in treatment, the book shows thorough
knowledge of all phases of the relief problem of to-day; and it
combines with the student's careful presentation of facts as
they are, the humanist's vision of what they yet may
be."--_Boston Transcript._

"A distinct contribution to the literature of scientific
philanthropy. It marks a step in the development of that
literature, for in it are brought to consciousness, perhaps for
the first time fully, the underlying principles on which the
charity organization society movement is based. Moreover, it
undertakes to give a comprehensive statement of the elementary
principles upon which all relief giving, whether public or
private, should rest; and it correlates these principles with
the general facts of economics and sociology in such a way as
to leave no doubt in the mind of the reader that the author has
mastered his subject. The point of view of the book is
constructive throughout, as its author evidently intends; and
it is safe to say that for many years to come it will be, both
for the practical worker and for the scientific student, the
authoritative work upon the 'Principles of Relief.'"--_Annals
of the American Academy._

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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York

_The Tenement House Problem_

Edited by ROBERT W. DE FOREST and LAWRENCE VEILLER

The most authoritative and comprehensive work on this subject,
written by various authors and illustrated with eighty
photographs and charts.

VOLUME ONE

CONTENTS:--Tenement Reform in New York since 1901; The Tenement
House Problem; Tenement House Reform in New York City,
1834-1900; Housing Conditions in Buffalo; Housing Conditions
and Tenement Laws in Leading American Cities; Housing
Conditions and Tenement Laws in Leading European Cities; A
Statistical Study of New York's Tenement Houses; The
Non-enforcement of the Tenement House Laws in New Buildings;
Tenement House Fires in New York; Tenement House Fire Escapes
in New York and Brooklyn; Back to Back Tenements; Tenement
House Sanitation; Small Houses for Working Men; Financial
Aspects of Recent Tenement House Operations in New York; The
Speculative Building of Tenement Houses; Tenement Evils as seen
by the Tenants; Te