CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I.[The Christmas Dinner]3
II.[Raphael Leon]24
III.['The Flag of Judah']45
IV.[The Troubles of an Editor]63
V.[A Woman's Growth]77
VI.[Comedy or Tragedy?]88
VII.[What the Years Brought]112
VIII.[The Ends of a Generation]122
IX.[The 'Flag' Flutters]126
X.[Esther Defies the Universe]137
XI.[Going Home]150
XII.[A Sheaf of Sequels]161
XIII.[The Dead Monkey Again]185
XIV.[Sidney Settles Down]192
XV.[From Soul To Soul]200
XVI.[Love's Temptations]219
XVII.[The Prodigal Son]232
XVIII.[Hopes and Dreams]239
[Glossary]249


GRANDCHILDREN OF THE GHETTO

CHAPTER I[ToC]

THE CHRISTMAS DINNER

Daintily-embroidered napery, beautiful porcelain, Queen Anne silver, exotic flowers, glittering glass, soft rosy light, creamy expanses of shirt-front, elegant low-necked dresses—all the conventional accompaniments of Occidental gastronomy.