Chapter I: Front Matter

THE IMMIGRANT TIDE

ITS EBB AND FLOW

EDWARD A. STEINER'S

Studies of Immigration

_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 immigrant's 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_

7th Edition. 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

Southern Slavic chief, who exchanged his symbols of authority for pick and shovel at "Guinea Hill."]

THE

IMMIGRANT TIDE

ITS EBB AND FLOW

EDWARD A. STEINER

_Professor in Grinnell College, Iowa_

_Author of "On the Trail of the Immigrant," etc._

_ILLUSTRATED_

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_To
Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Henry,
Americans:
In whom blend all the nobler
strains which made the past
illustrious, and who are
awake to the peril and the
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This book is
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