Preface

or; The Progress of Walter Conrad

(1872)

To My Young Friends, ISABELLA AND EDWIN, This Volume Is Affectionately Dedicated

PREFACE:

Strive and Succeed is reprinted from the pages of Young Israel, a New York juvenile magazine, to which it was contributed as a serial. It is complete in itself, and can be read independently; but those who have read its predecessor, �Strong and Steady,� may be interested to learn that it traces the subsequent career of Walter Conrad, showing how he continued to paddle his own canoe, and chronicles the adventures of Joshua Drummond after his flight from home.

As Walter�s success as a teacher at the West may seem to some improbable, in view of his youth, I am led to say that I know of more than one case equally remarkable, in particular that of a gentleman since prominent as a politician. The moral of the book is contained in the title. As a rule of action, I recommend it confidently to all my young readers.

New York, Oct. 1, 1872.