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

by Jr. Horatio Alger

Ragged Dick

OR,

STREET LIFE IN NEW YORK WITH THE BOOT-BLACKS.

by Horatio Alger Jr.

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Contents

[PREFACE]

[CHAPTER I. RAGGED DICK IS INTRODUCED TO THE READER]

[CHAPTER II. JOHNNY NOLAN]

[CHAPTER III. DICK MAKES A PROPOSITION]

[CHAPTER IV. DICK’S NEW SUIT]

[CHAPTER V. CHATHAM STREET AND BROADWAY]

[CHAPTER VI. UP BROADWAY TO MADISON SQUARE]

[CHAPTER VII. THE POCKET-BOOK]

[CHAPTER VIII. DICK’S EARLY HISTORY]

[CHAPTER IX. A SCENE IN A THIRD AVENUE CAR]

[CHAPTER X. INTRODUCES A VICTIM OF MISPLACED CONFIDENCE]

[CHAPTER XI. DICK AS A DETECTIVE]

[CHAPTER XII. DICK HIRES A ROOM ON MOTT STREET]

[CHAPTER XIII. MICKY MAGUIRE]

[CHAPTER XIV. A BATTLE AND A VICTORY]

[CHAPTER XV. DICK SECURES A TUTOR]

[CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST LESSON]

[CHAPTER XVII. DICK’S FIRST APPEARANCE IN SOCIETY]

[CHAPTER XVIII. MICKY MAGUIRE’S SECOND DEFEAT]

[CHAPTER XIX. FOSDICK CHANGES HIS BUSINESS]

[CHAPTER XX. NINE MONTHS LATER]

[CHAPTER XXI. DICK LOSES HIS BANK-BOOK]

[CHAPTER XXII. TRACKING THE THIEF]

[CHAPTER XXIII. TRAVIS IS ARRESTED]

[CHAPTER XXIV. DICK RECEIVES A LETTER]

[CHAPTER XXV. DICK WRITES HIS FIRST LETTER]

[CHAPTER XXVI. AN EXCITING ADVENTURE]

[CHAPTER XXVII. CONCLUSION]

To
Joseph W. Allen,
at whose suggestion this story
was undertaken,
it is
inscribed with friendly regard.

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PREFACE