"The book is startling, stimulating, and intelligent."—Philadelphia Ledger.
Twenty Years at Hull-House
Ill., dec. cloth, 8vo, $2.50 net; by mail, $2.68
Jane Addams's work at Hull-House is known throughout the civilized world. In the present volume she tells of her endeavors and of their success—of the beginning of Hull-House, of its growth and its present influence. For every one at all interested in the improvement of our cities, in the moral education of those who are forced to spend much of their time on the streets or in cheap places of amusement—"Twenty Years at Hull-House" is a volume of more than ordinary interest and value.
"The personality of Jane Addams is one of the finest achievements of that idea of democracy, service, and freedom for which America means to stand before the world."—N. Y. Times.
"The story of the beginnings of this remarkable undertaking (Hull-House), the problems that were faced and conquered in the early days, the unsuspected resources that were developed among the crowded city population of foreign birth, and the efforts continuously made for the betterment of labor legislation in the State of Illinois, are all set forth with simplicity and directness. On the whole it is a wonderful record of accomplishment, full of suggestion to social reformers the world over."—Review of Reviews.
"Who reads this book lightly misses a great opportunity."—Bellman.
"The story is one of singular interest and has a strange affinity with the stories of other great moral and spiritual leaders of humanity."—Bookman.
On City Government