Excerpt from They That Walk in Darkness: Ghetto TragediesThe Ghetto Tragedies collected in a little vol ume in 1893 have been so submerged in the present collection that I have relegated the original name to the sub-title. Satan Mekatrig was written in 1889, Bethulah this year. Anyone who should wish to measure the progress or decay of my imagi nation during the ten years has therefore materials to hand. Noah's Ark stands on the firmer Ara rat of history, my invention being confined to the figure of Peloni (the Hebrew for nobody The other stories have also a basis in life. But neither in pathos nor heroic stimulation can they vie with the literal tragedy with which the whole book is in a sense involved. Mrs. N. S. Joseph, the great-hearted lady to whom Ghetto Tragedies was inscribed, herself walked in darkness, yet was not dismayed: in the prime of life she went down into the valley of the shadow, with no word save of consideration for others. I trust the new stories would not have been disapproved by my friend, to whose memory they must now, alas! Be dedicated.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.