Chapter I: Front Matter

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STRONG AND STEADY

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HORATIO ALGER'S Successful Juvenile Books

RAGGED DICK SERIES.

_Complete in Six Volumes._

TATTERED TOM SERIES.

A Continuation of the Ragged Dick Series.

_FIRST SERIES, in Four Volumes, now ready._

_SECOND SERIES, in Four Volumes, preparing._

LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES.

_FIRST SERIES, in Four Volumes, now ready._

_SECOND SERIES, in Four Volumes, preparing._

CAMPAIGN SERIES.

_Complete in Three Volumes._

Each Volume is sold, separate.

RAGGED DICK SERIES.

_Complete in Six Volumes--in a Box._

I. RAGGED DICK; or, Street Life in New York.

II. FAME AND FORTUNE; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter.

III. MARK, THE MATCH BOY.

IV. ROUGH AND READY; or, Life Among New York Newsboys.

V. BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY; or, Among the Wharves.

VI. RUFUS AND ROSE; or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready.

_Price, $1.25 per volume._

_TATTERED TOM SERIES._

First Series _in Four Volumes_--_in Box_.

I. TATTERED TOM; or, The Story of a Street Arab.

II. PAUL, THE PEDDLER; or, The Adventures of a Young Street
Merchant.

III. PHIL, THE FIDDLER; or, The Young Street Musician.

IV. SLOW AND SURE; or, From the Sidewalk to the Shop.

_Price, $1.25 per volume._

SECOND SERIES.

I. JULIUS; or, The Street Boy out West.

II. THE YOUNG OUTLAW; A Story of the Street,--Oct., '74.

_LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES._

First Series _in Four Volumes_--_in Box_.

I. LUCK AND PLUCK; or, John Oakley's Inheritance.

II. SINK OR SWIM; or, Harry Raymond's Resolve.

III. STRONG AND STEADY; or, Paddle your own Canoe.

IV. STRIVE AND SUCCEED; or, The Progress of Walter Conrad.

_Price, $1.50 per volume._

SECOND SERIES.

I. TRY AND TRUST; or, The Story of a Bound Boy.

II. BOUND TO RISE; or, How Harry Walton rose in the World.

III. UP THE LADDER; or Harry Walton's Success, in Oct, '74.

_CAMPAIGN SERIES._

I. FRANK'S CAMPAIGN.

II. PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE.

III. CHARLIE CODMAN'S CRUISE.

_Price, $1.25 per volume._

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LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES.

by HORATIO ALGER, JR.

LUCK and PLUCK.

STRONG AND STEADY;

Or, Paddle Your Own Canoe.

by

HORATIO ALGER, JR.

Author of "Ragged Dick Series," "Tattered Tom Series," "Luck and Pluck Series," "Campaign Series," etc.

Loring, Publisher, Cor. Bromfield and Washington Streets, Boston.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by A. K. Loring, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Stereotyped and Printed by Rockwell & Churchill, Boston.

To
MY YOUNG FRIENDS,
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON,
_IN THE HOPE THAT THEY MAY EMULATE THE VIRTUES
OF THE DISTINGUISHED MEN WHOSE
NAMES THEY BEAR_,
This Volume
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.