Excerpt from John Reed This little sketch of the tragedy of Jack Reed's life and death is taken from the Freeman. Ever since I first read it, I have felt that it should be put into some permanent form. Its simplicity, its strength, and its understanding make a profound appeal to all idealists. It is a plain Story of one out of the long list of tragedies growing out of the great war which brought so many hopes and fears, loves and hates, dreams and dis appointments in its wake. It is a sketch of one out of the infinitely longer line of the tragedies that befall the lovers of mankind. Lincoln Steffens is a dreamer and idealist who feels and understands. He has the power of expressing his emotions and insight, which few men ever had. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.