Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) OUT OF MULBERRY STREET JACOB·A·RIIS [Illustration: Merry Christmas in the Tenements.] Out of Mulberry Street Stories of tenement life in New York City By Jacob A. Riis Author of "How the Other Half Lives," "The Children of the Poor," etc. New York The Century Co. 1898 Copyright, 1897, 1898, By THE CENTURY CO. THE DE VINNE PRESS. CONTENTS PAGE MERRY CHRISTMAS IN THE TENEMENTS 1 'TWAS LIZA'S DOINGS 47 THE DUBOURQUES, FATHER AND SON 60 ABE'S GAME OF JACKS 67 A LITTLE PICTURE 71 A DREAM OF THE WOODS 73 A HEATHEN BABY 80 HE KEPT HIS TRYST 86 JOHN GAVIN, MISFIT 91 IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 96 NIGGER MARTHA'S WAKE 106 A CHIP FROM THE MAELSTROM 114 SARAH JOYCE'S HUSBANDS 118 THE CAT TOOK THE KOSHER MEAT 122 FIRE IN THE BARRACKS 126 A WAR ON THE GOATS 129 ROVER'S LAST FIGHT 135 WHEN THE LETTER CAME 142 THE KID 147 LOST CHILDREN 151 THE SLIPPER-MAKER'S FAST 162 PAOLO'S AWAKENING 166 THE LITTLE DOLLAR'S CHRISTMAS JOURNEY 182 A PROPOSAL ON THE ELEVATED 199 DEATH COMES TO CAT ALLEY 205 WHY IT HAPPENED 210 THE CHRISTENING IN BOTTLE ALLEY 213 IN THE MULBERRY STREET COURT 219 SPOONING IN DYNAMITE ALLEY 223 HEROES WHO FIGHT FIRE 229 PREFACE