A strong, bracing story it is, and one which gives us a clear view of an exceptionally interesting epoch in Russian history.—New York Herald.
OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL.
BY EMMA WOLF.
12mo, 275 pages. Price, $1.00.
It is a romance pure and simple, and has the rare merit of artistic unity. It commands attention by its gentle might, the legitimate method of romance.... It is a relief to find an unspoiled story of pure sentiment, without sensationalism, mawkish sentimentality, affected eccentricity, or the least sign of pandering to the too popular compromise with immorality.—Boston Post.
The picture given of Jewish life and feeling is very attractive; but the charm of the book lies in the clever delineation of widely differing personalities and in its power of giving to brain-created people an almost living individuality.... The story is strong and well written, and holds the reader’s sympathetic interest from the first page to the last.—Literary World, Boston.
The struggle between orthodox ideas of marriage within the racial lines, and the charming love story which is so complicated, is as powerful an incident as anything in modern novel-writing. This is a story well worth Gentile reading, and every Hebrew will find not only much that is true, but matter of pride in it.—Public Ledger, Philadelphia.
This is a well-told story of how the course of true love did not run smooth, though finding its way at last out upon the wide and sunny sea of matrimony.... The descriptions of places and people are well drawn, the interest well kept up, and the lesson of Christian charity quite forcibly inculcated.—Public Opinion, New York.
The lesson derived from this story is, that other things being equal,—that is, every other consideration being favorable,—a Jewish girl may marry a Christian, the difference in their religious faith not being an insuperable barrier to their union.... The book presents a beautiful picture of the peace, the pure morality, and the domestic tranquillity and joy which the author affirms almost universally pervade Jewish homes.—Home Journal, New York.