''The Student and Schoolmate'' was a 19th-century monthly American children's magazine. It was the product of a merger of the children's magazines, ''The Student'' and ''The Schoolmate'' in 1855. In an 1860 advertisement seeking subscriptions at the price of $1 per year, the publishers reported it had nearly 15,000 subscribers, a figure it said was unmatched by any comparable U.S. publication. Its monthly features including a declamation, that is, a text annotated to instruct the student in delivering an oral presentation, and a piece of music for singing. The magazine went through various name changes: ''The Student and Schoolmate'' (November 1855 – 1865); ''The Student and Schoolmate, and Forrester’s Boy's and Girl's Magazine'' (1865–1866); ''The Student and Schoolmate'' (1866–1871); and ''The Schoolmate'' (1872). Boys' book writer William Taylor Adams, who wrote under the pen name Oliver Optic, edited the magazine between 1858 and 1862. He published some of his boys' books as serials in its pages. Several of

Horatio Alger, Jr. Horatio Alger Jr. (; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through good works. His wri ...

's boys' books were first published as serials in the magazine, in twelve installments from January to December, including the bestselling of his works, ''

Ragged Dick ''Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks'' is a ''Bildungsroman'' by Horatio Alger Jr., which was serialized in '' The Student and Schoolmate'' in 1867 and expanded for publication as a full-length novel in May 1868 by the ...

'' (1867), as well as '' Fame and Fortune'' (1868), '' Rough and Ready'' (1869), '' Rufus and Rose'' (1870), '' Paul the Peddler'' (1871), and '' Slow and Sure'' (1872).

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