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Fame and Fortune, by Horatio Alger, Jr.
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Title: Fame and Fortune or, The Progress of Richard Hunter
Author: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Release Date: May 28, 2007 [EBook #21632]
Language: English
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RAGGED DICK SERIES
FAME AND FORTUNE; OR, THE PROGRESS OF RICHARD HUNTER.
BY HORATIO ALGER, Jr.
AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK," "FRANK'S CAMPAIGN," "PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE," "CHARLIE CODMAN'S CRUISE," ETC.
LORING, Publisher. Cor. Bromfield and Washington Streets. BOSTON.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by A. K. LORING, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
To MY FATHER, FROM WHOM I HAVE NEVER FAILED TO RECEIVE LITERARY SYMPATHY AND ENCOURAGEMENT, This Volume IS DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
"FAME AND FORTUNE," like its predecessor, "Ragged Dick," was contributed as a serial story to the "Schoolmate," a popular juvenile magazine published in Boston. The generous commendations of the first volume by the Press, and by private correspondents whose position makes their approval of value, have confirmed the aut