Four Booklets – Critical Essays on Literature and Poetry – 19th Century

Four booklets – critical essays on literature and poetry. Vilna, Warsaw, Zhitomir and Saint Petersburg, 1867-1885.
1. Kankan Chadash Male Yashan, contains three critical essays regarding the "new literature", by Avraham Ya'akov Ben-Yisrael Paperna. Printed by R. Shmuel Yosef Finn and R. Avraham Zvi Rosenkrantz, Vilna, 1867.
[4] leaves, 81, [1] pp.
2. Igeret Tza'ar Ba'alei Chaim, by Avraham Ber HaCohen Gutlover. Printed by A. S. Shadov, Zhitomir, 1868.
34 pages.
3. Tohu VaVohu, by David Frishman. Printed by R. Chaim Kelter, Warsaw, 1883. A Critique of the editor of HaMelitz newspaper and its writers.
* Bound (originally) with: Al Haness!, by David Frishman. Printed by R. Chaim Kelter, Warsaw, 1883.
60 pp; 28 pp.
4. Shevet L'Gev Kesilim, by K.A. Shapira [Abba (Asher ben Eliyahu) Konstantin Alexanderovitz Shapira]. Printed by Zvi Hirsh Pines, St. Petersburg, 1885.
Essay on the topic of the poetry of Y.L. Gordon, opposing the writer Mordechai son of Hillel HaCohen.
[4], 60 pages.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.