Jacob A. Riis 1849–1914. The Battle with the Slum. 1902.
Subject Index
| Parks and playgrounds— |
| Advisory committee, action, 287–291 |
| Chicago, 304–305, 410, 439 |
| Crotona Park, athletic meets, 366 |
| East River Park, sacred grass, 301 |
| Effect of, 288–289, 307–309 |
| Essex Street, attempt to establish park, 294 |
| Gilder law, 276, 279 |
| Graveyard as playground, 302 |
| Hamilton Fish Park, see that title. |
| Hebrew Institute, roof garden, 305–307 |
| Holy Terror Park, 302 |
| “Hudson-bank,” see that title. |
| Mulberry Bend, see that title. |
| Naming of, 374–375 |
| Outdoor Recreation League, see that title. |
| Poverty Gap playground, 302 |
| Proportion of park area down-town, 279 |
| Recreation piers, 292, 296, 299 |
| Rivington Street, attempt to establish park, 293 |
| Roof playgrounds, see that title. |
| School playground, see Schools. |
| Seward Park, see that title. |
| Small Parks law, see that title. |
| Tammany neglect, 67, 309 |
| Tenement plots, 107, 108 |
| Thieves’ Alley site, 286 |
| Parrot of Mrs. Ben Wah, story of, 441–449 |
| People’s Club, work of, 381 |
| People’s Institute, educational work, 380 |
| People’s University Extension Society, work of, 381 |
| Piers, recreation piers, 292, 296, 299 |
| Playgrounds, see Parks and playgrounds. |
| Play piers, 292, 296, 299 |
| Police Board conspiracy, 417 |
| Policemen, candidates’ examination papers, 220–221 |
| Police station lodging rooms, 48–50, 169–170 |
| Policy swindle, 418 |
| Polish capmaker, home in Stanton Street tenement, 76–80 |
| Political Education League, reform work, 247 |
| Political meetings in school buildings proposed, 407–408 |
| Political tenements, 149, 152 |
| Poor, improvement, see Association for improving condition of the poor. |
| Population—Cat Alley, 314–316 |
| Census, see that title |
| Charity of the poor, instances of, 216–222, 325, 445 |
| Death-rate, see that title |
| Foreign population, see that title |
| Increase statistics, 81–83 |