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PREFACE.
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As the Pacific Series, just completed, is devoted1 to stories of life and adventure on the Pacific coast, the Atlantic Series, of which the Young Circus Rider is the initial volume, will comprise stories located nearer home. The author will feel at liberty, however, should the exigencies2 of the plot require it, to change the scene temporarily to other parts of the continent.
The fascinations3 which the circus has always exercised over the minds of young people is so well known, that the author has felt justified4 in selecting the hero of the present story from that class of public performers who appeal so powerfully to the imagination of his young readers. In order to prepare himself for his task, he has made personal acquaintance with more than one hero of the ring, and has sought to furnish an inside view of the life which he describes. He hopes that the result may prove acceptable to the juvenile5 public in whose behalf he is always glad to labor6.
Horatio Alger, Jr.
March 13, 1883.
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| adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的 | |
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fascinations
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| n.魅力( fascination的名词复数 )；有魅力的东西；迷恋；陶醉 | |
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justified
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juvenile
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| n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的 | |
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| n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦 | |
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