Luck and Pluck

or; John Oakley's Inheritance

(1869)

To My Young Friends, Issac and George, This Volume Is Affectionately Dedicated.

PREFACE.

"Luck and Pluck" appeared as a serial story
in the juvenile department of Ballou's Magazine
for the year 1869, and is therefore already
familiar to a very large constituency of young
readers. It is now presented in book form, as
the first of a series of six volumes, designed to
illustrate the truth that a manly spirit is better
than the gifts of fortune. Early trial and struggle,
as the history of the majority of our successful
men abundantly attests, tend to strengthen
and invigorate the character. The author trusts that John Oakley, his young
hero, will find many friends, and that his career
will not only be followed with interest, but
teach a lesson of patient fortitude and resolute
endeavor, and a determination to conquer fortune,
and compel its smiles. He has no fear
that any boy-reader will be induced to imitate
Ben Brayton, whose selfishness and meanness
are likely to meet a fitting recompense.

New York, Nov. 8, 1869.

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