Ellwood House Museum, 1879, DeKalb, IL (Wikipedia)

2025 Convention Update

Thursday, May 1 - Sunday, May 4

The 2025 annual convention of the Horatio Alger Society will be held at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois on May 1-4, 2025. Click here for information and activities schedule from Matt Short, NIU representative.

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2024 Convention Report

Thursday, May 2 - Sunday, May 5

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

News Items

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)

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.

Recent Update -First Edition List

The first edition list, found under Works - Books-First Editions has been recently updated with new information about The Western Boy, Timothy Crump's Ward (hardcover and softcover), The New Schoolma'am (softcover) and Silas Snobden's Ofice Boy.

A while back, updates were made to 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.