The Book of Delight, and other papers
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Chapters (61)
- THE BOOK OF DELIGHT
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- I. "THE BOOK OF DELIGHT"
- "THE BOOK OF DELIGHT"
- THE GIANT GUEST
- THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD
- THE FOX AND THE LION
- THE SILVERSMITH WHO FOLLOWED HIS WIFE'S COUNSEL
- THE WOODCUTTER AND THE WOMAN
- MAN'S LOVE AND WOMAN'S
- IN DISPRAISE OF WOMAN
- THE WIDOW AND HER HUSBAND'S CORPSE
- THE LEOPARD'S FATE
- THE JOURNEY BEGUN BY JOSEPH AND ENAN
- THE CLEVER GIRL AND THE KING'S DREAM
- THE NIGHT'S REST
- THE DISHONEST SINGER AND THE WEDDING ROBES
- THE NOBLEMAN AND THE NECKLACE
- THE STORY OF TOBIT
- THE PARALYTICS TOUCHSTONE OF VIRTUE
- TABLE TALK
- THE CITY OF ENAN
- THE PRINCESS AND THE ROSE
- QUESTION AND ANSWER
- ENAN REVEALS HIMSELF
- ENAN'S FRIEND AND HIS DAUGHTER
- THE WASHERWOMAN WHO DID THE DEVIL'S WORK
- JOSEPH RETURNS HOME TO BARCELONA
- A VISIT TO HEBRON
- THE SOLACE OF BOOKS
- MEDIEVAL WAYFARING
- THE FOX'S HEART
- "MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN"
- HEBREW LOVE SONGS
- MARRIAGE SONG
- OPHRAH
- TO OPHRAH
- A HANDFUL OF CURIOSITIES
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- NOTES
- "THE BOOK OF DELIGHT"
- A VISIT TO HEBRON
- MEDIEVAL WAYFARING
- "MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN"
- HEBREW LOVE SONGS
- GEORGE ELIOT AND SOLOMON MAIMON
- HOW MILTON PRONOUNCED HEBREW
- THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS
- THE ANGLO-JEWISH YIDDISH LITERARY SOCIETY
- THE MYSTICS AND SAINTS OF INDIA
- LOST PURIM JOYS
- JEWS AND LETTERS
- THE SHAPE OF MATZOTH
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