The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03
THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA.

The Jewish Encyclopedias. \ Descriptive
Record of tho Histors. Religion. Litcra :
ture. and Customs Of The jewish Pco-
pe from tho Eariics, Times TO the
Present Day Prepared DN Moro than
Four Hundred Scholars and special
isis. Including Cyrus Adier. Ph. y
IIirsch. Pm. D.. Ill. -. and William
Pepper VI. y. PHI. u. Associate Re
zisins Editor chief OF The ,S.r,,on snrHSn of 81
iEidor~ Singer. Ph. u. Projection ana
Managing Editor. assisted hy Amcri-
can and Foreign Boards OF Consulting
Editors In Twelve Volumes. Volume
". Funk & WaGualls COMPANY, Pub
lishors. New York.
This fourth volume Of very great
work becSins with ''Cbazars and
concludes with the Dreyfus Case.
II has a wealth Of illustration. both IN
color and in black, and is veritable
treasure house of knowledge. histori.
cal. archaeological. and personal, and
abounds IN commentary, quotation,
anccdote. we'll written ard verbal IL
{ lustration and exposition. which bring
out the full force of the treatment on
every ma;tcr touched upon. The his
tory Of the ChaZars. with the cKteD-
riye empire which thccy founded. opens
the volume The articles follow in
alphabetical order. and many port rats
are given The article "Cbess IS
eliminating, and gives portraits of
eight great Jewish masters OF the
game. All the important cities and
countries of Europe and most or
those in America. given within the
limitations Of the lettering oi the
volume are touched upon here. chiefly
by way Of showing the connect ION OF the
,feevs with such places: the Jewish
settlements. their privileges, and the
facts of the coming of the Jews to
each place. The various rites OF the
Jewish religion and customs arc gwen
in detail: the church councils arc oN
plained and their conclusions set
forth; the great leaders among the
Jews have full recognition, usually
with portrait and detailed account OF
their work The article Command
ments' is especially full and lnstruc'
tive The commerce of the Jews with
the various peoples from the most
ancient times through the Middle Ages,
and down TO The present day, is rccited,
with such detail as is possible. There
are fac similc pages of important
Jewish seals, coats of arms, and docu-
ments; there are illustrations in color
Of the costumes of the Jews in various
ages and different places, some of
these apparently in grotesque cartoon.
In the account of the Jewish settle |
ments in the various cities and cOun-
tries Of Europe. there is commonly a
narrowing account Of the prosecutions,
robberics and murders Of Jews, of
atrocities totally inexplicable in our
day of civilization outside Of Russia,
but of the most cruel and savage
character 4 fac simlc gives the pc
tition Of the Jews Of England TO Oliver
Cromwell dated March oath, 1855, ask |
ing for relief from various expressions.
The fora and fauna of Palestine are
fully described. the ceremonies and OBJ
servanccs arc detailed. and all helped
by pictures Illustrations giving pic
lures Of the curtain for the Ark Of the
Law from a synagogue at Smyrna, and
other forms of curtains Of the law are
also presented. incidentally, and as
related TO the jewish people. there is
very full treatmcn. Of "a number of the
kings Of ancient times, and accounts
of their treatment of tho Jews and of !