HERBERT CARTER'S LEGACY

OR

THE INVENTOR'S SON

BY

HORATIO ALGER, JR.

AUTHOR OF
"Strong and Steady," "Strive and Succeed," "Try and Trust," "Bound To
Rise," Etc.

NEW YORK




BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY


Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and himself
remained a boy in heart and association till death, was born at
Revere, Mass., January 13, 1834. He was the son of a clergyman; was
graduated at Harvard College in 1852, and at its Divinity School in
1860; and was pastor of the Unitarian Church at Brewster, Mass., in
1862-66.

In the latter year he settled in New York and began drawing public