[CHAPTER I.], [ II.], [ III.], [ IV.], [ V.], [ VI.], [ VII.], [ VIII.], [ IX.], [ X.], [ XI.], [ XII.], [ XIII.], [ XIV.], [ XV.], [ XVI.], [ XVII.], [ XVIII.], [ XIX.], [EPILOGUE.]
[Transcriber's note.]
REUBEN SACHS
A SKETCH
REUBEN SACHS
A SKETCH
BY
AMY LEVY
AUTHOR OF “A MINOR POET” AND “THE ROMANCE OF A SHOP”
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1888
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Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
LONDON AND BUNGAY.
REUBEN SACHS:
A SKETCH.
CHAPTER I.
This is my beloved Son.
Reuben Sachs was the pride of his family.
After a highly successful career at one of the great London day-schools, he had gone up on a scholarship to the University, where, if indeed he had chosen to turn aside from the beaten paths of academic distinction, he had made good use of his time in more ways than one.