Fairy Tales and stories for childrens. Book 19

Fairy Tales and stories for childrens. Book 19: 1. Rainbow Valley; 2. Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks; 3. Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter.


1. Rainbow Valley 
Rainbow Valley (1919) is the seventh book in the chronology of the Anne of Green Gables series 
by Lucy Maud Montgomery, although it was the fifth book published. 
In this book Anne Shirley is married with six children, but the book focuses more on her new neighbor, 
the new Presbyterian minister John Meredith,  as well as the interactions between Anne's and John Meredith's children.
Anne Shirley has now been married to Gilbert Blythe for 15 years, and the couple have six children: 
Jem, Walter, Nan, Di, Shirley, and Rilla.
After a trip to London, Anne returns to the news that a new minister has arrived in Glen St. Mary. 
John Meredith is a widower with four young children: 
Gerald (Jerry), Faith, Una, and Thomas Carlyle (Carl). 
The children have not been properly brought up since the death of their mother, with only their father 
(who is easily absorbed by matters of theology) to parent them. The children are considered wild 
and mischievous by many of the families 
in the village (who tend only to hear about the Meredith children when they have gotten into some 
kind of scrape), causing them to question  Mr. Meredith's parenting skills and his suitability as a minister.



2. Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks 

Published: 1868.

First volume of the Ragged Dick Series.

Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is a Bildungsroman by Horatio Alger, Jr. serialized in Student and Schoolmate in 1867, and released as a full length novel in May 1868 by then publisher, A. K. Loring.

Ragged Dick is a fourteen-year-old bootblack – he smokes, drinks occasionally, and sleeps on the streets – but he is anxious "to turn over a new leaf, and try to grow up 'spectable". He won't steal under any circumstances, and many gentlemen who are impressed with this virtue (and his determination to succeed) offer their aid. Mr. Greyson, for example, invites him to church and Mr. Whitney gives him five dollars for performing a service. Dick uses the money to open a bank account and to rent his first apartment. He fattens his bank account by practicing frugality and is tutored by his roommate Fosdick in the three R's. When Dick rescues a drowning child, the grateful father rewards him with a new suit and a job in his mercantile firm.


3. Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter

Published: 1868

Second volume of the Ragged Dick Series.

Fame and Fortune is the sequel to the adventure book Ragged Dick.

Richard Hunter, in this sequel to Ragged Dick, continues his way in the world through hard work and excellent morals. He, along with his friend Henry, continue their positive outlook as they try to advance their lives. But Dick soon finds envy and jealousy leads others to work against him. How will Dick react as he tries to strive forward while others conspire to hold him down?