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The Requiem of the **Has-beens"      fV     ^
The Hard Life        ....      w     ^
 

^"    9
 


 

IL
 

•^     32
 


 

IIL
 

The Burden of the Heavy-laden .       .'     *
 

•     39
 


 

IV.
 

The Level of the Sodden
 

.       62
 


 

V.
 

The Sentimental Side or the Slums
 

.     76
 


 

VL
 

The Feelings of the City Father
 

•     91
 


 

VII.
 

When the Midnight City Wakes
 

.    no
 


 

VIIL
 

1
A Legatee of Lovelessness       .       .       .       ,
 

.   130
 


 

IX.
 

The Welcome of the City    ..
 

»   141
 


 

Xo
 

The Talmud Man from Wilna      •       •
 

.  157
 


 

XL
 

The Bowery Mission       ,       .       .       .       .
 

•  173
 


 

XIL
 

From the Sinners' Benches
 

.  194
 


 

XIIL
 

The Volunteer Organist        .       •       •       .
 

206
 


 

XIV.
 

The Mother of the Tenements    *       •       ,
 

.    220
 


 

XV.
 

The Case of Officer Flanagan      .       •
 

237
 


 

XVL
 

A Limb of the Law        .       .       •       .       •
 

254
 


 

XVII.
 

The Slums* Point of View     .       .       •       .
 

272
 


 

XVIIL
 

The Burden of the Many      .       .       •       .
 

286
 


 

XIX.
 

Yule-tide Down in Mulberry       «
 

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