attention to the condition and needs of street boys. He mingled with
them, gained their confidence, showed a personal concern in their
affairs, and stimulated them to honest and useful living. With his
first story he won the hearts of all red-blooded boys everywhere, and
of the seventy or more that followed over a million copies were sold
during the author's lifetime.

In his later life he was in appearance a short, stout, bald-headed
man, with cordial manners and whimsical views of things that amused
all who met him. He died at Natick, Mass., July 18, 1899.

Mr. Alger's stories are as popular now as when first published,
because they treat of real live boys who were always up and about--
just like the boys found everywhere to-day. They are pure in tone and
inspiring in influence, and many reforms in the juvenile life of New
York may be traced to them. Among the best known are:

Strong and Steady; Strive and Succeed; Try and Trust; Bound to
Rise; Risen from the Ranks; Herbert Carter's Legacy; Brave and Bold;
Jack's Ward; Shifting for Himself; Wait and Hope; Paul the Peddler;
Phil the Fiddler; Slow and Sure; Julius the Street Boy; Tom the
Bootblack; Struggling Upward; Facing the World; The Cash Boy; Making
His Way; Tony the Tramp; Joe's Luck; Do and Dare; Only an Irish Boy;
Sink or Swim; A Cousin's Conspiracy; Andy Gordon; Bob Burton; Harry
Vane; Hector's Inheritance; Mark Mason's Triumph; Sam's Chance; The
Telegraph Boy; The Young Adventurer; The Young Outlaw; The Young
Salesman, and Luke Walton.