THE JEWISH CONVERT

An Authentic Memoir.

BY

OSBORN W. TRENERY HEIGHWAY.

REVISED BY THE EDITOR.

"A sacred glory rested on her brow,
And mantled o'er her cheek; a lovely smile
Sat like a cherub on her faded lips:

A solemn rapture was that dying scene;
Celestial spirits fanned it with their wings—
It breathed the air of heaven."-LEILA ADA.

PHILADELPHIA:

PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION,

No. 265 CHESTNUT STREET.

P. 21·6

HARYARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

FROM

THE BEQUEST OF
EVERT JANSEN WENDELL

1918

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853,

BY A. W. MITCHELL, M.D.,

in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

SLOTE & MOONEY, Stereotypers.

Leila accompanies her Father to the Holy Land-Their Jour-
ney-Cologne-The Rhine-The Juras-Geneva-Chillon-
Lausanne-Gibbon.......

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CHAPTER III.

The Journey continued-Bernese Oberland- Simmenthal-
Staubbach-Wengern Alp-An Avalanche-The Simplon.... 36

CHAPTER IV.

The Journey continued-Milan-Verona-Venice-Ferrara-
Bologna-The Apennines-Florence-Rome-The Coliseum
-Naples.........

47

CHAPTER V.

The Journey continued-Athens-Mistra-The Morea-Sparta
-The Egean Sea-Constantinople..

CHAPTER VI.

The Journey continued-Antioch-Jerusalem-Account of the
Holy Land-The Return Home-Alexandria-Malta-A
Tempest.............

60

72

Conversations between Leila and her Father-Leila is sent to

CHAPTER XI.

Treatment of Leila by her Uncle-Her Trials-Character of
Leila's Cousin.........

CHAPTER XII.

The Final effort to Reclaim her-Cut off from her Nation-
Her acquaintance with Miss H.-Returns to her Father-
"How soon we fade!".........

Evanishings......

CHAPTER XIII.

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