Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. These chapters contain the substance of a course of lectures delivered at Temple emanu-el, New York, on Monday morn ings, in the months of November and De cember, 1915. The lectures included i1 lustrative readings from the Psalms and general literature, which probably formed their chief interest, and which are, at most, but alluded to in this little book. In publishing the latter, however, the author hopes he may help point out some of the many beauties of Israel's immortal poetry. When first given, the lectures were heard by a group of loyal and appreciative hear ers, to all of whom the author feels grate ful, and to one of the most faithful and most generous of whom he has taken the liberty of dedicating these pages.

These chapters contain the substance of a course of lectures delivered at Temple emanu-el, New York, on Monday morn ings, in the months of November and De cember, 1915. The lectures included i1 lustrative readings from the Psalms and general literature, which probably formed their chief interest, and which are, at most, but alluded to in this little book. In publishing the latter, however, the author hopes he may help point out some of the many beauties of Israel's immortal poetry. When first given, the lectures were heard by a group of loyal and appreciative hear ers, to all of whom the author feels grate ful, and to one of the most faithful and most generous of whom he has taken the liberty of dedicating these pages.