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_RAGGED DICK SERIES._ _Complete in Six Volumes._ I. RAGGED DICK; or, Street Life in New York.

II. FAME AND FORTUNE; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter.

IV. ROUGH AND READY; or, Life Among New York Newsboys.

V. BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY; or, Among the Wharves.

VI. RUFUS AND ROSE; or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready.

_CAMPAIGN SERIES._ _Complete in Three Volumes._ I. FRANK’S CAMPAIGN. II. PAUL PRESCOTT’S CHARGE. III. CHARLIE CODMAN’S CRUISE. =_Price, $1.25 per volume._=

_LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES._ _To be completed in Six Volumes._ I. LUCK AND PLUCK; or, John Oakley’s Inheritance.

II. SINK OR SWIM; or, Harry Raymond’s Resolve.

III. STRONG AND STEADY; or, Paddle your own Canoe. (In October, 1871.)

_To be completed in Six Volumes._ I. TATTERED TOM; or, The story of a Street Arab.

II. PAUL, THE PEDDLER; or, The Adventures of a Young Street Merchant. (In November, 1871.)

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TATTERED TOM; OR, THE STORY OF A STREET ARAB.

AUTHOR OF “RAGGED DICK SERIES,” “LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES,” “CAMPAIGN SERIES.”

LORING, Publisher, COR. BROMFIELD AND WASHINGTON STREETS, BOSTON.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by A. K. LORING, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Rockwell & Churchill, Printers and Stereotypers, 122 Washington Street, Boston.