OTHER ESSAYS (continued 7)
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The little volume as a whole is curious and interesting, aside from its claims to artistic merit.—American Bookseller (New York).
Short tales of Jewish life under the oppressive laws of Eastern Europe, full of minute detail.—Book News (Philadelphia).
Written in delightful style, somewhat in the manner of Kompert and Bernstein.... To many the booklet will be a welcome visitor and be greatly relished.—Menorah Monthly.
These stories are permeated with the Jewish spirit which is characteristic of all Mr. Schnabel's works.—American Hebrew.
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CHILDREN OF THE GHETTO
BEING
PICTURES OF A PECULIAR PEOPLE.
by i. zangwill.
The art of a Hogarth or a Cruikshank could not have made types of character stand out with greater force or in bolder relief than has the pen of this author.—Philadelphia Record.
It is one of the best pictures of Jewish life and thought that we have seen since the publication of "Daniel Deronda."—London Pall Mall Gazette.
This book is not a mere mechanical photographic reproduction of the people it describes, but a glowing, vivid portrayal of them, with all the pulsating sympathy of one who understands them, their thoughts and feelings, with all the picturesque fidelity of the artist who appreciates the spiritual significance of that which he seeks to delineate.—Hebrew Journal.
Its sketches of character have the highest value.... Not often do we note a book so fresh, true and in every way helpful.—Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
A strong and remarkable book. It is not easy to find a parallel to it. We do not know of any other novel which deals so fully and so authoritatively with Judæa in modern London.—Speaker, London.
Among the notable productions of the time.... All that is here portrayed is unquestionable truth.—Jewish Exponent.
Many of the pictures will be recognized at once by those who have visited London or are at all familiar with the life of that city.—Detroit Free Press.
It is a succession of sharply-penned realistic portrayals.—Baltimore American.
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SOME JEWISH WOMEN.
by
HENRY ZIRNDORF.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
Moral purity, nobility of soul, self-sacrifice, deep affection and devotion, sorrow and happiness all enter into these biographies, and the interest felt in their perusal is added to by the warmth and sympathy which the author displays and by his cultured and vigorous style of writing.—Philadelphia Record.
His methods are at once a simplification and expansion of Josephus and the Talmud, stories simply told, faithful presentation of the virtues, and not infrequently the vices, of characters sometimes legendary, generally real.—New York World.
The lives here given are interesting in all cases, and are thrilling in some cases.—Public Opinion (Washington, D.C.).
The volume is one of universal historic interest, and is a portrayal of the early trials of Jewish women.—Boston Herald.
Though the chapters are brief, they are clearly the result of deep and thorough research that gives the modest volume an historical and critical value.—Philadelphia Times.
It is an altogether creditable undertaking that the present author has brought to so gratifying a close—the silhouette drawing of Biblical female character against the background of those ancient historic times.—Minneapolis Tribune.
Henry Zirndorf ranks high as a student, thinker and writer, and this little book will go far to encourage the study of Hebrew literature.—Denver Republican.
The book is gracefully written, and has many strong touches of characterizations.—Toledo Blade.
The sketches are based upon available history and are written in clear narrative style.—Galveston News.
Henry Zirndorf has done a piece of work of much literary excellence in "Some Jewish Women."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
It is an attractive book in appearance and full of curious biographical research.—Baltimore Sun.
The writer shows careful research and conscientiousness in making his narratives historically correct and in giving to each heroine her just due.—American Israelite (Cincinnati).
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HISTORY OF THE JEWS
by
PROFESSOR H. GRAETZ
Vol.I.From the Earliest Period to the Death of Simon the Maccabee (135 B.C.E.).
Vol.II.From the Reign of Hyrcanus to the Completion of the Babylonian Talmud (500 C.E.).
Vol.III.From the Completion of the Babylonian Talmud to the Banishment of the Jews from England (1290 C.E.).
Vol.IV.From the Rise of the Kabbala (1270 C.E.) to the Permanent Settlement of the Marranos in Holland (1618 C.E.).
Vol.V.In preparation.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
Professor Graetz's History is universally accepted as a conscientious and reliable contribution to religious literature.—Philadelphia Telegraph.
Aside from his value as a historian, he makes his pages charming by all the little side-lights and illustrations which only come at the beck of genius.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The writer, who is considered by far the greatest of Jewish historians, is the pioneer in his field of work—history without theology or polemics.... His monumental work promises to be the standard by which all other Jewish histories are to be measured by Jews for many years to come.—Baltimore American.
