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Jacob A. Riis. Children of the Tenements
Children of the Tenements
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PREFACE
CHILDREN OF THE TENEMENTS
THE RENT BABY
A STORY OF BLEECKER STREET
THE KID HANGS UP HIS STOCKING
THE SLIPPER-MAKER'S FAST
DEATH COMES TO CAT ALLEY
A PROPOSAL ON THE ELEVATED
LITTLE WILL'S MESSAGE
LOST CHILDREN
PAOLO'S AWAKENING
THE LITTLE DOLLAR'S CHRISTMAS JOURNEY
THE KID
WHEN THE LETTER CAME
THE CAT TOOK THE KOSHER MEAT
NIBSY'S CHRISTMAS
IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
NIGGER MARTHA'S WAKE
WHAT THE CHRISTMAS SUN SAW IN THE TENEMENTS
MIDWINTER IN NEW YORK
A CHIP FROM THE MAELSTROM
SARAH JOYCE'S HUSBANDS
MERRY CHRISTMAS IN THE TENEMENTS
ABE'S GAME OF JACKS
A LITTLE PICTURE
A DREAM OF THE WOODS
'TWAS 'LIZA'S DOINGS
HEROES WHO FIGHT FIRE
JOHN GAVIN, MISFIT
A HEATHEN BABY
THE CHRISTENING IN BOTTLE ALLEY
IN THE MULBERRY STREET COURT
DIFFICULTIES OF A DEACON
FIRE IN THE BARRACKS
WAR ON THE GOATS
HE KEPT HIS TRYST
ROVER'S LAST FIGHT
HOW JIM WENT TO THE WAR
A BACKWOODS HERO
JACK'S SERMON
SKIPPY OF SCRABBLE ALLEY
MAKING A WAY OUT OF THE SLUM
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Jacob A. Riis
Published by Good Press, 2019
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When it was all done the boys turned in, but not to sleep. It was long past midnight before the deep and regular breathing from the beds proclaimed that the last had succumbed.
The early dawn was tinging the frosty window panes with red when from the Kid's cot there came a shriek that roused the house with a start of very genuine surprise.
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