Horatio: 498 books

Fred Fenton is the Erie train boy, a young lad selling sundries on the trains traveling north from New York and through this work supporting his mother and siblings as the family struggles to survive in a New York tenement house.

Jack Harding was a boy of twelve. One morning as jack left to buy milk for breakfast he found a basket on the doorstep. Having found a baby girl on their doorstep seven years previously, Jack and his parents are alarmed when a lady claiming to have been the infant's nurse arrives to reclaim the child.

First published in 1892 this engrossing tale introduces us to the charming Mabel Frost Fairfax. She arrives in the village of Granville as the newly-appointed school teacher. Through her experiences Alger presents a vivid and life-like picture of village life. His portrayal of human emotions and relations is highly perceptive. Delightful!

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: John Oakley, 15, lives with his stepmother. A battle brews over the intentions of his deceased father, since the stepmother wants all the estate and John knows there is a will in his favor. His father's...

Morpurgo dramatizes the perilous hours during which Drake's Golden Hinde was stranded on a reef off the coast of Indonesia, and asks what was really at the heart of Drake's violent quarrel with Fletcher, the ship's chaplain. As the modern world continues to plunder the 'infinite store' of the earth's riches, Morpurgo explores how our abusive relationship with the natural world began.

In this volume two purposes have been fulfilled: it applies to the problems of human suffering a practical, spiritual philosophy of the Inner Life, and it contains a discriminative exposition of the rational principles which underlie the mental healing movement. With these ends in view, it was thought...

Mr. Dresser is deeply impressed with the fact that "the transition period in which we live is witnessing a noteworthy change of attitude in regard to that persistently fascinating thing which we call human life.'' He finds that "instead of the old theory of a divine providence and a disjointed...

Herbert did not look forward with very joyful anticipations to the new engagement he had formed. He knew very well that he should not like Ebenezer Graham as an employer, but it was necessary that he should earn something, for the income was now but two dollars a week. He was sorry, too, to displace...

A study of life and death over there. From experiences at the front the author pronounces the war "something altogether splendid in human history," a great liberator of spiritual values and truths. Man emerges as a spirit with perception of things beyond the flesh; salvation becomes the...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Excerpt from Tom Thatcher's Fortune Is supper ready, mother? I'm as hungry as a bear!" The speaker was a sturdy boy of sixteen, with bright eyes, and a smiling sun-browned face. His shirt sleeves were...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Alger is the original rags-to-riches guy, often credited with inventing the strive-and-succeed spirit that inspired boys to work hard and advance themselves in order to achieve the American Dream. This...

In this story we find Andy Gordon, the son of a poor widow, as the hero. Being eager for an education, he is obliged to work after school hours to get it. He is a good student and is well liked and highly respected. Herbert Ross, one of Andy's classmates, is the son of a wealthy lawyer. He is a conceited,...