ZANGWILL, Israel, British author: Is London. 14 Feb. 1864. He was educated at the Jews' Free School, 'SpItalfields,' and the t'niser sity of London, published in IN.: 'The Premier and the Painter,' a fantastic romance, in 19'43 established .-frit./, or the London Puck, a bril liant but short-lived periodical, and soon made his reputation by his essays, works in fictaon, and plays. His department of literary causerie, 'Without Prejudice.' in the Pall Moll Al.va zinc. became well known in Great Britain foe its able critiques. Some of these essas were gathered into a volume of that title in 100ti Some of Zangwill's lest fiction deals with Jew ish types and subjects, as in 'Dreamers of the Ghetto' (18'i8). with its semi-historical pictures of Heine. Spinoza. Uriel (Gabriel) Acosta and others. He lectured in Great Britain, Ireland, Palestine, Holland and the United States, and, as a prominent Zionist, gave addresses in con nection with that movement and the applica tion to it of the Baron de Hirsch millions; and is president of the Jewish International Territo rial Association. His literary work is in a style
of much distinction, with frequent touches of irony. Besides the works already mentioned he is author of 'Children of the Ghetto' (1892); 'Ghetto Tragedies> (1893) ; 'They That Walk in Darkness' (1899) ; The Mantle of Elijah' (1900) ; 'The Grey Wig' (1903); The Celi bates' Club' (1904) ; 'Blind Children,' verses (1903); 'Ghetto Comedies' (1907); 'Italian Fantasies) (1910) ; .'The War for the World' (1916); 'The Principle of Nationalities' (1917) ; 'Chosen Peoples' (1918), etc. The play which he constructed (under the same title) from his 'Merely Mary. Ann' (1893), was more successful (1904) than the dramatization (1899) of 'Children of the Ghetto' or the one act 'The Moment of Death' (1900). 'Six Per sons' (1892) was well received in England and later plays include 'The War God' (1911); 'Plaster Saints' (1914) ; 'Too Much Money' (1918), etc.