THE HISTORY OF IN GREAT BRITAIN. BY THE REV. MOSES MARGOLIOUTH, AUTHOR OF "A PILGRIMAGE TO THE LAND OF MY FATHERS," &c., &c. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 1851. 110.2.295. PREFACE. SIMPLE matter-of-fact statements, as to the literary labour of a work, are often misconstrued, and the Author is frequently charged with conceit and vanity. To avoid even the appearance of such unenviable features, the Author deems it sufficient simply to state that neither time, labour, nor expense was spared, in order to render the following volumes, of the annals of the "wandering tribes" of Judah's race, in this country, complete. The religious, civil, literary, and political history of the Jews, in this country, are amply pourtrayed. The Author has aimed at the strictest impartiality. His own views have been scrupulously kept out of sight in the different topics which have fallen to his lot to record. The notices of the Anglo-Jewish |