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• The Tin Box and What It Contained, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg text)
• Budd Boyd's Triumph: or, The Boy-Firm of Fox Island (New York: A. L. Burt, c1890), by William P. Chipman (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Little Red Shop (Boston: D. Lothrop Co., c1889), by Margaret Sidney (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys (10th edition, 1904), by Gulielma Zollinger (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• Two Ways of Becoming a Hunter, by Harry Castlemon, illust. by George G. White (Gutenberg ebook)
• Tom Newcombe; Or, the Boy of Bad Habits, by Harry Castlemon (Gutenberg ebook)
• Under the Polar Star; or, The Young Explorers, by Dwight Weldon (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Young Game-Warden, by Harry Castlemon (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ben Bruce: Scenes in the Life of a Bowery Newsboy, by Horatio Alger, illust. by J. Watson Davis (Gutenberg ebook)
• Wings and Stings: A Tale for the Young, by A. L. O. E. (Gutenberg ebook)
• Tony, the Hero; Or, A Brave Boy's Adventures with a Tramp, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Finkler's Field: A Story of School and Baseball, by Ralph Henry Barbour, illust. by Howard Heath (Gutenberg ebook)
• Falling in with Fortune; Or, The Experiences of a Young Secretary, by Horatio Alger and Edward Stratemeyer (Gutenberg ebook)
• Adrift in the City; or, Oliver Conrad's Plucky Fight, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Tom Thatcher's Fortune, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Tom Temple's Career, by Horatio Alger, contrib. by Edward Sylvester Ellis (Gutenberg ebook)
• Frank Hunter's Peril, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Making the Nine, by Albertus T. Dudley, illust. by Charles Copeland (Gutenberg ebook)
• Go-Ahead; Or, The Fisher-Boy's Motto, by Harry Castlemon (Gutenberg ebook)
• Rough and Ready; Or, Life Among the New York Newsboys, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Worst Boy in Town, by John Habberton (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ralph Raymond's Heir, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Nelson the Newsboy; Or, Afloat in New York, by Horatio Alger and Edward Stratemeyer (Gutenberg ebook)
• Charlie Codman's Cruise: A Story for Boys, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Luck and Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Grit; or, The Young Boatman of Pine Point, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Helen Ford, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Unseen Hand; or, James Renfew and His Boy Helpers, by Elijah Kellogg, illust. by W. P. Snyder (Gutenberg ebook)
• Dan, the Newsboy, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Digging for Gold: A Story of California, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mark the Match Boy; or, Richard Hunter's Ward, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ward Hill, the Senior, by Everett T. Tomlinson (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Struggle for a Fortune, by Harry Castlemon, illust. by W. H. Fry (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Debt of Honor: The Story of Gerald Lane's Success in the Far West, by Horatio Alger, illust. by J. Watson Davis (Gutenberg ebook)
• Julian Mortimer: A Brave Boy's Struggle for Home and Fortune, by Harry Castlemon, contrib. by Owen Hacket and Russell Stockton (Gutenberg ebook)
• Charlie Bell, The Waif of Elm Island, by Elijah Kellogg (Gutenberg ebook)
• Lion Ben of Elm Island, by Elijah Kellogg (Gutenberg ebook)
• My Uncle Florimond, by Henry Harland (Gutenberg ebook)
• Under Orders: The story of a young reporter, by Kirk Munroe, illust. by W. P. Snyder (Gutenberg ebook)
• Arthur Brown, The Young Captain, by Elijah Kellogg (Gutenberg ebook)
• Weatherby's Inning: A Story of College Life and Baseball, by Ralph Henry Barbour, illust. by C. M. Relyea (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Girl Warriors: A Book for Girls, by Adene Williams (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Twin Ventriloquists; or, Nimble Ike and Jack the Juggler: A Tale of Strategy and Jugglery, by Old Sleuth (Gutenberg ebook)
• Her Benny: A Story of Street Life, by Silas K. Hocking, illust. by Harry Tuck (Gutenberg ebook)
• Owen's Fortune; Or, "Durable Riches", by Frederic West (Gutenberg ebook)
• Hope Benham: A Story for Girls, by Nora Perry, illust. by Frank T. Merrill (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Peddler's Boy; Or, I'll Be Somebody, by Francis C. Woodworth (Gutenberg ebook)
• Campmates: A Story of the Plains, by Kirk Munroe (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mark Mason's Victory, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Boy Broker; Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street, by Frank Andrew Munsey (Gutenberg ebook)
• Two ways to begin life (London: Religious Tract Society, 1880) (page images at Florida)
• Gutenberg and the lost child (London: James Blackwood & Co., 1868), by Gustav Nieritz and James Blackwood & Co (page images at Florida)
• Little Paul and his moss-wreaths, or, The king and the little boy who kept his word (London: James Hogg & Sons, c1862), by Angelika von Lagerstrom, illust. by Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
• Saw up and saw down, or, The fruits of industry and self-reliance (New York: American Female Guardian Society, 1852), by Helen C. Knight, S. S. A., American Female Guardian Society, and Engel & Hewitt Angell (page images at Florida)
