Minna, a beautiful girl of unknown parentage, born among poor Russian Jews, is forced to marry when only thirteen years old a man whom she has never seen. The morning after her marriage she runs away from her bridegroom and leads a wandering life buffeted by fate and humanity hither and yon, caring for her little son as best she may. She comes to America, but later returns to Russia as an anarchist, only to discover, upon the assassination of Alexander II., that the czar she has plotted to kill is her father. She is sent to Siberia, but is pardoned, and in the end is reunited to her husband, whom she has come to love. This is but a small part of an exciting story, which gives a remarkably vivid and most unflattering picture of the Russian Jew.
[*] Wolf, Edmund Jacob. Higher rock: sermons, addresses, and articles; comp. by a committee of the Board of publication. $1.50. Lutheran pub. soc.
A memorial edition of Dr. Wolf’s sermons, papers and addresses. “They are the ripe fruit of a thoughtful and scholarly mind. Laymen and ministers alike will find the book not only readable but clear and profitable.”
Woljeska, Helen. See Tindolph, Helen Woljeska.
Wollant, Gregoire de. Land of the rising sun; tr. from the Russian by the author, with the assistance of Madame de Wollant. $1.50. Neale.
“The first portion of M. de Wollant’s study is a short description of the Japanese islands, following which there is a historical sketch of the people and an outline of the history of Christianity in Japan. Part two contains the author’s impressions of the Japan to-day, impressions which were derived from trips to northern as well as southern Japan. The descriptions of the people and of the public and domestic life are well considered, and in addition M. de Wollant appends some interesting observations on economic and financial Japan.”—Pub. Opin.
“While he evidently aims to be accurate and impartial, his observations and opinions are naturally colored by his nationality, but we nevertheless find the book very interesting.”
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“Where he has occasion to refer to authorities his choice is usually the best, and his personal comments on contemporary conditions reveal an observer of such insight that it is a matter for regret that he has not often seen fit to delve a little deeper beneath the surface which he portrays so admirably.”
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