The Chap-book; semi-monthly . hat no heretic, no schismatic, or excommuni-cated person might contest for the flowers; nor indeedmight women, unless indeed one should be found who,besides the rarity of her virtue and the dignity of herposition, was so well instructed in the art of makingverses that it could not be reasonably supposed that shehad employed the labor of another in the composition ofher own. •fl The publisher of this volume by Monsieur de Case-neuve was himself a noteworthy person. His modestyhas a pleasant flavor to it, and I cannot doubt that hehad much delicacy of taste. Here is
The Chap-book; semi-monthly . hat no heretic, no schismatic, or excommuni-cated person might contest for the flowers; nor indeedmight women, unless indeed one should be found who,besides the rarity of her virtue and the dignity of herposition, was so well instructed in the art of makingverses that it could not be reasonably supposed that shehad employed the labor of another in the composition ofher own. •fl The publisher of this volume by Monsieur de Case-neuve was himself a noteworthy person. His modestyhas a pleasant flavor to it, and I cannot doubt that hehad much delicacy of taste. Here is a morsel of self-effacement and a conception of the humble mission of apublisher rare now. **To THE Reader. **While it does not pertain to me that I should judgebooks, I may nevertheless be allowed to advance what Ihave heard said by very intelligent persons, that of all theworks of the late Aionsieur de Caseneuve there is no onewhich may be compared with this little Jrulte dcs JeuxFloraux. 424 DRAWN BY MARY L. PRINDIVILLE. DRAWN BY MARY L. PRINDIVILLE NOTES 425 ^By the deluge of comments on a recent sensationalJewish novel my attention is again turned to the is so much we all want to say for or against theJewish race if we only dared. We have neither thecourage of our bigotries nor of our more generous im-pulses. I say this in explanation for offering a question ofso inconsiderable importance as to be only an incidentalto a side issue. What, pray, are the English Jewish names ? If youwill run over the list of names which suggest Hebreworigin, you will find them without exception will remember to have seen certain Russian andPolish names where the Jewish quality was indistinguish-able to the foreign ear. But beyond this, all English,French, and German Jews seem to have German one popularly speaks of the children of Israel ashaving scattered to the four corners of the earth. Why,then, were their surnames made in Germany ? ^ What I said last i
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