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 inKol-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wife,141;'The Fillet of Pearls,'141,142;style and language,142;drama,142-145;'The First Recruit,'142-145;his works as historical documents,145;anonym,148,149;and see137,138,154,160,161,177,234,235.Alexander stories, compared to Schaikewitsch's novels,174.Alexander II., his reforms not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 see64,135,214,248.American People's Calendar,227;and see10.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 see126.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 see225.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 see61,95.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 ofHandelskalender,253;ofHatikwoh,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;inVolksbibliothēk,199,200.Bibliothēk, seeJüd. 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.Bovo, see 'Bevys.'Bowery Garden Theatre,240.'Bowery Girl, The,' in J. G.,119.Bredow, G. G.,30.Brehm, in J. G.,249.Bressler, see Kotik.Brettmann, Maschil,166.British Museum, J. G. collection, viii.Broder, Berel, poetry of,79-80;his imitators,91,92;and see103.'Broom and a Sweeping, A,' Winchevsky's,124.Brown, John, in J. G. poetry,123.Browning, Robert,168.Brüll,27,251.Buchbinder, on superstitions,50,193;and see174,187.Budianov,228.Budson,174.Bukanski,229.Bukarest, theatre in,236,237.Bulgaria, its literature compared with J. G.,9;its orthography,21;language,23;renaissance,135.Burlesque, older,231;Goldfaden's,237.Buxtorf,29,42.Byplay, seeZuspiel.Cabbala, and Khassidism,168;and see20,50.Cahan, Abraham, review of his life and writings,221,222;founds periodical,221;writes English sketches,221;style,221;works not of the highest merit,222;and see223,225,226.'Cain,' Goldfaden's,88.Calendars, see Almanacs.Campe, J. H., translated by Hurwitz,134;by Dick,171;imitated by Tannenbaum,222.Canal Street, New York, centre of Ghetto,216.Candle tax, in 'Little Man,'156.Cantonment, of Jewish children,68.Career of Jew, in song,57.Cassel, D.,31.'Cat and the Mouse, The,' Hornstein's,117.'Cemetery Nightingale, The,' Rosenfeld's,128.'Cemetery, The,' Ehrenkranz's,78;Sharkansky's,121;in poetry,80.Cervantes, M., compared to Abramowitsch,159.Chadak,247.'Chaimel the Rich,' Falkowitsch's,174.Chaldea, superstitions of,28,50.'Chanuka,' Lerner's,238.Chapers,68,90.Chaschkes, M., poetry,106,107.Cheeder, language of,20;and see57,109,150.Chekhov, his influence on writers,222,230;translated,225.Chelm, wise man of,52.'Child's Play,' S. Rabinowitsch's,195,196.Childhood, in folksong,56.Children's songs,54.Chodrower, M. J.,156.'Cholera in the Year 1866, The,'Ehrenkranz's,79.Chrestomathy, its normalized text, x.Chronicle, rhymed, of military service,68;of persecution,70.City Guide, The,226;and seeStādtanzeiger.'Clock, The,' Zunser's,93.'Colonization of Palestine, The,' S. Rabinowitsch's,198.Columbus, in literature,134,135;and Washington,120.Comedy, Gottlober's,76,145,146;L. Levinsohn's,166,167;Schaikewitsch's,173;S. Rabinowitsch's,198;Ahasuerus play,231,232,234;Goldfaden's,236;Sahik's,243;Frumkis's,243.Comical songs,70,71;Schafir's,81.Commemoration, songs of, by Schafir,81.Condition, of Jews in beginning of century,131.'Consolation,' Berenstein's,86.Consonants, pronunciation of, x.Constitution, of United States, in J. G.,228.'Contented, The,' Ehrenkranz's,78.Contributions, paid by Rabinowitsch,199.'Conversation of the Khassidim, The,' Brettmann's,166.Cosmopolitan,221.Cossacks, massacre by, in folksong,69.'Countryman and the Townsman, The,' Zunser's,93.Cracow, printing offices,16;local legends,32,35;and seeix,37,106.Cradle songs, as folksongs,54;Abramowitsch's, Linetzki's, Goldfaden's, S. Rabinowitsch's,86;Goldfaden's,88.'Cradle, The,' Berenstein's,86.'Crazy Beggar-Student, The,' Perez's,204,206.Criticism, inVolksbibliothēkandVolksblatt,199-202;Frischmann's,201;S. Rabinowitsch's,201;Rabnizki's,201;Katz's,228;critical apparatus, Hermalin's,228."Criticus,"10.Culture, defined by M. Gordon,85.Czar, in folksong,68;cultural efforts of,74;not praised in literature,120;calamity of serving him,143.Dactyllic measure, Frug's,108;Winchevsky's,124.'Daisy Bell,' in J. G.,119.Dalman, G. H.,76.Dan,50.Danish, translation from,171.Dante, compared with Rosenfeld,130.'Dark Young Man, The,' Dienesohn's,189.Darwinism, in J. G. literature,249.Daudet, in J. G.,225.'David and Goliath,'231.'David Copperfield,' translated,225.David, King, in legend,32.'Day and Night,' Broder's,80.'Decktuch, Dās,' Gottlober's,76,145,146.Declaration of Independence, in J. G.,228.'Despair,' Rosenfeld's,128.'Destiny, or Discussions for Pleasant Pastime,' S. Sobel's,96.Deterioration, of J. G., since Dick,172-174;its cause,175,176.Deutsche Mundarten,13.Dialects, of J. G.,17-22;origin near the Middle Rhine,17,18;contact kept up with literary German,18;uniformity in books,18;evolution of, in Russia,18,19;in literature,21,22.'Dialogue of the New-born Soul with the Angel of Life,'96.Dick, Aisik Meier, his corrupt language,22,23;deterioration of language,134;