JEWISH PORTRAITS

JEWISH PORTRAITS

BY
L A D Y M A G N U S
AUTHOR OF
‘OUTLINES OF JEWISH HISTORY,’ ‘ABOUT THE JEWS
SINCE BIBLE TIMES,’ ETC.
Second Revised and Enlarged Edition
L O N D O N
Published by DAVID NUTT
in the Strand
1897
‘THESE, TO HIS MEMORY’
February 7 : January 11

PREFACE

The papers which form this volume have already appeared in the pages of Good Words, Macmillan’s Magazine, The National Review, and The Spectator, and are reprinted with the very kindly given permission of the editors. The Frontispiece is reproduced through the kindness of the proprietors of Good Words.

I fancy that there is enough of family likeness, and I hope there is enough of friendly interest, in these Jewish portraits to justify their re-appearance in a little gallery to themselves.

KATIE MAGNUS.

CONTENTS

PAGE
[JEHUDAH HALEVI,][1]
[THE STORY OF A STREET,][24]
[HEINRICH HEINE: A PLEA,][32]
[DANIEL DERONDA AND HIS JEWISH CRITICS,][57]
[MANASSEH BEN ISRAEL,][68]
[CHARITY IN TALMUDIC TIMES,][90]
[MOSES MENDELSSOHN,][109]
[THE NATIONAL IDEA IN JUDAISM,][147]
[THE STORY OF A FALSE PROPHET,][158]
[NOW AND THEN: A COMPOSITE SKETCH,][177]