CONTENTS.

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I. JEWS AS THEY ARE

II. A SURVEY OF NOTEWORTHY EVENTS MARKING

JEWISH PROGRESS DURING THE PAST HALF-

CENTURY, 1830-1880

III. A BRIEF HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THE PRACTICE OF

USURY IN ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES

IV. THE JEWISH CLERGY IN ENGLAND

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Appendix:-

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1. Sermon by the REV. A. Löwy, preached at the

Consecration of the new Synagogue, Bradford,

Yorkshire

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Dedication Prayer delivered by the REV. DR. G.

3. A List of some of the Chief Jewish Clergy in

VI. SHYLOCK, FROM A JEWISH POINT OF VIEW...

Appendix :-

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Various versions of the "Bond and Pound of

Flesh" Incident in "The Merchant of Venice,"

from the 12th Century

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239

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"The Roman Wager "(1585), from GREGORIO LETI'S

Life of Sixtus V. The full Text in the original
Italian ...

An English Version of the same

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VII. ADDENDA. PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS IN RUSSIA 259

Appendix :

1. Russian Atrocities (from The Times)

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2. Letter from Mr. Serjeant Simon, M.P., to The

Times

3. The Memorial from the London Committee of

Jews to H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia...

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4. The Requisition to the Lord Mayor of London 283

5. The Mansion House Meeting, February 1, 1882:-

Speeches by the Earl of Shaftesbury, the

Bishop of London, Cardinal Manning, Canon

Farrar

Letters from the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, the

Bishop of Manchester, the Chief Rabbi, Mr.

Tennyson, the Master of Balliol, the Duke of

Westminster, the Archbishop of Canterbury 301

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6. Sermon by the Rev. W. Page Roberts

7. Sermon by the Rev. H. R. Haweis

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8. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Hermann Adler, Dele-

gate Chief Rabbi ...

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No. I.

JEWS AS THEY ARE.

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