Washington Nov 26
To the Editor of the American Hebrew,
Sir:
I consider it an honor to be allowed to write my name among those of the friends of Miss Emma Lazarus. Her early death is not only a deep affliction to those of her own race and kindred; it is an irreparable loss to American literature. Nowhere among our writers was there a talent more genuine and substantial, a devotion to art for its own sake and for the sake of high principles, [continued on the next page]