Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Housing Betterment, Vol. 3: July, 1914
The cause of Housing Reform has lost one of its chief leaders in the death of Jacob A. Riis. To the thousands who have been inspired by him to lives of usefulness his death is a personal and real grief. What housing reform owes him is beyond measure. This service was not merely in the things he did. He was an influence. His life with its spirit of youth, and its buoyant optimism was a message of hope and an in spiration to service to all who came in contact with him. As simple, genuine and fearless as a child he did the work of many men. His life was not only a battle with the slum, it was a battle for the home. His works live after him. His Spirit is immortal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
