Children of the Tenements
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. THE RENT BABY4. A STORY OF BLEECKER STREET5. THE KID HANGS UP HIS STOCKING6. THE SLIPPER-MAKER'S FAST7. DEATH COMES TO CAT ALLEY8. A PROPOSAL ON THE ELEVATED9. LITTLE WILL'S MESSAGE10. LOST CHILDREN11. PAOLO'S AWAKENING12. THE LITTLE DOLLAR'S CHRISTMAS JOURNEY13. THE KID14. WHEN THE LETTER CAME15. THE CAT TOOK THE KOSHER MEAT16. NIBSY'S CHRISTMAS17. IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL18. NIGGER MARTHA'S WAKE19. WHAT THE CHRISTMAS SUN SAW IN THE TENEMENTS20. MIDWINTER IN NEW YORK21. A CHIP FROM THE MAELSTROM22. SARAH JOYCE'S HUSBANDS23. MERRY CHRISTMAS IN THE TENEMENTS24. ABE'S GAME OF JACKS25. A LITTLE PICTURE26. A DREAM OF THE WOODS27. 'TWAS 'LIZA'S DOINGS28. HEROES WHO FIGHT FIRE29. JOHN GAVIN, MISFIT30. A HEATHEN BABY31. THE CHRISTENING IN BOTTLE ALLEY32. IN THE MULBERRY STREET COURT33. DIFFICULTIES OF A DEACON34. FIRE IN THE BARRACKS35. WAR ON THE GOATS36. HE KEPT HIS TRYST37. ROVER'S LAST FIGHT38. HOW JIM WENT TO THE WAR39. A BACKWOODS HERO40. JACK'S SERMON41. SKIPPY OF SCRABBLE ALLEY42. MAKING A WAY OUT OF THE SLUM