Rough and Ready

Life Among the New York Newsboys

(1869)

Dedication: To My Dear Friend, Theodore Seligman, This Volume Is Affectionately Dedicated

PREFACE:

"Rough and Ready" is presented to the public as the
fourth volume of the "Ragged Dick Series," and, like two
of its predecessors, was contributed as a serial to the
"Schoolmate," a popular juvenile magazine. Its second title,
"Life among the New York Newsboys," describes its character
and purpose. While the young hero may be regarded
as a favorable example of his class, the circumstances of his
lot, aggravated by the persecutions of an intemperate parent,
are unfortunately too common, as any one at all familiar
with the history of the neglected street children in our
cities will readily acknowledge.

If "Rough and Ready" has more virtues and fewer faults
than most of his class, his history will at least teach the
valuable lesson that honesty and good principles are not incompatible
even with the greatest social disadvantages, and
will, it is hoped, serve as an incentive and stimulus to the
young people who may read it.

Horatio Alger, New York, Dec. 26, 1869.

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