Turning The Tables.

BEN'S NUGGET;

OR,
A BOY'S SEARCH FOR FORTUNE.

A Story of the Pacific Coast.

BY
HORATIO ALGER, JR.,

AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK," "TATTERED TOM," "LUCK AND PLUCK," "BRAVE ANDBOLD SERIES," ETC., ETC.

THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.,
PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, TORONTO.

Copyright by Horatio Alger, Jr., 1882.

To
Three San Francisco Boys,
JOSEPH AND MAXEY SLOSS AND CLARENCE WALTER,
This Story
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

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PREFACE.

"Ben's Nugget" is the concluding volume of the Pacific Series. Though itis complete in itself, and may be read independently, the chiefcharacters introduced will be recognized as old friends by the readersof "The Young Explorer," the volume just preceding, not omitting KiSing, the faithful Chinaman, whose virtues may go far to diminish theprejudice which, justly or unjustly, is now felt toward his countrymen.

Though Ben Stanton may be considered rather young for a miner, not a fewas young as he drifted to the gold-fields in the early[Pg 8] days ofCalifornia. Mining is carried on now in a very different manner, and Ican hardly encourage any of my young readers to follow his example inseeking fortune so far from home.

New York, May 19, 1882.

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