[57] Cf. Abrahams, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages, pp. 198 ff. It is not uncommon in Judeo-German literature to meet with the description of the old-fashioned badchen and his craft, but probably the best illustrations of his performances are to be found in the following works: Linetzki, Dās chsidische Jüngel, pp. 94 ff.; Gottlober, Dās Decktuch, pp. 43 ff. (2d act, 2d scene); Der krummer Maschelik mit a blind Äug', Es is' sēhr schoen zu lejenen die Lieder, wās der Marschelik hāt gesungen, un' wie er hāt Chossen-kale besungen, un' see sennen noch kēin Mal nit gedruckt gewor'en: Kukariku! Der Marschelik is' dā, Warsaw, 1875; U. Kalmus, Geschichte vun a seltenem Bris un' a genarrte Chassene, Theater in vier Akten, Warsaw, 1882, pp. 65-72.
[58] In addition to the large number of collective books of poetry, Zunser has published his poems in: Jüd. Volksblatt, Vol. V. pp. 51, 67; Wecker, pp. 74-88; Familienfreund, Vol. I. pp. 6-27; Hausfreund, Vol. II. pp. 99-108; Spektor's Familienkalender, Vol. IV. pp. 94-103; Jüd. Volksbib., Vol. I. pp. 273, 274; Dās hēil. Land, pp. 134-141.
[59] Other works by Zweifel than those given in the Bibliography are: Hausfreund, Vol. I. pp. 73-78, Vol. II. pp. 143-145; Spektor's Familienkalender, Vol. II. pp. 82-87; Jüd. Volksbibl., Vol. I. pp. 48-61, Vol. II. pp. 132-135.
[60] For note on Abramowitsch, see pp. 148 ff.
[61] Mordechai Suchostawer, Der wōler Eeze-geber, in Jüd. Volksblatt, Vol. V. p. 310.
[62] Several of the poems contained in the volume of his poetry had appeared before: Jüd. Volksblatt, Vol. I. No. 12, Vol. V. pp. 239, 357, Vol. VI. pp. 83, 717 ff.; Familienfreund, Vol. I. pp. 86-93. The Astor Library of New York possesses a manuscript of Ettinger's fables.
[63] Vol. IV. p. 175.
[64] This is also true of the poets who contributed to 'Der jüdischer Wecker,' a similar volume published in the same year at Odessa.
[65] His poems were printed in: Jüd. Volksblatt, Vol. V. p. 515; Vol. VII. No. 36; Vol. VIII. No. 10; Beilage No. 3 passim; Vol. IX. No. 3 passim; Hausfreund, Vol. I. p. 44; Vol. III. pp. 172-175 (On the death of M. Gordon); Jüd. Volksbib, Vol. I. pp. 260-263; Vol. II. pp. 1-6, 120-125, 139-141, 167-168, 195-204; Jüd. Volkskalender, Vol. III. pp. 117-124.
[66] Jüd. Volksbib. Vol. I. pp. 148-158; better than this is his own edition of the ballad in a separate pamphlet (q.v.).