• Well begun is half done, or, The young painter (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1858), by Richard Baron, Trauermantel, Holland & Moffitt, George H Hayes, C Deutsch, Nichols Crosby, and Metcalf and Company (page images at Florida)
• I'll try, or, The young housekeeper (Boston: Shepard, Clark and Brown, 1859), by Madeline Leslie, Clark and Brown Shepard, and Boston Stereotype Foundry (page images at Florida)
• The Trials of a village artist (London: John Morgan, 1866), by Ruth Lamb (page images at Florida)
• Margaret Gold. (London: Religious Tract Society, c1855), by William 1778-1858 Cowper (page images at Florida)
• The Little donkey drivers. (London: Religious Tract Society, c1855) (page images at Florida)
• Little Jim, the rag merchant (Philadelphia, New York, Boston: American Sunday-School Union, c1850), ed. by American Sunday-School Union Committee of Publication (page images at Florida)
• Jack the conqueror, or, Overcoming difficulties (Mountain View Cal. et al.: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1890) (page images at Florida)
• Sayings and doings, or Proverbs and practice (New York (No. 129 Fulton Street): J.C. Riker, 1851), by Jane Margaret Strickland, illust. by Joseph Alexander Adams (page images at Florida)
• Wings and stings (London, Edinburgh, New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1865), by A. L. O. E., illust. by Robert Paterson and William Small (page images at Florida)
• Joseph Martin, or, The Hand of the diligent by the author of "John Phillips, or Happy homes for working men." (London: The Book Society, c1870) (page images at Florida)
• Freddie's school days (London: Frederick Warne & Co., n.d.), by Mabel Dearmer, illust. by George Lambert (page images at Florida)
• The telegraph boy (Philadelphia et al.: John C. Winston Co., 1879), by Horatio Alger (page images at Florida)
• Willy's trunk, or, Mrs. Lambton's legacy (London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1882) (page images at Florida)
• Little workers (New York: R. Shugg & Co., 1871), by James Carter Beard (page images at Florida)
• The cockatoo's story (London (Paternoster Row) and New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1881), by George Cupples, illust. by Edward Dalziel, George Dalziel, and Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
• John Oriel's start in life (London: Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, c1871), by Mary Botham Howitt and William Mavor Watts, illust. by Myles Birket Foster, Edmund Evans, and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
• The bracelets, or, Amiability and industry rewarded (Philadelphia: Geo. S. Appleton, 164 Chestnut Street, 1850), by Maria Edgeworth, illust. by William Croome and Henry Walker Herrick (page images at Florida)
• Wings and stings (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1893), by A. L. O. E., illust. by Robert Paterson and William Small (page images at Florida)
• Find a way or Make it, or, George Watson's motto (London: The Religious Tract Society, c1893), by S. W. L (S. W. Landor) (page images at Florida)
• Through forest and fire (Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1891), by Edward Sylvester Ellis (page images at Florida)
• Irene's birthday treat, or, For the good of the cause (London: Religious Tract Society, c1891), by F.C Fanshawe (page images at Florida)
• Joe's first earnings, or, The Wickedest weed of all (London: Religious Tract Society, c1896), by Ruth Lamb (page images at Florida)
• Little Nell (London: John F. Shaw and Co., c1893), by Emily Brodie (page images at Florida)
• We are seven (Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1892), by Mary Hartwell Catherwood (page images at Florida)
• Lafayette (New York, Boston, Chicago: Werner School Book Co., c1898), by Alma Holman Burton and James Baldwin (page images at Florida)
• Little Jim (London: James B. Knapp, c1899), by Henry Wood Smith (page images at Florida)
• The Royal road to riches (London: Charles H. Kelly, 1897), by E. C Miller (page images at Florida)
• Under the blossom (London: S.W. Partridge & Co., [1896?]), by Margaret S Haycraft (page images at Florida)
• Teddy and Carrots (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, n.d.), by James Otis and Geo. C. Scott & Sons, illust. by W. A. Rogers (page images at Florida)
• Sentimental Tommy (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896), by J. M. Barrie, illust. by William Hatherell (page images at Florida)
• Where there's a will there's a way (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1861), by Alice B. Haven, Augustus Hoppin, D. Appleton and Company, and Bobbett & Hooper (page images at Florida)
• Little pea-nut merchant, or, Harvard's aspirations (Boston: Henry A. Young & Co., 1869), by Mary Atkins, Kilburn & Mallory, and Henry A. Young & Co (page images at Florida)
• Ruth Clayton, or, The contrast (London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1868), by Frederick Warne and Co and Knight (Firm) (page images at Florida)
• The first prize (London: Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1869), by Author of Under the lime-trees, Seeley Jackson & Halliday, and Strangeways & Walden (page images at Florida)
• Burtie Corey, the fisher boy, or, A wise son maketh a glad father (Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, 1872) (page images at Florida)
• Fred the apprentice (Edinburgh: William Oliphant, 1877), by Campbell Overend (page images at Florida)
• Our Sue (Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1852), by Francis C. Woodworth, illust. by William Roberts and Albert H. Jocelyn (page images at Florida)
