=Andrew Lang in ‘Longman’s Magazine.’=—‘Almost every kind of reader will find _Children of the Ghetto_ interesting.’
=T. P. O’Connor in ‘The Weekly Sun.’=—‘Apart altogether from its great artistic merits, from its clear portraits, its subtle and skilful analysis of character, its pathos and its humour, this book has, in my mind, an immense interest as a record of a generation that has passed and of struggles that are yet going on.’
=The Manchester Guardian.=—‘The best Jewish novel ever written.’
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 21 BEDFORD STREET, W.C.
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With over Ninety Illustrations by PHIL MAY and Others
=The Athenæum.=—‘Several of Mr. Zangwill’s contemporary Ghetto characters have already become almost classical; but in _The King of Schnorrers_ he goes back to the Jewish community of the eighteenth century for the hero of his principal story; and he is indeed a stupendous hero ... anyhow, he is well named the king of beggars. The illustrations, by Phil May, add greatly to the attraction of the book.’
=The Saturday Review.=—‘Mr. Zangwill has created a new figure in fiction, and a new type of humour. The entire series of adventures is a triumphant progress.... Humour of a rich and active character pervades the delightful history of Manasses. Mr. Zangwill’s book is altogether very good reading. It is also very cleverly illustrated by Phil May and other artists.’
=The Literary World.=—‘Of Mr. Zangwill’s versatility there is ample proof in this new volume of stories.... More noticeable and welcome to us, as well as more characteristic of the author, are the fresh additions he has made to his long series of studies of Jewish life.’
=The St. James’s Gazette.=—‘_The King of Schnorrers_ is a very fascinating story. Mr. Zangwill returns to the Ghetto, and gives us a quaint old-world picture as a most appropriate setting for his picturesque hero, the beggar-king.... Good as the story of the arch-schnorrer is there is perhaps an even better “Yiddish” tale in this book. This is “Flutter-Duck.”... Let us call attention to the excellence, as mere realistic vivid description, of the picture of the room and atmosphere and conditions in which Flutter-Duck and her circle dwelt; there is something of Dickens in this.’