Georg Brandes described anti-Semitism as a mixture of
hypocrisy and nonsense. This book proves that its roots
sometimes go deeper than that; it may also rise out of fear
of the unknown, light-hearted pandering to popular pre-
judice, and mere unwillingness to accept the processes of
social progress.

In the preparation of this study, books of criticism,
articles in magazines and reviews, and monographs of
special writers have been laid under contribution, and it is
hoped that a certain breadth and freshness have been
gained by the re-study of the works of several of the great
English writers.

To various authorities and scholars I wish to express my
indebtedness. My thanks are due, first of all, to Dr. David
Philipson and Dr. E. N. Calisch, early laborers in this field,
who have helped me with letters of personal encouragement
when I first took up this study; and to the late Dr. Oscar
L. Joseph, for a discriminating examination of the manu-
script in its early stages. I wish to express my gratitude to
Professor Howard Mumford Jones, under whom I had the
privilege of studying, for his sympathetic criticism of the
manuscript in thesis form, and for his guidance in the re-
vision of the present text. My indebtedness to Mr. Edward
D. Coleman, librarian of the American Jewish Historical
Society, who helped me with his rich store of information
and scholarship in the preparation of the bibliography; to
the late Dr. Isaac Husik, Editor of the Jewish Publication
Society of America, and to his successor, Dr. Solomon
Grayzel, who have shown a personal interest in the work,
and have given wise advice in matters pertaining to techni-

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