Slow and Sure: The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-MerchantAlger, Horatio, Jr.
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Slow and Sure: The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant
Alger, Horatio, Jr.
Boys -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
"Whether as regarding author or illustrator, this book is a jewel
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grand extravagance of imagination, and delicious allegorical
nonsense."--Quarterly Review.
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