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![[Illustrations from Horatio Alger books: "Luck and Pluck Books, Second Series" title page showing 3 boys]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzQvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9ucy1mcm9tLWhvcmF0aW8tYWxnZXItYm9va3MtbHVjay1hbmQtcGx1Y2stYm9va3Mtc2Vjb25kLXNlcmllcy10aXRsZS02NDAuanBn/320/478/jpg "[Illustrations from Horatio Alger books: \"Luck and Pluck Books, Second Series\" title page showing 3 boys]")
![[Title page of The Western Boy, or, The Road to Success, by Horatio Alger, Jr.; illus. of boy shining man's shoes]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzgvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi10aGUtd2VzdGVybi1ib3ktb3ItdGhlLXJvYWQtdG8tc3VjY2Vzcy1ieS1ob3JhdGlvLWFsZ2VyLWpyLWlsbHVzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/71/webp "[Title page of The Western Boy, or, The Road to Success, by Horatio Alger, Jr.; illus. of boy shining man's shoes]")
![[Martha Finley's Elsie Dinsmore, title page and illustration]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjcvMDEvMDEvbWFydGhhLWZpbmxleXMtZWxzaWUtZGluc21vcmUtdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1hbmQtaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/65/webp "[Martha Finley's Elsie Dinsmore, title page and illustration]")
![[Title page of The Illustrated Miners' Hand-book and Guide to Pike's Peak, with... No illustration, published by Parker & Huyett, Saint Louis, 1859]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTkvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi10aGUtaWxsdXN0cmF0ZWQtbWluZXJzLWhhbmQtYm9vay1hbmQtZ3VpZGUtdG8tcGlrZXMtcGVhay13aXRoLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/65/webp "[Title page of The Illustrated Miners' Hand-book and Guide to Pike's Peak, with... No illustration, published by Parker & Huyett, Saint Louis, 1859]")
![[Title p. of a Christmas book for little boys, a collection of conversations; the 3rd Virginia children's book; illus. with boy and woman seated and evidently conversing]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDkvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcC1vZi1hLWNocmlzdG1hcy1ib29rLWZvci1saXR0bGUtYm95cy1hLWNvbGxlY3Rpb24tb2YtY29udmVyc2F0aW9ucy10aGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/65/webp "[Title p. of a Christmas book for little boys, a collection of conversations; the 3rd Virginia children's book; illus. with boy and woman seated and evidently conversing]")
