A collection of stories and sketches by Jacob A. Riis set in New York’s tenement districts around the turn of the twentieth century. It follows children and immigrant families through poverty, street life, and small everyday hopes. Worth listening for its humane, firsthand picture of a neglected city world.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
[Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. Author's spelling has been maintained. Hyphen have been removed from God's-acre. The two types of Thought Breaks used in the book have been used in this project as well, type 1: 2 blank lines, type 2: line of asterisks.] CHILDREN OF THE TENEMENTS The Kid was standing barefooted in the passageway. "The Kid was standing barefooted in the passageway." CHILDREN OF THE TENEMENTS BY JACOB A. RIIS Author of "The Making of an American," "The Battle with the Slum," "How the Other Half Lives," etc. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY C. M. RELYEA AND OTHERS New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1903 All rights reserved Copyright, 1897, 1898, By THE CENTURY CO.
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