The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-08
THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPAEDIA. Under
the general supervision Of 1sidore
Singer. Phi. D. Volumes TX and *.
Funk and Wagnells Company. New

i THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPAEDIA. undo
4 the general supervision of lsldur'
Singer. Phi. D. Volumes TX and x
Funk and Wasnells Company. New
York.
I Tho ninth and tenth volumes OF Messrs
!, Funk and Wagnallss jewish Encyclo
pacdia, now In process OF preparation
by group OF scholars headed by DR.
1sidorc Singer. and comprising moro thar
six hundred contributors, now lie before
US. This vnst undertaking Is being rap
idly brought to completion, and the edi'
tors and publishers expect to have the
work finished In time for the solemn eel.
ebration by tho Jews OF the two hundred
and fiftieth anniversary Of tho first ar
rival Mt New Amsterdam OF n group OF
Hebrew Pilgrim Fathers, who came from
Brazil. 1t Is expected that this cclebia-
ton will be observed next Thanksgiving
Day and 1t would be difficult to find a
moro appropriate literary work With
which to slgnalize tho OCCASION.
Public interest in the volume last Is
sued will undoubtedly center around the
history Of the Jews In Russia and
Poland" which is treated comprohen-
sivoly5 and effectively In other respects
both instalments. before us are charac-
teristlc. for they reflect the history. reli-
gion. literature. customs and life Of tho
Jews almost from the dawn OF time until
our own day. The word-r range Of Vol-
ume TX Is 'Morawczyk Philippson," while
Volume x brings tho work from that
point down to "samoscz." Volume TX
Includes the work Of 1863 editors and col.
laborators, 1908 separate topics and FOG
pages. while Volume X has 152 authors.
LISP topics and 7o5 pages.
1t would be difficult In the course OF a
raVinSr Il 9TH ~ erf,y NM
idea Of tho wealth OF information, much
Of 1t complied and now published for the
first time, that these volumes contain.
They abound In dgni1ed and scholarly
monographs on almost every imaginable
subject Of Hebrnic intcrest-the Talmud
and Rabbinical literature. the Bible. post.
Biblical antiquities, post-Talmudic liter.
ature, Jewish anthropology, theology and
philosophy. and manners, customs and
history. In addition, the inclusion OF
Biographical sketches Of Jews OF impor-
lance everywhere make 1t veritablo
Hebrew who's who"
Volume TX is especially rich in mate.
rial pertaining to Jewish history. whether
ancient. as under Moses" the New
Testament and Palestine or those
more recent events called up by ouch
names as Moscow and Novgorod. While
In general historic. records interest arcne.
ologsts and historians. records concern
Ing the Jewish people interest In add.
ton and in no small degree the socio-
loglst and the statesman. The reason
for this Is very simple. Tragic fate con-
demned the Jewishtrace to an almost
continuous condition OF restriction. Even
to-day seven millions of Jews do not en-
Joy those liberties usually granted by
broad minded administration Their con-
dition is one Of 1polltica, economic and
social slavery. Nooamore pathetic and
certainly no more interesting panorama
of the records stha people has been
unfolded than thatawhich is contained In
this work. st ~, 10 ~
The editorial board OF the Jewish Ency-
clopaedia is made up! OF well known schol-
ars, each Of whom controls we'll dc.
fined department.. III which he Is an ac.
knowledged authority. The board In
cudes DR.. cyrusSAd1er. Professor William
Bacher. Dr. G1.5Deutsch,fi Professor Rich
ard Gottheil, Or, Emil G. Hirsch, Mr.
Josephp*Jacobs. DR.. Kaufmann Kohler.
Mr. Herman Rosenthal. Dr.. 1sidore Singer
and Professor G. HI Toy. These gentle;
men are dlscharging their monumental
task in a way whioh%it is a. pleasure to-
praise. The Jewish Encyclopae dia prom
tses to be, when completed. truly ad-
mirable work. and assign 1t the cor
dial reception whichit obviously merits.
ECONOMY IN EDUCATION. BY Rurio
Newell Roark. PIP. 262. American
Book Company, New York.
HALE HOURS WITH THE LOWER
ANIMALS. BY Charles F. Holder.
PIP. 1856. American Book Company.
New York
THE FAIRY READER. BY James Bald
win. PIP. 1873. American Book Com
pany. New York
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT. OF THE
5.9 UNITED STATES. BY William e.
Chancellor. Pr 112 American Book
Company. New York.
Y The most notable OF the above ship
ment OF textbooks (American Book Co.,
Cincinnati. Chicago and New Yorl) Is DR..
Albert Bushnell Harris excellent American
history. designed chiefly for use Of hieh
school students. DR.. Hart Is one OF the
most authoritative and agreeable of mod
ern historians. and his volume makes q
reliable and interesting text book. Mr..
Walkers English history. prepared in
consultation with Dr.. Hart, and COM
Essentials in History" has also i'm
pressed us a good and thoroughly
disable textbook Both are we'll printed
and plentifully supplied with maps, illus
trations, photographed, references. lists
OF TOPICS etc. In the balance of the
shipment the languages are well repre-
scented. for we find among these books o
Wcll-edited Greek play. a good elementary
Latin grammar and composition, re-
yiscd edition OF we'll known French
grammar In French and German text:
rot to mention some selections from the
public and private Roman law, and a
number OF elementary works In English
School trustees and others, making up
their book orders for another year, would
no doubt find 1t helpful to examine the
latest publications Of the American Book
Company.
THE WAR BETWEEN THE UNION
AND THE CoNFEDERACY. BY
General William G. Oates. Pr. sos.
$500 Neale Publishing Company.
Washington. ~
The author OF this voluminous work.
General William C., Oates. was A colonel
In the Confederate army during the Civil
War. and has since enjoyed a distln-
Guished career as legislator and governor
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