Children of the Tenements
“Touches the heart and quickens the sympathies. Very human and pitiful are some of the episodes, and humorous, too, and they are told with simplicity and sincerity.... They bear the unmistakable stamp of fidelity to life.”
—Brooklyn Times.
“Mr. Riis has gone into the poor districts and made the acquaintance of children in a manner that is not given to every one.... The work will commend itself to the thinking public.”—The Globe Democrat.