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Zangwill, Israel. [Ghetto comedies.] †$1.50. Macmillan.
7–15120.
Fourteen stories of the Jew. Some are little comedies but in some the comedy element is pathetically lacking. The model of sorrows, Anglicization, The Jewish Trinity, The Sabbath question in Sudminster, The red mark, The bearer of burdens. The Luftmensch, The tug of love, The Yiddish Hamlet, The converts, Holy wedlock, Elijah’s goblet, The hirelings, and Samooborona.
“Strong, artistic, short stories of the Jew.”
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 181. O. ’07. |
“We are grateful to him for a book of interesting stories, which give his readers problems to ponder—and some, maybe, also reason for despair.”
| + | Ath. 1907, 1: 788. Je. 29. 390w. |
“Never has he proved more plainly that a special theme in no way hampers an artist, if only the artist be sufficiently strong and fecund to resist over-specialization and to remain alive and sentient within his chosen field.” Mary Moss.