Abderitic towns, 52.
_Abendblatt_, 223, 225.
Abrahams, 90, 231.
Abramowitsch, Solomon Jacob, translated into Polish, 10;
his use of the older language, 20;
his vocabulary, 22;
cradle song, 86;
translates Sabbath prayers and hymns, 97;
allegory in 'Judel,' 97, 98;
review of his life and writings, 148-160;
first work in _Kol-mewasser_, 150;
his birth, 150;
education, 150;
wanderings, 150, 151;
life in Kremenets, 151;
meeting with Gottlober, 151, 152;
beginning of literary career, 152;
artistic nature, 152;
compared with his predecessors, 152, 153;
his ideal of reform, 153;
love of the people, 153, 154;
style and language, 154;
abandons anonym, 155;
'The Little Man,' 155;
'The Meat-Tax, or the Gang of City Benefactors,' 155, 156;
a social factor, 156;
'Fischke the Lame,' 156, 157;
study of mendicant life, 157;
'The Dobbin,' 157-159;
psychological study, 157;
prophecy, 158;
personifies the Jewish race in the allegory, 159;
prohibition of re-issue of book, 159;
'The Wanderings of Benjamin the Third,' 159, 160;
study from nature, 159;
creates the 'Jewish Don Quixote,' 159;
'The Enlistment,' 160;
scientific articles, 160;
called 'Grand-father,' 160;
ceases writing, 178;
on prayers, 245, 246;
'The Useful Calendar,' 252;
and see ix, 51, 176, 177, 179, 187, 231, 234, 235, 251, 252, 255.
Extracts and translations: 'The Dobbin,' 276-285;
'Parasiteville,' 284-295.
Abramsky, 237.
Absorption of Russian Jews by America, xi, 119.
Adelberg, S., 51.
Africa, Jews in, 248.
'Ahasuerus-play,' 231, 234, 239.
"A klēine Weile wöllen mir spielen," 56.
Aksenfeld, Israel, influenced by Lefin, 136;
review of his life and works, 140-145;
influence of his wife, 141;
'The Fillet of Pearls,' 141, 142;
style and language, 142;
drama, 142-145;
'The First Recruit,' 142-145;
his works as historical documents, 145;
anonym, 148, 149;
and see 137, 138, 154, 160, 161, 177, 234, 235.
Alexander stories, compared to Schaikewitsch's novels, 174.
Alexander II., his reforms not liberal, 158;
play at coronation, 235.
Allegory, not employed by Ehrenkranz, 77;
in Goldfaden's songs, 87, 88;
in Abramowitsch's works, 97, 98;
why resorted to by Russian authors, 211, 212;
employed by Perez, 212, 213.
_Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums_, 29, 31.
Almanacs, Abramowitsch's, 160;
Harkavy's, 227;
their importance, 252, 253.
Alperin, J. J., 155.
"A Maedele werd a Kale," 62.
America, difficulty of collecting data in, x;
absorbing Russian Jews, xi, 119;
future of J. G. in, 10;
evolution of J. G., 22;
badchen, 93;
poetry, 118-130;
increased well-being, 118;
dulling of Jewish sensibilities, 119;
American ballads in J. G., 119;
in Zunser's songs, 120;
in J. G. literature, 134, 135;
Longfellow in J. G., 168;
H. Beecher-Stowe in J. G., 171;
prose writers in, 216-230;
Russian Jews before 1881, 216, 217;
the immigration, 217, 218;
first writers, 218;
daily press, 219;
socialistic propaganda, 219, 220;
authors, 220-224;
magazines, 226-229;
instruction in citizenship, by Harkavy, 228;
and see 64, 135, 214, 248.
_American People's Calendar_, 227;
and see 10.
_Americana Germanica_, 76.
Americanus, 10.
Amphibrachic measure, in Rosenfeld's poetry, 129.
Amsterdam, viii, 19, 32.
Anarchists, Jewish, in America, 121-123;
Edelstadt, 122, 123;
periodical in J. G., 223;
and see 126.
Andersen's fables, in J. G., 44.
_Andover Review_, on J. G. literature, 10.
Andree, R., attacks J. G., 12.
Animal life, in literature, 157-159, 213.
Anonyms, 148, 149, 155, 171.
Anthropology, in literature, 249.
_Anuarul pentru Israeliti_, 44, 51.
