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Book Catalogue Reviews - June - 2012 Issue

Aleph-Bet Offers More Children's Books

The Game of the Jew makes a game of bigotry.

The Game of the Jew makes a game of bigotry.

This is a more serious example of literature for children, from 1853: Pictures and Stories from Uncle Tom's Cabin. This is an abridged version of Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic anti-slavery polemic. The preface states, “This little work is designed to adapt Mrs. Stowe's touching narrative to the understanding of the youngest readers and to foster in their hearts a generous sympathy for the wronged Negro race of America.” Item 551. $1,650.

Item 233 is a game, one not designed to teach a generous sympathy for others: The New and Fashionable Game of the Jew. Created in London in 1807, the center of the board game depicts a stereotypical Jew, holding a bag of money and some loose coins. The object of the game is to save yourself from having to deposit your money with the Jew. $5,500.

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