Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Ragged Dick, by Horatio AlgerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Ragged Dick Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-BlacksAuthor: Horatio AlgerRelease Date: October 5, 2004 [EBook #5348] [Date last updated: May 1, 2006]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RAGGED DICK ***Digitized by Cardinalis Etext Press [C.E.K.]Prepared for Project Gutenberg by Andrew SlyRAGGED DICK;OR,STREET LIFE IN NEW YORK WITH THE BOOT-BLACKS.BY HORATIO ALGER JR.To Joseph W. Allen, at whose suggestion this story was undertaken, it is inscribed with friendly regard.PREFACE"Ragged Dick" was contributed as a serial story to the pages of the Schoolmate, a well-known juvenile magazine, duringthe year 1867. While in course of publication, it was received with so many evidences of favor that it has been rewrittenand considerably enlarged, and is now presented to the public as the first volume of a series intended to illustrate the lifeand experiences of the friendless and vagrant children who are now numbered by thousands in New York and othercities.Several characters in the story are sketched from life. The necessary information has been gathered mainly frompersonal observation and conversations with the boys ...