JACOB A. RIIS

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHILDREN OF THE TENEMENTS

THE RENT BABY

A STORY OF BLEECKER STREET

THE KID HANGS UP HIS STOCKING

THE SLIPPER-MAKER'S FAST

DEATH COMES TO CAT ALLEY

A PROPOSAL ON THE ELEVATED

LITTLE WILL'S MESSAGE

LOST CHILDREN

PAOLO'S AWAKENING

THE LITTLE DOLLAR'S CHRISTMAS JOURNEY

THE KID

WHEN THE LETTER CAME

THE CAT TOOK THE KOSHER MEAT

NIBSY'S CHRISTMAS

IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

NIGGER MARTHA'S WAKE

WHAT THE CHRISTMAS SUN SAW IN THE TENEMENTS

MIDWINTER IN NEW YORK

A CHIP FROM THE MAELSTROM

SARAH JOYCE'S HUSBANDS

MERRY CHRISTMAS IN THE TENEMENTS

ABE'S GAME OF JACKS

A LITTLE PICTURE

A DREAM OF THE WOODS

'TWAS 'LIZA'S DOINGS

HEROES WHO FIGHT FIRE

JOHN GAVIN, MISFIT

A HEATHEN BABY

THE CHRISTENING IN BOTTLE ALLEY

IN THE MULBERRY STREET COURT

DIFFICULTIES OF A DEACON

FIRE IN THE BARRACKS

WAR ON THE GOATS

HE KEPT HIS TRYST

ROVER'S LAST FIGHT

HOW JIM WENT TO THE WAR

A BACKWOODS HERO

JACK'S SERMON

SKIPPY OF SCRABBLE ALLEY

MAKING A WAY OUT OF THE SLUM