"How the other half lives" was first published by Charles Schribner's Sons, New York. The text of "How the other half lives" used in this Penguin Classics edition was reset from the Dover Publications edition. The Dover edition, first published in 1971, is an unabridged republication of the text of the 1901 edition of the work.
How the other half lives : studies among the tenements of New York by Jacob A. Riis. ISBN 0140436790. Published by Penguin Books in 1997. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.