In the Pale: Stories and Legends of the Russian Jews (1897) Henry Iliowizi (Hardcover)

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Iliowizi, Henry. In the Pale: Stories and Legends of the Russian Jews (The Jewish Publication Society of America: Phildelphia, 1897)

12mo. 367 pages plus 15 pages of advertising. Bound in medium green cloth covered boards with stamping in gilt on front and spine.

Condition: Good. Ex-Library – Library of B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation of Temple University and the B’nai B’rith  Council of Philadelphia. Corners slightly bumped. Top and base of spine cover shows wear, but hinges are tight. One dog ear, top edge of text block darkened with age. Light wrinkling of pages.

Henry Iliowizi (b. Choinick, near Minsk, Russia, 2 January 1850; d. Edmonton, Middlesex, England, April 1911) [1].

“Iliowizi… published two collections of stories, both of which, to varying degrees, have some relevance to fantasy literature. The first, In the Pale: Stories and Legends of the Russian Jews (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1897), contains seven stories. In a brief statement published in Book News (Philadelphia), July 1897, Iliowizi wrote “The purpose of my writing In the Pale was to familiarize the English-speaking public with the legendary, romantic and spiritual aspects of life in Russian Jewry; also to convey an idea of the folklore current among the oppressed millions of Jews in the Czar’s domains.”[2]