• Bessie Gray, or, The dull child (New York: General Protestant Episcopal S.S. Union, 1851), by Harriet Elizabeth Mozley (page images at Florida)
• Where there's a will there's a way (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1861), by Alice B. Haven, illust. by Augustus Hoppin and Bobbett & Hooper (page images at Florida)
• Earl Whiting, or, The career of a nameless boy (Boston: Henry A. Young & Co., 1870), by Mary Atkins, illust. by Elias James Whitney (page images at Florida)
• Summer arithmetic (London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d.), ed. by Charlotte Mary Yonge, illust. by Robert Paterson (page images at Florida)
• Carrie's two victories (London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d.), ed. by Charlotte Mary Yonge, illust. by Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
• Ruth Clayton, or, The contrast (London: Frederick Warne & Co., n.d.) (page images at Florida)
• The little brown bird (London et al.: Blackie & Son, 1882) (page images at Florida)
• Hugh Wellwood's success, or, Where there's a will there's a way (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1884), by George Cupples (page images at Florida)
• Robert Dawson, or, The brave spirit (Edinburgh and London: Gall & Inglis, 1883), by Helen C. Knight and Sarah S Baker (page images at Florida)
• Helping himself, or, Grant Thornton's ambition (Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1886), by Horatio Alger (page images at Florida)
• Diligent Dick, or, The young farmer (Boston: Young & Bartlett, 1871), by Madeline Leslie, illust. by Nathaniel Rudd, Samuel Cloues, J Hyde, and Russell & Richardson (page images at Florida)
• Bessie, the blackberry gatherer, or, What trying may do (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d.), by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) -- Committee of General Literature and Education (page images at Florida)
• Wings and stings (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870), by A. L. O. E. (page images at Florida)
• The store boy, or, The fortunes of Ben Barclay (Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1887), by Horatio Alger (page images at Florida)
• Daddy Darwin's dovecot (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1885), by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing, illust. by Randolph Caldecott (page images at Florida)
• The cottage at The Firs (London et al.: Religious Tract Society, 1875) (page images at Florida)
• Charlotte, the Hindoo orphan (London: Relgious Tract Society, 1875), by Alexander Duff (page images at Florida)
• Aunty's elfin land, or, The astonishing doings of Mildred, Tom and Harry (Boston: J.G. Cupples Co., 1890), by Maria Hildreth Parker, illust. by Hermann Dudley Murphy (page images at Florida)
• Ezra Jordan's escape from the massacre at Fort Loyall (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, n.d.), by James Otis (page images at Florida)
• The boys' revolt (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, n.d.), by James Otis, illust. by W. P. Hooper (page images at Florida)
• Bright Ben (London: S.W. Partridge and Co., 1893), by Jesse Page and England) S. W. Partridge & Co. (London (page images at Florida)
• The history of Gutta-Percha Willie (London et al.: Blackie & Son, 1896), by George MacDonald, illust. by Arthur Hughes and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
• Teddy's button (New York et al.: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1896), by Amy Le Feuvre, illust. by E Lance (page images at Florida)
• The Carbonels (London: National Society's Depository, 1896), by Charlotte Mary Yonge and W. S. Stacey (page images at Florida)
• That football game (New York et al.: Benziger Brothers, 1897), by Francis James Finn and Benziger Brothers (page images at Florida)
• Boys wanted (London: George Stoneman, 1897), by J. L Nye (page images at Florida)
• The true story of Jack and the beanstalk (London and Glasgow: Langfier, Ltd., 1899), by Arthur Sturgess, Arthur Collins, and Drury Lane Theatre, illust. by Percy J Billinghurst (page images at Florida)
• The true story of Lafayette (Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1899), by Elbridge Streeter Brooks, illust. by Victor A Searles (page images at Florida)
• The boy crusaders, or, Robert of Marseilles (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1898) (page images at Florida)
• True to his trust (Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1898), by Edward Sylvester Ellis, illust. by John Steeple Davis (page images at Florida)
• Tar-bucket and pipe-clay, or, The life and adventures of Nicholas Brodribb, middy and marine (London: Griffith, Farran, Browne and Co., Limited, 1897), by J. Percy Groves (page images at Florida)
• The waif of Bounders' Rents (London: Religious Tract Society, n.d.), by M. B. Manwell (page images at Florida)
• Reuben's hindrances and how he made them helps toward progress (Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1898), by Pansy, illust. by Hiram P Barnes (page images at Florida)
• Pansy Billings and Popsy (Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1898), by Helen Hunt Jackson and C.H. Simonds & Co (page images at Florida)
• Caleb Gaye's success (London: Religious Tract Society, 1898), by Eglanton Thorne (page images at Florida)
• Bonnie Prince Charlie (New York: A.L. Burt, Publisher, 1898), by G. A. Henty, illust. by Gordon Browne (page images at Florida)
• The Howe boys (London ; Edinburgh and New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1898), by Sarah S Baker (page images at Florida)

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