Jacob A. Riis 1849–1914. The Battle with the Slum. 1902.
Subject Index
| Inquiry by United States government, disclosures, 175 |
| Italians, see that title |
| Jews, see that title |
| Movement, 133 |
| Overcrowding, see that title |
| Sweating, see that title |
| Potter, Bishop—Arraignment of Tammany corruption, 70–73 |
| Potter, Bishop—Pro-Cathedral, Stanton Street, 72, 182 |
| Religious organizations, 182 |
| Poverty Gap—Improvement, 51–52 |
| Mike, of Poverty Gap, 239–240 |
| Neckties, 51 |
| Playground, 302 |
| Prague, picture of city, incident, 204 |
| Prison, see Tombs |
| Prostitution, Tammany organization, 69–74 |
| Public baths, see Baths |
| Public Education Association, reform work, 371, 372, 378 |
| Public schools, see Schools |
| Push-cart men, Colonel Waring’s market scheme, 273 |
| Quaker, builder of Gotham Court, 25 |
| Rear tenements, see Tenements |
| Recreation piers, 292, 296, 299 |
| Recruiting thief, 156, 164 |
| Reformatory report on weak character of boys, 244 |
| Reform by humane touch, 411–440 |
| Reform effects in thirteen years, 42–54 |
| Reform programme, 283–285 |
| River baths, free, 282 |
| Riverside tenements built by A. T. White, 135, 140 |
| Rivington Street—Bath-house, 281 |
| Mills Houses, see that title |
| Park, attempt to establish, 293 |
| Robberies—Great Robbery, city treasury, 4–5, 285 |
| Meyer, D., thief, 238 |
| Recruiting thief, 156, 164 |
| Tweed, thief, 4–5, 285 |
| Robbins, Dr. Jane E., woman doctor in the slums, 205–206 |
| Rome, slums of, 9–11 |
| Roof gardens—Educational Alliance building, 388 |
| Hebrew Institute, 305–307 |
| Roof playgrounds, public schools, 291, 342 |
| Brass bands, 389–395 |
| Fight for, 385–389 |
| Hester Street school, 342, 359–360 |
| Success of, 389–439 |
| Roosevelt, Theodore—Election as Governor, 56 |
| Law enforcement, 47, 235, 415, 418 |
| Reform administration, 50, 414–418 |