XVIII THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND 215 XIX THE DISPERSION 228 XX THE STRUGGLES OF THE GUALTIERI BOYS IN NEW YORK 238 XXI LEGISLATION AND EVASION 246 XXII WHAT TO DO WITH THE IMMIGRANT 297 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Real Problem _Frontispiece_ The Tenement in Houston Street in which the Author and his Wife lived (_The chimney-shadow marks their room_) _Facing page_ 8 Mrs. Brandenburg in her wretched Tenement-room _Facing page_ 12 Life on the Steerage-passengers’ Deck on the _Lahn_ _Facing page_ 28 Preparing to Serve a Meal on the _Lahn_ from the Food-tanks and Bread-baskets _Facing page_ 38 Peasant Types _Facing page_ 50 Mangling Hemp _Facing page_ 56 Morning in the Village and Vineyards _Facing page_ 64 Threshing Beans _Facing page_ 72 Scilla—Draught-oxen of Italy _Facing page_ 82 The Messenger—The Guide—The House of the Squadritos—The Town (Gualtieri) _Facing page_ 90 Part of the Family gathered in the Kitchen (_From left to right: Ina, Tono, Giovanina, Antonio, Mrs. Squadrito, Giovanni, Jr., Nicola, Maria_)—Felicia Pulejo—Concetta _Facing page_ 98 Visitors in the Author’s Room—Teresa di Bianca—The Old Woman up the Valley—Shyness in Shawl and Pattens—Small Children Labor in the Fields _Facing page_ 104 Giacomo Marini, the Municipal Secretary—Nicola Squadrito at Work (_Carmelo Merlino at the right_) _Facing page_ 114 Ina and Her Friends in Procession to the Church for Farewell Blessings _Facing page_ 124 DEPARTURE FROM GUALTIERI “Declaring” in the Messina Office—Party’s Baggage on Lighter—Friends, Neighbors and Relatives _Facing page_ 132 The Storied Vicolo del Pallonetto in Naples _Facing page_ 146 At the Doorway of the Capitaneria—Author’s Party on the Quay _Facing page_ 162 MID-VOYAGE SCENES Mora—Syrian Jews—Prostrated by the Swell—Children Escaping Seasickness _Facing page_ 184 Half a Dozen Races on Common Ground—His Brothcup—The Immigrant Madonna _Facing page_ 190 LIFE ABOARD THE _Prinzessin Irene_ Men’s Sleeping-quarters—Ladling out Food—The Purser Hurling Passengers About—On the Fo’c’s’l-head _Facing page_ 194