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DREAMERS OF THE GHETTO
By I. ZANGWILL,
Author of "Children of the Ghetto" "The Master" "The King of Schnorrers"
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON 1898
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
THE MASTER. A Novel. Illustrated by T. DE THULSTRUP. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 75.
He who begins "The Master" will find a charm which will lure him through adventures which are lifelike and full of human interest.... A strong and an enduring book.--Chicago Tribune.
To those who do not know his splendid imagery, keen dissection of character, subtle views of humor, and enthralling power of narration, this work of Mr. Zangwill's should prove momentous and important.--Boston Traveller.
"The Master" is the best novel of the year.--Daily Chronicle, London.
NEW YORK AND LONDON: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
Copyright, 1898, by I. ZANGWILL.
Copyright, 1898, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
All rights reserved.
PREFACE
This is a Chronicle of Dreamers, who have arisen in the Ghetto from its establishment in the sixteenth century to its slow breaking-up in our own day. Some have become historic in Jewry, others have penetrated to the ken of the greater world and afforded models to illustrious artists in letters, and but for the exigencies of my theme and the faint hope of throwing some new light upon them, I should not have ventured to treat them afresh; the rest are personally known to me or are, like "Joseph the Dreamer," the artistic typification of many souls through which the great Ghetto dream has passed. Artistic truth is for me literally the highest