CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION
II THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAIL
III THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE STEERAGE
IV LAND, HO!
V AT THE GATEWAY
VI "THE MAN AT THE GATE"
VII THE GERMAN IN AMERICA
VIII THE SCANDINAVIAN IMMIGRANT
IX THE JEW IN HIS OLD WORLD HOME
X THE NEW EXODUS
XI IN THE GHETTOS OF NEW YORK
XII THE SLAVS AT HOME
XIII THE SLAVIC INVASION
XIV DRIFTING WITH THE "HUNKIES"
XV THE BOHEMIAN IMMIGRANT
XVI LITTLE HUNGARY
XVII THE ITALIAN AT HOME
XVIII THE ITALIAN IN AMERICA
XIX WHERE GREEK MEETS GREEK
XX THE NEW AMERICAN AND THE NEW PROBLEM
XXI THE NEW AMERICAN AND OLD PROBLEMS
XXII RELIGION AND POLITICS
XXIII BIRDS OF PASSAGE
XXIV IN THE SECOND CABIN
XXV AU REVOIR
APPENDIX IMMIGRATION STATISTICS
INDEX
From stereograph copyright—1904, by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. AT THE GATE With tickets fastened to coats and dresses, the immigrants pass out through the gate to enter into their new inheritance, and become our fellow citizens.
From stereograph copyright—1904, by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.
AT THE GATE
With tickets fastened to coats and dresses, the immigrants pass out through the gate to enter into their new inheritance, and become our fellow citizens.
ON THE TRAIL
OF
THE IMMIGRANT
EDWARD A. STEINER’S
Studies of Immigration
————
From Alien to Citizen
The Story of My Life in America
Illustrated net $1.50
In this interesting autobiography we see Professor Steiner
pressing ever forward and upward to a position of international
opportunity and influence.
The wonderful varied Life-story of the author of
“On the Trail of the Immigrant.”
The Broken Wall
Stories of the Mingling Folk.
Illustrated net $1.00
“A big heart and a sense of humor go a long way toward making
a good book. Dr. Edward A. Steiner has both these qualifications
and a knowledge of immigrants’ traits and character.”
—Outlook.
Against the Current
Simple Chapters from a Complex Life.
12mo, cloth net $1.25
“As frank a bit of autobiography as has been published for
many a year. The author has for a long time made a close
study of the problems of immigration, and makes a strong
appeal to the reader.”—The Living Age.
The Immigrant Tide—Its Ebb and Flow
Illustrated, 8vo, cloth net $1.50
“May justly be called an epic of present day immigration,
and is a revelation that should set our country thinking.”
—Los Angeles Times.
On the Trail of The Immigrant
Illustrated, 12mo, cloth net $1.50
“Deals with the character, temperaments, racial traits, aspirations
and capabilities of the immigrant himself. Cannot
fail to afford excellent material for the use of students of immigrant
problems.”—Outlook.
The Mediator
A Tale of the Old World and the New.
Illustrated, 12mo, cloth net $1.25
“A graphic story, splendidly told.”—Robert Watchorn,
Former Commissioner of Immigration.
Tolstoy, the Man and His Message
A Biographical Interpretation.
Revised and enlarged. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth net $1.50
ON THE TRAIL
OF
THE IMMIGRANT
EDWARD A. STEINER
Professor in Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa
ILLUSTRATED
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Fleming H. Revell Company
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Copyright, 1906, by
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY
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This book is affectionately dedicated to
“The Man at the Gate”
ROBERT WATCHORN,
United States Commissioner of Immigration
at the
Port of New York:
Who, in the exercise of his office has been loyal to the interests of his country, and has dealt humanely, justly and without prejudice, with men of “Every kindred and tongue and people and nation.”
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Cordial recognition is tendered to the editors of The Outlook for their courtesy in permitting the use of certain portions of this book which have already appeared in that journal.
