44—Folly Lode By James F. Dorrance 45—The Forest Rogue By Julian G. Wharton
46—Snapshot Artillery By Bertram Lebhar 47—Stanley Holt, Thoroughbred By Ralph Boston
48—The Riddle and the Ring By Gordon MacLaren 49—The Black Eye Snapshot By Bertram Lebhar
50—Bainbridge of Bangor By Julian G. Wharton 51—Amid Crashing Hills By Edmond Lawrence
The following list does not contain all the books that Horatio Alger wrote, but it contains most of them, and certainly the best.
Horatio Alger is to boys what Charles Dickens is to grown-ups. His work is just as popular to-day as it was years ago. The books have a quality, the value of which is beyond computation.
There are legions of boys of foreign parents who are being helped along the road to true Americanism by reading these books which are so peculiarly American in tone that the reader cannot fail to absorb some of the spirit of fair play and clean living which is so characteristically American.
In this list will be included certain books by Edward Stratemeyer, Oliver Optic, and other authors who wrote the Alger type of stories, which are equal in interest and wholesomeness with those written by the famous author after which this great line of books for boys is named.
1—Driven from Home 2—A Cousin’s Conspiracy 3—Ned Newton 4—Andy Gordon 5—Tony, the Tramp 6—The Five Hundred Dollar Check 7—Helping Himself 8—Making His Way 9—Try and Trust 10—Only an Irish Boy 11—Jed, the Poorhouse Boy 12—Chester Rand 13—Grit, the Young Boatman of Pine Point 14—Joe’s Luck 15—From Farm Boy to Senator 16—The Young Outlaw 17—Jack’s Ward 18—Dean Dunham 19—In a New World 20—Both Sides of the Continent 21—The Store Boy 22—Brave and Bold 23—A New York Boy 24—Bob Burton 25—The Young Adventurer 26—Julius, the Street Boy 27—Adrift in New York 28—Tom Brace 29—Struggling Upward 30—The Adventures of a New York Telegraph Boy 31—Tom Tracy 32—The Young Acrobat 33—Bound to Rise 34—Hector’s Inheritance 35—Do and Dare 36—The Tin Box 37—Tom, the Bootblack 38—Risen from the Ranks 39—Shifting for Himself 40—Wait and Hope 41—Sam’s Chance 42—Striving for Fortune 43—Phil, the Fiddler 44—Slow and Sure 45—Walter Sherwood’s Probation 46—The Trials and Triumphs of Mark Mason 47—The Young Salesman 48—Andy Grant’s Pluck 49—Facing the World 50—Luke Walton 51—Strive and Succeed 52—From Canal Boy to President 53—The Erie Train Boy 54—Paul, the Peddler 55—The Young Miner 56—Charlie Codman’s Cruise 57—A Debt of Honor 58—The Young Explorer 59—Ben’s Nugget 60—The Errand Boy 61—Frank and Fearless 62—Frank Hunter’s Peril 63—Adrift in the City 64—Tom Thatcher’s Fortune 65—Tom Turner’s Legacy 66—Dan, the Newsboy 67—Digging for Gold 68—Lester’s Luck 69—In Search of Treasure 70—Frank’s Campaign 71—Bernard Brook’s Adventures 72—Robert Coverdale’s Struggles 73—Paul Prescott’s Charge 74—Mark Manning’s Mission 75—Rupert’s Ambition 76—Sink or Swim 77—The Backwoods Boy 78—Tom Temple’s Career 79—Ben Bruce 80—The Young Musician 81—The Telegraph Boy 82—Work and Win 83—The Train Boy 84—The Cash Boy 85—Herbert Carter’s Legacy 86—Strong and Steady 87—Lost at Sea 88—From Farm to Fortune 89—Young Captain Jack 90—Joe, the Hotel Boy 91—Out for Business 92—Falling in with Fortune 93—Nelson, the Newsboy 94—Randy of the River 95—Jerry, the Backwoods Boy 96—Ben Logan’s Triumph 97—The Young Book Agent