"Mr. Riis's book is an important contribution to sociological literature, and the truths it brings forward as well as the conclusions it deduces must not be evaded, for on them rest all really hopeful projects for the restriction of poverty and crime."--_The Boston Beacon._ "This is a book to be studied alike by the social scientist and by the philanthropist. It presents, in compact form, the story of the nether world of New York City, which, in general outline, varies but little from the story of the nether world of any large city."--_Chicago Times._ "This book bears evidence on every page of faithful investigation and intelligent sympathy with the subject, and should be read by everyone who has it in any way in his power to help on the work, for as the author says: 'The "dangerous classes" of New York long ago compelled recognition. They are dangerous less because of their own crimes than because of the criminal ignorance of those who are not of their kind.'"--_Milwaukee Sentinel._ Transcriber's Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_. Additional spacing after some of the quotes is intentional to indicate both the end of a quotation and the beginning of a new paragraph as presented in the original text. The following misprints have been corrected: "unfamilar" corrected to "unfamiliar" (page 2) "opportunties" corrected to "opportunities" (page 36) "virture" corrected to "virtue" (page 43) "inpectors" corrected to "inspectors" (page 103) "Commisioners" corrected to "Commissioners" (page 172) "bookblack's" corrected to "bootblack's" (page 257) Other than the corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation usage have been retained. Unmatched quotation marks are presented as in the original text. End of Project Gutenberg's The Children of the Poor, by Jacob A. Riis