The Spirit of the Ghetto: Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York
Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.
THE SPIRIT of THE GHETTO
STUDIES OF THE JEWISH QUARTER IN NEW YORK
By HUTCHINS HAPGOOD
With Drawings from Life by JACOB EPSTEIN
NEW YORK AND LONDON FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO
Copyright, 1902 by Funk & Wagnalls Company
Printed in the United States of America
Published November, 1902
A number of these chapters have appeared as separate articles in The Atlantic Monthly, The Critic, The Bookman, The World's Work, The Boston Transcript, and The Evening Post and The Commercial Advertiser of New York. To the editors of these publications thanks for permission to republish are gratefully tendered by The Author.
Hutchins Hapgood
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
THE OLD MAN
THE BOY
THE "INTELLECTUALS"
SUBMERGED SCHOLARS
THE POOR RABBIS
THE ORTHODOX JEWESS
THE MODERN TYPE
PLACE OF WOMAN IN GHETTO LITERATURE
A WEDDING BARD
A CHAMPION OF RACE
A SINGER OF LABOR
A DREAMER OF BROTHERHOOD
THEATRES, ACTORS AND AUDIENCE
THE HISTORY OF THE YIDDISH STAGE
THE CONSERVATIVE JOURNALS
THE SOCIALIST PAPERS
THE ANARCHIST PAPERS
SOME PICTURESQUE CONTRIBUTORS
SOME REALISTS
A CULTIVATED LITERARY MAN
AMERICAN LIFE THROUGH RUSSIAN EYES
A SATIRIST OF TENEMENT SOCIETY
AN OUT-OF-DATE STORY-WRITER
A CYNICAL INVENTOR
AN IMPASSIONED CRITIC
THE POET OF ZIONISM
AN INTELLECTUAL DEBAUCHEE
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