Whenever the subject constrains the author to discuss the Christian religion, he is animated by a spirit not unworthy of the philosophic and high-minded hero of Lessing's "Nathan the Wise."—New York Sun.
It is an exhaustive and scholarly work, for which the student of history has reason to be devoutly thankful.... It will be welcomed also for the writer's excellent style and for the almost gossipy way in which he turns aside from the serious narrative to illumine his pages with illustrative descriptions of life and scenery.—Detroit Free Press.
One of the striking features of the compilation is its succinctness and rapidity of narrative, while at the same time necessary detail is not sacrificed.—Minneapolis Tribune.
Whatever controversies the work may awaken, of its noble scholarship there can be no question.—Richmond Dispatch.
If one desires to study the history of the Jewish people under the direction of a scholar and pleasant writer who is in sympathy with his subject because he is himself a Jew, he should resort to the volumes of Graetz.—Review of Reviews (New York).
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SABBATH HOURS
THOUGHTS
By Liebman Adler
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
Rabbi Adler was a man of strong and fertile mind, and his sermons are eminently readable.—Sunday School Times.
As one turns from sermon to sermon, he gathers a wealth of precept which, if he would practice, he would make both himself and others happier. We might quote from every page some noble utterance or sweet thought well worthy of the cherishing by either Jew or Christian.—Richmond Dispatch.
The topics discussed are in the most instances practical in their nature. All are instructive, and passages of rare eloquence are of frequent occurrence.—San Francisco Call.
The sermons are simple and careful studies, sometimes of doctrine, but more often of teaching and precept.—Chicago Times.
He combined scholarly attainment with practical experience, and these sermons cover a wide range of subject. Some of them are singularly modern in tone.—Indianapolis News.
They are modern sermons, dealing with the problems of the day, and convey the interpretation which these problems should receive in the light of the Old Testament history.—Boston Herald.
While this book is not without interest in those communities where there is no scarcity of religious teaching and influence, it cannot fail to be particularly so in those communities where there is but little Jewish teaching.—Baltimore American.
The sermons are thoughtful and earnest in tone and draw many forcible and pertinent lessons from the Old Testament records.—Syracuse Herald.
They are saturated with Bible lore, but every incident taken from the Old Testament is made to illustrate some truth in modern life.—San Francisco Chronicle.
They are calm and conservative, ... applicable in their essential meaning to the modern religious needs of Gentile as well as Jew. In style they are eminently clear and direct.--Review of Reviews (New York).
Able, forcible, helpful thoughts upon themes most essential to the prosperity of the family, society and the state.—Public Opinion (Washington, D.C.).
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PAPERS
OF THE
Jewish Women's Congress
Held at Chicago, September, 1893
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
This meeting was held during the first week of September, and was marked by the presentation of some particularly interesting addresses and plans. This volume is a complete report of the sessions.—Chicago Times.
The collection in book form of the papers read at the Jewish Women's Congress ... makes an interesting and valuable book, of the history and affairs of the Jewish women of America.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A handsome and valuable souvenir of an event of great significance to the people of the Jewish faith, and of much interest and value to intelligent and well informed people of all faiths.—Kansas City Times.
The Congress was a branch of the Parliament of Religions and was a great success, arousing the interest of Jews and Christians alike, and bringing together from all parts of the country women interested in their religion, following similar lines of work and sympathetic in ways of thought.... The papers in the volume are all of interest.—Detroit Free Press.
The Jewish Publication Society of America has done a good work in gathering up and issuing in a well-printed volume the "Papers of the Jewish Women's Congress."—Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
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OLD EUROPEAN JEWRIES
By DAVID PHILIPSON, D.D.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
A good purpose is served in this unpretending little book, ... which contains an amount and kind of information that it would be difficult to find elsewhere without great labor. The author's subject is the Ghetto, or Jewish quarter in European cities.—Literary World (Boston).
It is interesting ... to see the foundation of ... so much fiction that is familiar to us—to go, as the author here has gone in one of his trips abroad, into the remains of the old Jewries.—Baltimore Sun.
His book is a careful study limited to the official Ghetto.—Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette.
Out-of-the-way information, grateful to the delver in antiquities, forms the staple of a work on the historic Ghettos of Europe—Milwaukee Sentinel.
He tells the story of the Ghettos calmly, sympathetically and conscientiously, and his deductions are in harmony with those of all other intelligent and fair-minded men.—Richmond Dispatch.
A striking study of the results of a system that has left its mark upon the Jews of all countries.—San Francisco Chronicle.
He has carefully gone over all published accounts and made discriminating use of the publications, both recent and older, on his subject, in German, French and English.—Reform Advocate (Chicago).
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