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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 THE NEW YORK NEWSBOYS.
V. BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY. (In April, 1870.)
VI. RUFUS AND ROSE; OR, THE FORTUNES OF ROUGH AND READY. (In December, 1870.)
I. FRANK'S CAMPAIGN. II. PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE. III. CHARLIE CODMAN'S CRUISE.
I. LUCK AND PLUCK; OR, JOHN OAKLEY'S INHERITANCE.
[Illustration: LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES. BY HORATIO ALGER JR. LUCK and PLUCK.]
LUCK AND PLUCK; OR, JOHN OAKLEY'S INHERITANCE.
AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK," "FAME AND FORTUNE," "MARK, THE MATCH BOY," "ROUGH AND READY," "CAMPAIGN SERIES," ETC.
LORING, Publisher, 819 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by A. K. LORING, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Rockwell & Churchill, Printers and Stereotypers, 122 Washington Street.
To MY YOUNG FRIENDS, ISAAC AND GEORGE, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
"Luck and Pluck" appeared as a serial story in the juvenile department of Ballou's Magazine for the year 1869, and is therefore already familiar to a very large constituency of young readers. It is now presented in book form, as the first of a series of six volumes, designed to illustrate the truth that a manly spirit is better than the gifts of fortune. Early trial and struggle, as the history of the majority of our successful men abundantly attests, tend to strengthen and invigorate the character.
The author trusts that John Oakley, his young hero, will find many friends, and that his career will not only be followed with interest, but teach a lesson of patient fortitude and resolute endeavor, and a determination to conquer fortune, and compel its smiles. He has no fear that any boy-reader will be induced to imitate Ben Brayton, whose selfishness and meanness are likely to meet a fitting recompense.
LUCK AND PLUCK; OR, JOHN OAKLEY'S INHERITANCE.
"What are you going to do with that horse, Ben Brayton?"
"As the horse happens to belong to me, I should think it was considerable of my business."
