Transcriber's Notes: In the Woodrow Wilson selection, the word 'altrusion' (which is not in the dictionary) was changed to 'altruism' based on consultation with the original text from which the passage was taken for this book.
In the Jacob Riis selection, the phrase "It it none too fine yet" was replaced with "It is none too fine yet" after consultation with the original text from which the passage was taken for this book.
Other minor typos were also corrected. Hyphenation was left consistent with how it appears in the book.
MODERN
AMERICAN PROSE
SELECTIONS
EDITED BY
BYRON JOHNSON REES
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE
NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE AND HOWE
1920
THE PLIMPTON PRESS
NORWOOD MASS U. S. A.