Apotheker, David, 80, 81.
Appleton & Co., 221.
Arabic, in non-Semitic languages, 15;
'Thousand and One Nights,' 27;
word-books in J. G., 248.
_Arbeiterzeitung_, as an educator, 219;
its history, 221, 223;
and see 225.
_Archiv für Litteraturgeschichte_, 27.
'Arise, my People!' M. Gordon's, 83.
'Aristocratic Marriage, The,' Goldfaden's, 87, 88.
Arithmetic, in J. G., 246.
Art, conception of its perfection, 95.
Arthur, King, in J. G., 2, 4, 43.
Asiatic Museum, J. G. collection, viii.
Assimilation, advanced by M. Gordon, 83, 84;
of no avail, 158;
as viewed by Spektor, 185;
no longer preached, 191.
Assyria, 50.
Astor Library, manuscript of Ettinger, 101.
_Atlantic Monthly_, 221.
Atonement day, in songs, 67.
'Atonement Day, The,' Dienesohn's, 190, 191;
extract and translation, 314-325.
"Auf'n Barg stēht a Taübele," 65.
'Aunt Sosie,' Goldfaden's, 236;
extract and translation, 268-273.
Austria, J. G. books in German letters, 256.
Awramowitsch, coupletist, 119.
Badchens, imitate Galician poets, 80;
school of, 90-94;
his functions, 91;
Zunser's innovation, 91, 92;
American modification of, 93, 94;
why popular, 104;
and see 61, 95.
Bader, Gerschon, 253.
Baethgen, F., 29.
Bakst, printer, 254.
Ballads, Rosenfeld's, 128;
Goldfaden's, 237;
singers of, in Roumania, 237.
Bal-schem-tow, birth, 35;
legends of, 38-40;
legendary life, 39, 40;
Spektor's novel of, 186.
'Bar of Soap, The,' Berenstein's, 86.
'Bar-kochba,' Goldfaden's, 239.
_Bas-kol_, 252.
Bastille, in J. G. poetry, 123.
'Beard, The,' M. Gordon's, 84.
Beckermann, 174.
Beecher-Stowe, H., in J. G., 171.
'Beggar Family, The,' Rosenfeld's, 127.
Beggar songs, 66.
Beilinsohn, printer, 254.
"Bei'm Breg Wasser thu' ich stēhn," 60.
Bender, A. P., 50.
Béranger, translated, 89.
Berdichev, and Abramowitsch, 31, 152, 153, 155, 160;
printers, 254.
Berenson, B., on literature, 10.
Berenstein, S., and M. Gordon, 82, 83;
his German culture, 85, 86;
poems, 86, 87;
cradle song, 88.
Bernas, I., editor of _Handelskalender_, 253;
of _Hatikwoh_, 256.
Bernstein, A., in J. G., translation and imitation, 171, 202.
Bernstein, Ignaz, proverbs, 51, 193.
Bernstein's Natural Science, in J. G., 249.
Berśadskij, S. A., on Saul Wahl, 54.
Bescht, see Bal-schem-tow.
Betrothal, early, 57.
'Betrothal, The,' Goldfaden's, 87.
'Bevys of Hamptoun,' in J. G., 8, 27, 43;
mentioned by Dick, 169.
Bibikov, 155.
Bible, Blitz, 19;
apocryphal stories, 29;
preferred to Czar, 68;
Biblical songs, Goldfaden's, 88.
Bibliography, imperfect data, ix;
in _Volksbibliothēk_, 199, 200.
_Bibliothēk_, see _Jüd. Bibliothēk_.
Bick, J. S., defends Lefin, 136.
Bilingualism, of medieval literatures, 1;
of Jews, 2.
Biographies, by Dick, 171;
of Rabbis, 244.
'Bird, The,' Zunser's, 93.
Blaustein, 174.
Blitz Bible, its language, 19.
Blumauer, translated, 101.
Bodleian Museum, J. G. collection, vii.
Bohemia, Jews of, 3;
words in J. G., 16.
'Bontsie Silent,' Perez's, 210, 211.
In Chrestomathy, 332-353.
'Book of Wisdom of Solomon, The,' 232.
Booksellers and bookstores, 255.
Booth and Salvini, 242.
Boston, periodical, 124.
Bourget, translated, 225.
Bovchover, poetry, 229.