"You shall study at home for a year," said his father. "The teacher of the academy shall give you private lessons. You can learn a great deal in a year if you set about it."
To this arrangement Ben acceded. He is now studying at home, and his abilities being excellent, and his ambition excited, is making remarkable progress. Next year he will assist his father. Mr. Brandon seems to have changed greatly. He is no longer stern and hard, but gentle and forbearing, and is evidently proud of Ben, who would run a chance of being spoiled by over-indulgence, if his hard discipline as a street boy had not given him a manliness and self-reliance above his years. He is gradually laying aside the injurious habits which he acquired in his street life, and I confidently hope for him a worthy and useful manhood.
From time to time Ben visits New York, and renews his intimacy with his Cousin Charles, who returns his warm affection. Charles, in turn, spends the summer at Cedarville, where they are inseparable.
So we bid farewell to Ben, the Luggage Boy, hoping that he may be able to repay his mother in part for the sorrow which his long absence occasioned her, and that she may live long to enjoy his society. To my young readers, who have received my stories of street life with so much indulgence, I bid a brief farewell, hoping to present them ere long the sixth volume of the Ragged Dick Series, under the title of
Rufus And Rose;
Or,
The Fortunes of Rough and Ready.
FAMOUS ALGER BOOKS.
RAGGED DICK SERIES. ByHoratio Alger, Jr. 6 vols. 12mo. Cloth.
Ragged Dick.
Rough and Ready.
Fame and Fortune.
Ben the Luggage Boy.
Mark the Match Boy.
Rufus and Rose.
TATTERED TOM SERIES. By Horatio Alger, Jr. 4 vols. 12mo. Cloth. First Series
Tattered Tom.
Phil the Fiddler.
Paul the Peddler.
Slow and Sure.
TATTERED TOM SERIES. 4 vols. 12mo. Cloth. SECOND SERIES.
Julius.
Sam's Chance.
The Young Outlaw.
The Telegraph Boy.
CAMPAIGN SERIES. By HORATIO ALGER, Jr. 3 vols.
Frank's Campaign.
Charlie Codman's Cruise.
Paul Prescott's Charge.
LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES. By Horatio Alger, Jr. 4 vols. 12mo.Cloth. First Series.
Luck and Pluck.
Strong and Steady.
Sink Or Swim.
Strive and Succeed.
LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES. 4 vols. 12mo. Cloth. Second Series.
Try and Trust.
Risen From the Ranks.
Bound To Rise.
Herbert Carter's Legacy.
BRAVE AND BOLD SERIES. By Horatio Alger, Jr. 4 vols. 12mo. Cloth.
Brave and Bold.
Shifting for Himself.
Jack's Ward.
Wait and Hope.
PACIFIC SERIES. By Horatio Alger, Jr. 4 vols. 12mo.
The Young Adventurer. The Young Explorers.
The Young Miner.
Ben's Nugget.
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The Young Circus Rider. Hector's Inheritance.
Do and Dare.
Helping Himself.
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Bob Burton.
Luke Walton.
The Store Boy.
Struggling Upward.
NEW WORLD SERIES. By Horatio Alger, Jr. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth.
Digging for Gold.
Facing the World.
In a New World.