THE WORKS OF JACOB A. RIIS
The death on May 26, 1914, of JACOB A. RIIS, social reformer and civil worker, “New York’s Most Useful Citizen,” as he was deservedly called by one who best knew the scope and extent of his efforts—ex-President Roosevelt—awakens renewed interest in the works of this “Ideal American,” books that should find a place in every American home.
They illustrate as few other books can the possibilities of American life and reveal how from an almost penniless and friendless immigrant, at times on the verge of want in the search for work, he rose through trying and strenuous experiences by the sheer force of will and character, to well-deserved fame and an honored position in the councils of the mightiest of the land.
THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN. An Autobiography
“It is refreshing to find a book so unique and captivating as ‘The Making of an American,’ the volume in which Jacob A. Riis tells the strange story of his life. For more than a quarter of a century Mr. Riis has been a police reporter on a New York newspaper and he still believes there is no more desirable position to be found anywhere.... Incidentally he has gained a national reputation by writing ‘How the Other Half Lives’ and ‘A Ten Years’ War,’ and this ingenious autobiography will carry his fame still further, for it is the most irresistibly entertaining book he has written ... one of the brightest, wholesomest, most fascinating books of the season.”—Record Herald, Chicago.
With over 100 illustrations from photographs and original drawings
Cloth, gilt top, $1.50 net; postage extra
Also published in The Macmillan Standard Library Edition
50 cents net; postage extra
THE OLD TOWN
“It has a double charm, the charm that is associated with an old place, shut off from the world’s main currents, and the charm of showing the origins of an interesting personality. The old town is Ribe, Mr. Riis’s native town in little Denmark, where the big winter storms sometimes drive the sea up with a rush and a swirl to the old-fashioned houses, where railroads were not known, where semi-mediæval customs still prevailed. It is a book of the heart.”
Illustrated by Wlatyslaw T. Benda; $2.00 net; postage extra
HERO TALES OF THE FAR NORTH