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A story from Scottish his- tory • 75 *Home Scenes and Heart Studies. A collection of nineteen interesting stories 75 ^Woman's Friendship. A story of domestic life.. 75 *The Women of Israel. Sketches of noted women in Israel , 75 ♦The Vale of Cedars, or The Martyr 75 Complete set of 7 vols $5 00 ANDREYEV, L. Anathema, Tragedy in seven acts. A powerful drama of life among the Russian Jews of to-day net $1 25 AUNT NAOMI. ♦Jewish Fairy Tales and Fables. A number of beau- tiful stories, based on parables of the Talmud and Midrash, written in a manner best suited for children. The only collection of its kind in English. Illustrated net $1 00 2 BLOCK PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK BEACONSFIELD, EARL OF (Disraeli). Coningsby 60 David Alroy 60 Tancred 60 Complete Works, 1 1 vols $6 60 Novels, 9 vols. Introductions by Earl of Iddes- leigh net $4 5Q HERMAN, HENRY. Worshippers. A narrative of the "intellectuals" of the Russian Jewry in America $1 00 BERNSTEIN, HERMAN. Contrite Hearts. 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An historical story of the Macca- bean times $i 25 COHEN, ISABEL E. *Readings and Recitations. For Jewish homes and schools. A fine collection of verse and prose. $1 00 ♦Legends and Tales. In prose and verse. ... 50 COOPER, SAMUEL W. *Think and Thank. A tale for the young, nar- rating in romance form the boyhood of Sir Moses Montefiore 35 COSTELLO, PIERRE. A Sinner in Israel. A romance of modern Jewish life $1 50 CRAWFORD, F. MARION. The Witch of Prague. A fantastic tale $i 50 Zoroaster. The novel begins with a magnificent description of the march of the Babylonian Court to Belshazzar's feast, with the awful ending of the latter by the marvelous writing on the wall. . $1 50 DAVIS, NINA. Songs of Exile. Translation of 32 poems by Hebrew poets of post-Biblical times 50 DEUTSCH, GOTTHARD. Israel Bruna. An historical tragedy of Moravian Jewry of the i6th century net $1 25 DRACHMAN, RABBI BERNARD. ♦From the Heart of Israel. 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Contents: Faust of the Talmud, Wooing of the Princess, Rip Van Winkle of the Talmud, Rabbinical Romance, Shepherd's Wife, Repentant Rabbi, Inheritance, Elijah in the Legends, When Solomon was King, Rabbinical Humor, Munchausen of the Talmud, Rabbi's Dream, The Gift that Blessed, In the Sweat of the Brow, A Four-leaved Clover, The Expiation, A String of Pearls, The Lesson of the Harvest, The Vanished Bridegroom $1 00 ♦Step by Step. A story of the early days of Moses Mendelssohn 75 6 BLOCK PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK KELLY, MYRA. *Little Citizens. Stories of the humors of school life east of the Bowery, and the queer little Italian, Jewish and Irish children with their odd dialects and mistakes 75 *Wards of Liberty. Stories of East Side school children $1 50 *Little Aliens. Stories of child life on the great East Side $1 50 KINGSLEY, FLORENCE M. The Star of Love. An intensely interesting story, told in modern language, of Esther, Mordecai, Xerxes and all the well-known characters in the Persian-Hebrew drama which Purim commemorates. Illustrated in colors. A handsome gift book. . $2 00 LAZARRE, JACOB. Beating Sea and Changeless Bar. A tale showing that no power can force a true Jew from his faith. 50 LAZARUS, EMMA. *Poems. With biographical sketch and portrait. Vol. I. Narrative, Lyric, Dramatic. Vol II. Jewish Poems, Translations $2 50 *Poems and Translations. Written between the ages of fourteen and seventeen. Original edition of Miss Lazarus' first volume (1867). Scarce.. $1 00 *Admetus and other Poems. Original edition of Miss Lazarus' second volume (1871). Scarce $1 00 LEAVITT, EZEKIEL. Songs of Grief and Gladness. A volume of poems translated from the Yiddish, Hebrew and Russian $1 00 LEIBSON, JACOB J. *Tommy's Adventures in Blunderland. A clever and amusing juvenile. Illustrated 25 LEISER, JOSEPH. *Canaway and the Lustigs. 