Biography and Bibliography

by Horatio Alger

　　Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys andhimself remained a boy in heart and association till death, was bornat Revere, Mass., January 18, 1884. He was the son of a clergyman;was graduated at Harvard College in 1852, and at its Divinity Schoolin 1860; and was pastor of the Unitarian Church at Brewster, Mass.,in 1862-66. In the latter year he settled in New York and begandrawing public attention to the condition and needs of street boys.He mingled with them, gained their confidence, showed a personalconcern in their affairs, and stimulated them to honest and usefulliving. With his first story he won the hearts of all red-bloodedboys every-where, and of the seventy or more that followed over amillion copies were sold during the author's lifetime.In his later life he was in appearance a short, stout, bald-headedman, with cordial manners and whimsical views of things that amusedall who met him. He died at Natick, Mass., July 18, 1899.Mr. Alger's stories are as popular now as when first published,because they treat of real live boys who were always up and about--justlike the boys found everywhere to-day. They are pure in tone andinspiring in influence, and many reforms in the juvenile life ofNew York may be traced to them. Among the best known are:Strong and Steady; Strive and Succeed; Try and Trust: Boundto Rise; Risen from the Ranks; Herbert Carter's Legacy; Brave andBold; Jack's Ward; Shifting for Himself; Wait and Hope; Paul thePeddler; Phil the Fiddler: Slow and Sure: Julius the Street Boy;Tom the Bootblack; Struggling Upward; Facing the World; The CashBoy; Making His Way; Tony the Tramp; Joe's Luck; Do and Dare: Onlyan Irish Boy; Sink or Swim; A Cousin's Conspiracy; Andy Gordon; BobBurton; Harry Vane; Hector's Inheritance; Mark Manson's Triumph;Sam's Chance; The Telegraph Boy; The Young Adventurer; The YoungOutlaw; The Young Salesman, and Luke Walton..