14 JULY 1906, Page 23

The Ferry of Fate: a Tale of Russian Jewry. By

Samuel Gordon. (Chatto and Windus. 6s.)—Readers who are interested in the Jews in Russia should certainly read this book, although they will not find it very pleasant literature. The book is written, of course, from the point of view of the Jews, and no allowance is made for any natural irritation which their characteristics as a race may have produced in the minds of the Russians. But making every possible allowance for this, it is not easy to forgive the Russian Government for having caused any section of their countrymen to entertain the views of life and society which we see expressed in this book.