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The prophet Isaiah is a notable figure in this strong love story, one of the most popular of this celebiated romancer. Translated from the Hebrew.. net. $1 00 McARTHUR, ALEXANDER. The Leveller. A stirring story with a Russian Jewess as the heroine and in which Rubenstein, the pianist, plays a prominent part $i 00 McLAWS, LAFAYETTE. Jezebel. A romance in the days when Ahab was King of Israel $i 50 MILLER, ELIZABETH. The Yoke. A romance of the days when the Lord redeemed the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage. One of the very best and strongest stories of Biblical times 75 MILLER, SARA. *Under the Eagle's Wing. A story for young people of the time of Maimonides 50 8 BLOCK PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK MISCH, MARION L. ♦Selections for Homes and Schools, A collection of prose and verse for home reading and for recitation in Jewish schools $i 25 MONTAGUE, E. R. Tales from the Talmud. Stories drawn from the Talmud, the Targums and the Ethics of the Fathers net $1 25 MOSENTHAL, S. 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Verses in Yiddish with English translation by Prof. Leo Wiener. ... 75 RUPPIUS, OTTO. The Peddler. A romance of Jewish American life. Paper 15 SCHUTZE, MARTIN. Judith. A tragedy, in five acts, based on the apoc- ryphal story net $1 25 SCOTT, WALTER. Ivanhoe. A romance 60 10 BLOCK PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK SEGAL, H. The Book of Pain Struggle, called the Prophecy of the Fulfillment. The struggle of the Jews in strik- ing verse. Paper 50 SIDGWICK, MRS. ALFRED. Scenes from Jewish Life. Stories dealing with the middle classes of England and Germany.... $1 00 SIVITER, ANNA P. Nehe. An historical romance of the time of the reign of the Persian King Artaxerxes. The young hero is a Jewish lad and the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem figures in the story $1 50 SMITH, F. HOPKINSON. Peter. A novel of which he is not the hero. A Jewish tailor is one of the attractive characters. Illustrated 75 SOLIS-COHEN, Jr., EMILY. *David, the Giant Killer, and other tales of Grandma Lopez. Well-told stories from the Bible, united in one narrative. Illustrated 75 STEINER, EDWARD A. The Mediator. A tale of the Old World and the New. The autobiography of a Polish Jew. . $1 50 Against the Current. The tragic story of a Jewish childhood net $1 25 STEPHENSON, CORA B. The Hand of God. An absorbingly interesting novel of the days of the Judges, with Samson ar 1 Delilah as the leading figures. Illustrated $1 50 TCHIRIKOW, E. The Jews: The Chosen People. A Zionist drama of Russo-Jewish life. Paper 25 THOMAS, AUGUSTUS. As a Man Thinks. A play in four acts in which there are strong Jewish characters net $1 25 FICTION, POETRY, LEGENDS 11 TILTON, DWIGHT. Meyer & Son. An American novel dealing with the problem: Should Jews and Christians intermarry? 75 TOLSTOY, LEO. Esarhaddon and other Tales. Written for the bene- fit of the Kishinef and Gomel sufterers. . . .net 40 TURGENEV, IVAN. The Jew, and other stories $i 25 WADE, MARY H. *Our Little Jewish Cousin. A delightful and in- teresting account of child life in Palestine in which Bible stories are introduced. Written in simple and attractive style 60 WARD, MRS. HUMPHREY. Marriage a la Mode. This celebrated novel has a considerable Jewish interest net $1 20 WARD, JOSIAH H. Come With Me Into Babylon. A story of the fall of Nineveh $1 50 WARFIELD, DAVID. Ghetto Silhouettes. Sketches of daily life of the East Side of New York 50 WISE, RABBI ISAAC M. The First of the Maccabees. An historical novel. Paper • • 25 The Combat of the People, or Hillel and Herod. An historical romance. Boards 25 WOLFENSTEIN, MARTHA. *Idylls of the Gass. Fascinating pictures of past life in an Austrian ghetto 75 *A Renegade and Other Tales. Thirteen delightful Jewish stories 75 12 ZANGWli.1^, ISKAU.!^. Children of the Ghetto. A study of a Peculiar Peo- ple. 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