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, Complete in Four Volumes--in a Box,

I. TRY AND TRUST; or, The Story of a Bound Boy.
II. BOUND TO RISE; or, How Harry Walton rose in the World.
III. RISEN FROM THE RANKS; or, Harry Walton's Success.
IV. HERBERT CARTER'S LEGACY; or, the Inventor's Son.

Price, $1.50 per volume.

Brave and Bold Series.

To be completed in four Volumes.

I. BRAVE AND BOLD; or, The Story of a Factory Boy.
II. JACK'S WARD: or, The Boy Guardian.
III. SHIFTING FOR HIMSELF.

Price, $1.50 per volume.

Each volume sold separate from the set.

LORING, PUBLISHER, BOSTON.

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[Frontispiece: the deacon asks directions of the street Arab.]

[Series Title Illustration]

THE YOUNG OUTLAW;

Or,

Adrift in the Streets.

by

HORATIO ALGER, JR.,

Author of "Ragged Dick,"--"Tattered Tom,"--"Luck and Pluck,"--"Brave
and Bold," Series.

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

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by
A. K. Loring,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

Rockwell & Churchill, Printers and Stereotypers,
39 Arch Street, Boston.

To

MY YOUNG FRIEND,

HARRY L. DE VISSER,

THIS VOLUME

IS

AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

PREFACE.

"The Young Outlaw" is the sixth volume of the Tattered Tom Series, and
the twelfth of the stories which are wholly or mainly devoted to
street-life in New York. The story carries its moral with it, and the
writer has little fear that the Young Outlaw will be selected as a
model by the boys who may read his adventures, and be amused by the
scrapes into which he manages to fall. In previous volumes he has
endeavored to show that even a street-boy, by enterprise, industry and
integrity, may hope to become a useful and respected citizen. In the
present narration he aims to exhibit the opposite side of the picture,
and point out the natural consequences of the lack of these
qualities.

This may be a proper occasion to express gratitude for the very
remarkable favor with which these stories of humble life have been
received throughout the country. The writer is glad to believe that
they have done something to draw attention to a neglected class of
children, whom it is important to eleva