TIKHTOV ZOT LE-DOR AHARON: TSIYUR NE'EMAN MI-MATSAV SIFRUTENU BA-ARETS HA-HADASHAH VE-YAHAS 'AM-HA-SEFER ELEHA תכתב זאת לדור אחרון : ציור נאמן ממצב ספרותנו בארץ החדשה ויחס עם־הספר אליה
Nuyork [New York]: Rozenberg, 1898. Item #42441
1st edition. Original orange printed wrappers, 8vo, 33 pages. 23 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates as: “Write This For The Last Generation: A Faithful Picture of the State of Our Literature in the New Land and the Attitude of the People of the Book To It.”
Extremely critical observations on the state of Hebrew literature and its readership in America by Schwarzberg (1865-1929), a Hebrew publisher and editor in Poland and the U.S. Singerman 5473. Goldman 1110.
"Schwartzberg published this pamphlet following the failure of Ner Hamerabi [Goldman #908], a Hebrew periodical he edited." In it he “poured forth a bitter complaint against 'the people of the book' for their indifference to Hebrew and its literature ... [He] draws a dark picture of the state of Hebrew culture and literature in this country" (Waxman). Goldman notes that the work remains an important source on Ner Hamerabi.
“Schwarzberg, who was born in Lipno, Poland, published Hebrew books at the close of the 19th century in Warsaw, among them I. L. Peretz' Hebrew poems, Ha-Ugav (1894). Arriving in the United States in 1897, he became editor of the Hebrew monthly Ner ha-Ma'aravi which appeared from 1895 to 1897. In 1898 he published a 33-page pamphlet Tikkatev Zot le-Dor Aharon ("This Shall be Written for the Final Generation"), a scathing attack on the attitude of the Jews toward the new Hebrew literature.
He fought Yiddishism and its standard-bearer Chaim Zhitlowsky. He also published a bibliography of the works of Senior Sachs” (Eisig Silberschlag in EJ). Deinard 886; AJYB, 1930-31, 155; Not in Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960. SUBJECT(S): Hebrew literature, Modern -- United States -- History and criticism. Litte´rature he´brai¨que moderne -- E´tats-Unis -- Histoire et critique. OCLC: 649820031.
OCLC: 649820031. OCLC lists 5 copies outside of Israel (YIVO, Am Jewish U, Yale, HUC, YU). Spine rebacked, touch of edgewear to orange wrapper, which remains bright. About Very Good- Condition. Important. (B) (AMR-67-38-DL-'b).
Price: $1,200.00