Ben Bruce, by Horatio Alger, Jr

About this eBook

Author

Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899

Title

Ben Bruce: Scenes in the Life of a Bowery Newsboy

Credits

Produced by David Edwards, Sue Clark, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Poets -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60970

Release Date

December 20, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BEN BRUCE SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A BOWERY NEWSBOY. — CONTENTS.
2. 2.CHAPTER I. BEN AND HIS STEPFATHER.
3. 3.CHAPTER II. BEN WITNESSES AN EXPLOSION.
4. 4.CHAPTER III. MR. WINTER’S SAVINGS BANK.
5. 5.CHAPTER IV. AN EXCITING ENCOUNTER.
6. 6.CHAPTER V. A MIDNIGHT CALL.
7. 7.CHAPTER VI. A DISAPPOINTED BURGLAR.
8. 8.CHAPTER VII. BEN FORMS A SUDDEN DETERMINATION.
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. BEN ARRIVES IN BOSTON.
10. 10.CHAPTER IX. BEN BECOMES A HERO.
11. 11.CHAPTER X. BEN DINES IN MT. VERNON STREET.
12. 12.CHAPTER XI. BEN HAS A NARROW ESCAPE.
13. 13.CHAPTER XII. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE.
14. 14.CHAPTER XIII. BEN IS INTRODUCED TO A POET.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIV. THINGS AT WRAYBURN.
16. 16.CHAPTER XV. BEN GETS EMPLOYMENT.
17. 17.CHAPTER XVI. BEN VISITS MR. SIMPSON.
18. 18.CHAPTER XVII. RIVALS IN BUSINESS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVIII. REHEARSING.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIX. BEN MAKES HIS DÉBUT.
21. 21.CHAPTER XX. BEN’S LETTER HOME.
22. 22.CHAPTER XXI. BEN MEETS WITH A LOSS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XXII. GEORGE GRAYSON COMES TO GRIEF.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXIII. A STRANGE ADVENTURE.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXIV. BEN PLAYS A PART.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXV. THE MYSTERY DEEPENS.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXVI. BEN’S STRANGE PROSPERITY.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXVII. MRS. HARCOURT’S SUDDEN RESOLUTION.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVIII. BEN MAKES SOME TITLED FRIENDS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIX. THE MORDAUNT FAMILY.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXX. BEN’S PROGRESS.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXXI. UNWELCOME NEWS.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXXII. JACOB WINTER.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXIII. A STARTLING INCIDENT.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIV. MRS. HARCOURT’S LETTER.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXV. BASIL WENTWORTH REACHES GENEVA.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXVI. MR. SNODGRASS SUGGESTS AN INVESTMENT.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVII. FRANK MORDAUNT.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVIII. BEN OVERHEARS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIX. BEN CONSULTS A LAWYER.
41. 41.CHAPTER XL. CONCLUSION.

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