of her prophecies

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION xi

I. WITHIN THE PALE 1

II. CHILDREN OF THE LAW 29

III. BOTH THEIR HOUSES 42

IV. DAILY BREAD 60

V. I REMEMBER 79

VI. THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE 111

VII. THE BOUNDARIES STRETCH 137

VIII. THE EXODUS 163

IX. THE PROMISED LAND 180

X. INITIATION 206

XI. "MY COUNTRY" 222

XII. MIRACLES 241

XIII. A CHILD'S PARADISE 252

XIV. MANNA 264

XV. TARNISHED LAURELS 276

XVI. DOVER STREET 286

XVII. THE LANDLADY 301

XVIII. THE BURNING BUSH 321

XIX. A KINGDOM IN THE SLUMS 337

XX. THE HERITAGE 359

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 365

GLOSSARY 367

ILLUSTRATIONS

MASHKE AND FETCHKE _Frontispiece_

THE GRAVE-DIGGER OF POLOTZK 24

HEDER (HEBREW SCHOOL) FOR BOYS IN POLOTZK 34

THE WOOD MARKET, POLOTZK 52

MY FATHER'S PORTRAIT 70

MY GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE, WHERE I WAS BORN 80

THE MEAT MARKET, POLOTZK 98

SABBATH LOAVES FOR SALE (BREAD MARKET, POLOTZK) 124

WINTER SCENE ON THE DVINA 144

UNION PLACE (BOSTON) WHERE MY NEW HOME WAITED FOR ME 184

TWOSCORE OF MY FELLOW-CITIZENS--PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHELSEA 230

WHEELER STREET, IN THE LOWER SOUTH END OF BOSTON 264

HARRISON AVENUE IS THE HEART OF THE SOUTH END GHETTO 288

I LIKED TO STAND AND LOOK DOWN ON THE DIM TANGLE O