The substance of the following three essays was originally
contributed, in the form of independent articles to the _Manchester
Guardian_, the _Spectator_, and the _Daily Telegraph_ respectively.
They have been carefully revised, much amplified, and largely
rewritten in order to make a connected argument and avoid repetition.
Footnotes of authorities have been added. My grateful acknowledgments
are due to the Editors of the _Manchester Guardian_, the _Spectator_,
and the _Daily Telegraph_ for their kindness in permitting this
republication.
I confess to a feeling of shame at having to write this pamphlet at
all. That reputable newspapers in this country should be seeking to
transplant here the seeds of Prussian anti-Semitism, and that they
should employ for this purpose devices so questionable and a
literature so melodramatically silly, cannot but cause a sense of
humiliation to any self-respecting Englishman. It is for this reason
that I have strictly limited myself to an examination of the specific
charges formulated by these publications. I cannot bring myself to
believe that it is necessary to deal with them on a larger scale.