The Book of Days. A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, including Anecdote, Biography & History, Curiosities of Literature, and Oddities of Human Life and Character. Numerous Illustrations.
- Singerman ID
- supp1649
- Year
- 1863
- Entry
- Chambers, Robert, ed. The Book of Days. A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, including Anecdote, Biography & History, Curiosities of Literature, and Oddities of Human Life and Character. Numerous Illustrations. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, [1863-64?]. 2 vols.
- Author/Editor
- Chambers, Robert, ed
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Holdings
- In most academic libraries
- Title
- The Book of Days. A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, including Anecdote, Biography & History, Curiosities of Literature, and Oddities of Human Life and Character. Numerous Illustrations.
- Language
- English
- Printer/Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott
- Notes
- Contains scattered material of Jewish interest; e.g., "The Passover of the Modern Jews," including "Pretended Murders of Christian Children by the Jews." There is also the text of a ballad about Hugh of Lincoln (vol. 1, pp. 445-48); "The Wandering Jew" (vol. 1, pp. 534-35); "Expulsion of the Jews from England" (vol. 2, pp. 534-36).
- Collection
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Chronological File, 1676 to 1900
Chambers, Robert, ed, “The Book of Days. A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, including Anecdote, Biography & History, Curiosities of Literature, and Oddities of Human Life and Character. Numerous Illustrations.”, Judaica Americana II, accessed September 16, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/singerman/item/52021