2024 Convention Update #3

Thursday, May 2 - Sunday, May 5

The 2024 annual convention of the Horatio Alger Society will be held in Fredericksburg, Virginia on May 2-5, 2024. Click here for for the third convention preliminary report from Jack Bales, convention host. Click here for information about the Book Collecting Panel on Friday morning from Jack Bales, convention host. Click here for the final conference schedule. Click here for a conference registration form.

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2023 Convention Report

Thursday, May 4 - Sunday, May 7

The annual convention of the Horatio Alger Society was held May 4-7, 2023, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Click here for the convention report from Jack Bales, convention host.

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All of Alger's Published Poems
on the Website

We've put all of Horatio Alger's published poems (discovered so far) on the site. To see them, please go to Works/Poetry. Or click here.

New Publisher/Title List

The comprehensive index of all Alger publishers (discovered so far) and the titles/formats they issued are now on the the website to see them, please go to Works/Publishers and their formats. Or click here .

Horatio Alger Society in the News (sort of)

From Justin Elliott, a reporter for ProPublica: "Mea culpa: on a recent CNN appearance I referred to the Horatio Alger Society when I should have said Horatio Alger *Association.* Two very different organizations. The Society is devoted to collectors of juvenile literature, not a billionaires club." (8/14/2023, Facebook)

2022 Convention

The 2022 HAS convention was held June 23-26, 2022 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, hosted by Jack Bales. Click here for a convention report.

New! Publisher/Title List

A new comprehensive index of all Alger publishers and the titles they issued is coming soon! It will contain all known first edition and reprint titles for each publisher. MANY PDF FILES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE! Click here.

Updated First Edition List

The first edition list, found under Works - Books-First Editions has been updated with the first hardcover editions of The Errand Boy, Frank Fowler, Joe's Luck, Ned Newton, A New York Boy, Tom Brace, Tom Temple's Career, Tom Thatcher's Fortune, and Tom Tracy. The very first softcover edition of Ralph Raymond's Heir, which was originally published under the title of The Merchant's Crime, is also included.

"Are My Boys Real?"

Horatio Alger's article about the boys in his books and their real-life counterparts appeared in the Ladies' Home Journal in 1890. Read it here. Click here.

Buying Alger Online

HAS member Barry Schoenborn tells you what to look for and what to avoid when buying books online. Click here.

Alger Short Stories

Eight short stories are on this site. They are representative of what was referred to as sketches" at the time, generally 1-3 pages in length. Click here.