The king of schnorrers [antikvár]

Foreword to" The King of SchnorrersTHESE episodes make no claim to veracity, while the personages are not even sun-myths. I have merely antused myself and attempted to amuse idlers byJncai^Mng^Jhe fioating tradition of the Jewish Schnorrer, who is as uniqiie among beggars as Israel among nations. The close of the eighteenth centary was chosen for a backgronnd> becanse, while the most picturesque period of Anglo-fewish history, it has never before been exploited in fiction, whether by novelists or historians. To my friend> Mr. Asher I. Myers> I am indejtítéd for access to his nnique collection of Jewish prints and carieatures of the period\ and I have not been batkward in " sehnorring saggestions from him and otherpriváté humourists. My indebtedness to my artists is more obvious} from my old friend George Hutchinson to my newer friend Phil May> who has been good enongh to allow me to reproduce from his