“NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK,” “THE POWER OF THE PALMIST,” ETC. LONDON GREENING & CO., LTD. 20 CECIL COURT, CHARING CROSS ROAD, W.C. 1904 _All Rights Reserved._] _Copyright in The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Dominion of Canada and in the United States of America, March, 1904._ PREFACE Not wishing my readers to be falsely impressed on perusing this novel, I wish to inform them that this is a story of the impossible, and is placed in the future for the sake of convenience. Were England other than she is, however, it would not be so impossible to issue such an edict as I have here introduced; and therefore it is a matter of congratulation and deep thankfulness to both Jew and Gentile that the attitude of our country towards her Jewish subjects is that of justice, toleration, and friendliness. At the same time, the poisonous seeds of anti-Semitism are so subtle and so easily instilled, that a warning—even in the form of fiction—may not be out of place. With regard to the practical side of the story, I claim the author’s privilege of imagination; since this is not a treatise on Zionism, but merely a novel. VIOLET GUTTENBERG. _London, 1904._ CONTENTS BOOK I THE GATHERING OF THE STORM CHAP. PAGE I OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE 11 II THE MONTELLAS 20 III PATRICIA 29 IV THE MASKED BALL 39 V THE STORY OF FERDINAND 50 VI A HOUSE OF MOURNING 59 VII THE UNEMPLOYED 68 VIII LADY CHESTERWOOD’S SECRET 80 IX THE ZIONISTS 90 X PREMIER AND PEERESS 98 XI THE PREMIER OUTWITTED 108 XII MONTELLA’S OLD NURSE 119 XIII A DIFFICULT ALTERNATIVE 130 BOOK II THE LAND OF THEIR FATHERS I PURIM IN HAIFA 141 II THE TOURIST AND RAIE 152 III A GIRL IN LOVE 161 IV GOVERNOR OF HAIFA 168 V THE COMING OF ZILLAH 179