Legacy
Brave and Bold
Jack\'s Ward
Shifting for Himself
Wait and Hope
Paul the Peddler
Phil the Fiddler
Slow and Sure
Julius the Street Boy
Tom the Bootblack
Struggling Upward, Facing the World
The Cash Boy
Making His Way
Tony the Tramp
Joe\'s Luck
Do and Dare
Only an Irish Boy
Sink or Swim
A Cousin\'s Conspiracy
Andy Gordon
Bob Burton
Harry Vane
Hector\'s Inheritance
Mark Mason\'s Triumph
Sam\'s Chance
The Telegraph Boy
The Young Adventurer
The Young Outlaw
The Young Salesman, and Luke Walton..
They are pure in tone and inspiring in influence, and many reforms in the juvenile life of New York may be traced to them.
Alger\'s stories are as popular now as when first published, because they treat of real live boys who were always up and about-just like the boys found everywhere to-day.
Mr.
He died at Natick, Mass., July 18, 1899.
In his later life he was in appearance a short, stout, bald-headed man, with cordial manners and whimsical views of things that amused all who met him.
With his first story he won the hearts of all red-blooded boys everywhere, and of the seventy or more that followed over a million copies were sold during the author\'s lifetime.
He mingled with them, gained their confidence showed a personal concern in their affairs, and stimulated them to honest and useful living.
In the latter year he settled in New York and began drawing public attention to the condition and needs of Street boys.
Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and himself remained a boy in heart and association till death, was born at Revere, Mass., January 13, 1834
