| Chapter I |
| Page |
| The Old and the New | [9] |
| | The Old Man | |
| | The Boy | |
| | The "Intellectuals" | |
| Chapter II |
| Prophets without Honor | [44] |
| | Submerged Scholars: A Man of God—A BitterProphet—A Calm Student | |
| | The Poor Rabbis: Their Grievances—The "Genuine"Article—A Down-Town Specimen—The NeglectedType | |
| Chapter III |
| The Old and New Woman | [71] |
| | The Orthodox Jewess: Devotion and Customs | |
| | The Modern Type: Passionate Socialists—ConfirmedBlue-Stockings | |
| | Place of Woman in Ghetto Literature | |
| Chapter IV |
| Four Poets | [90] |
| | A Wedding Bard | |
| | A Champion of Race | |
| | A Singer of Labor | |
| | A Dreamer of Brotherhood | |
| Chapter V |
| The Stage | [113] |
| | Theatres, Actors, and Audience | |
| | Realism, the Spirit of the Ghetto Theatre | |
| | The History of the Yiddish Stage | |
| Chapter VI |
| The Newspapers | [177] |
| | The Conservative Journals | |
| | The Socialist Papers | |
| | The Anarchist Papers | |
| | Some Picturesque Contributors | |
| Chapter VII |
| The Sketch-Writers | [199] |
| | Some Realists | |
| | A Cultivated Literary Man | |
| | American Life Through Russian Eyes | |
| | A Satirist of Tenement Society | |
| Chapter VIII |
| A Novelist | [230] |
| Chapter IX |
| The Young Art and its Exponents | [254] |
| Chapter X |
| Odd Characters | [272] |
| | An Out-of-date Story-Writer | |
| | A Cynical Inventor | |
| | An Impassioned Critic | |
| | The Poet of Zionism | |
| | An Intellectual Debauchee | |