A TEN YEARS' WAR
AN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLEWITH THE SLUM INNEW YORK
BY
JACOB A. RIIS
AUTHOR OF "HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES"
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1900
COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY JACOB A. RIIS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO THE FAINT-HEARTED AND THOSE OF LITTLE
FAITH THIS VOLUME IS REPROACHFULLY
INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR
COLONEL GEORGE E. WARING, JR.
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | The Battle with the Slum | 1 |
| II. | The Tenement House Blight | 30 |
| III. | The Tenement: curing its Blight | 68 |
| IV. | The Tenant | 104 |
| V. | The Genesis of the Gang | 139 |
| VI. | Letting in the Light | 169 |
| VII. | Justice for the Boy | 204 |
| VIII. | Reform by Humane Touch | 239 |