Neighbors: Life Stories of the Other HalfRiis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
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Neighbors: Life Stories of the Other Half
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
Poor -- New York (State) -- New York
"It is not enough to say of Mr. Riis and his works that he is one man
among a thousand. He is unique. He does his work of benevolence and reform
under conditions that would harden the hearts of many men and certainly
excite disgust; but he comes out of the grime and dust with some cheery
note or some heroic incident, some story of self-sacrifice among the poor,
or some thought which ennobles the struggle."--_New York Mail._
_Profusely illustrated with reproductions from photographs by the author
and original drawings by Thomas Fogarty. Cloth, gilt top, $2.00 net;
postage extra_
CHILDREN OF THE TENEMENTS
"Deeply human, sympathetic stories of the youngsters of all nationalities
who crowd the parks, the newsboys' homes, and swarm in the big tenements
of the East Side of New York."
"Mr. Riis is a man who does not theorize, but who knows. His book is full
of pathetic pictures, painful in their truth but beautiful in their
meaning. No one who is interested in sociology can afford to miss what he
has to say."--_Current Literature._
Cloth, illustrated, $1.50 net; postage extra
IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?
"A classic of childhood, one of Jacob Riis's most charming and attractive
books for boys and girls, one that will always live as a popular
gift-book."
_Cloth, 75 cents net; postage extra_
With Poor Immigrants to America
BY STEPHEN GRAHAM
_Decorated cover, 8vo, illustrated, $2.00 net; postage extra_
"We collected on the quay at Liverpool--English, Russians, Jews, Germans,
Swedes, Finns, all staring at one another curiously and trying to
understand languages we had never heard before. Three hundred yards out in
the harbor stood the red funneled Cunarder which was to bear us to
America." These words describe the beginning of the colorful travels of
which Mr. Graham writes in this book. Mr. Graham has the spirit of the
real adventurer. He prefers people to Pullmans, steerage passage to first
cabin. In his mingling with the poorer classes he comes in contact
intimately with a life which most writers know only by hearsay, and
interesting bits of this life and that which is picturesque and romantic
and unlooked for he transcribes to paper with a freshness and vividness
that mark him a good mixer with men, a keen observer, and a skillful adept
with the pen.
_By the Same Author_
With the Russian Pilgrims to Jerusalem
_Decorated cloth, 8vo, illustrated, $2.75 net_
The journey of the Russian peasants to Jerusalem has never been described
before in any language, not even in Russian. Yet it is the most
significant thing in the Russian life to-day. In the story lies a great
national epic.
A Tramp's Sketches
_Cloth, 8vo, illustrated, $1.75 net_
"Mr. Graham has seen many interesting parts of the world, and he tells of
his travels in a pleasing way."--_Suburban Life._
NEW MACMILLAN FICTION
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman
By H. G. WELLS.
_Cloth, 12mo. $1.50 net._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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