proceeds to establish this justification on the grounds of the intellectual, ethical and cultural worth of the Jews. The discussion certainly is not superfluous, but its aim, the justification of Jewish national existence certainly is. Every organism lives not by virtue of a moral right but by virtue of its own strength, and to us the high endowments of the Jewish people constitute not justifications for its existence but proofs of its inherent strength by virtue of which it will exist. It is about time that Jews relinquish the apologetic attitude and come to discover the guarantees for their national future not in a moral right, but in their own strength. It seems to us that the latter is the more scientific method, in addition.
The author then proceeds with an analysis of the aims of the Jewish national movement: the creation of a self-sufficient economic system through the return to agriculture, the revival of the Hebrew language and the local concentration of the Jews in Palestine in which he demonstrates with convincing lucidity how all the conditions which make Territorialism impossible disappear or are diminished in the case of Palestine. The last chapter is devoted to Zionism. The history of the movement, its achievements and pros-
pects are critically examined, the author consciously restraining the fervor of the enthusiast in order to give the greater weight to his conclusions. The feasibility of Zionism, in spite of the many obstacles the movement must overcome, is clearly demonstrated. The movement is not without precedent as its opponents claim:
"The same return-process would repeat itself if a portion of the Jews emigrated from Europe into Palestine as that which, about 2,500 years before, a party of Jews returned to Palestine from the Babylonian exile. As Europe is to-day, so was Babylon then the seat of high culture—and of assimilation. Only a small portion could resolve to exchange the luxury of Babylon for the solitude of Palestine as would also be the case to-day with the European Jews. And yet out of this handful of Jews there grew up again a Jewish nation with an individual culture. This should give the Jews courage in the present also." (p. 273).
Dr. Ruppin's is the most thorough and scientific study of the present-day Jews that has yet appeared, and constitutes an invaluable arsenal for all those in the field for Jewish nationalism.
My Darling,—
My darling, your graceAnd the bloom of your faceAre sweet as of Sharon the roses,....And a radiance rareIllumines your hairAs verdure where moonlight reposes;And your cadence is lowAs Jordan's still flowWhen twilight day's revelry closes.
My darling, your blushIs like morning's full flushWhen over Mount Hermon he'sscaling,And the dream in your eyeIs like Galilee's skyWhen only one cloudlet is sailing,And the lures in your smileMy sadness beguileAnd raise me from doubting andfailing.