Jr Horatio Alger / Jr. Horatio Alger
'Fame and Fortune:' like its predecessor, 'RaggedDick:' was contributed as a serial story to the'Schoolmate,' a popular juvenile magazine publishedin Boston. The generous commendations of the firstvolume by the Press, and by private correspondentswhose position makes their approval of value, haveconfirmed the author in his purpose to write a series ofstories intended to illustrate the life and experiences ofthe friendless and vagrant children to be found in allour cities, numbering in New York alone over twelvethousand.