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Slow and Sure, by Horatio Alger
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Title: Slow and Sure The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant
Author: Horatio Alger
Release Date: April 23, 2008 [EBook #25151]
Language: English
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Slow and Sure
THE STORY OF PAUL HOFFMAN THE YOUNG STREET-MERCHANT
By HORATIO ALGER, JR.
Author of "The Train Boy," "Tony the Hero," "Tom Turner's Legacy," "Tom the Bootblack," etc., etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
PREFACE.
"SLOW AND SURE" is a volume of the stories of New York street life inaugurated by Ragged Dick. While it chronicles the advancement of Paul, the young street merchant, from the sidewalk to the shop, a large portion of it is devoted to the experiences of a street waif, who has been brought up by burglars, and passed the greater part of his time among them, without being wholly spoiled by his corrupt surroundings. His struggles between gratitude and duty on the one hand, and loya