simultaneously with the publication of these 'ghetto comedies' a fresh edition of my 'ghetto tragedies' is issued, with the original title restored. in the old definition a comedy could be distinguished from a tragedy by its happy ending. dante's hell and purgatory could thus appertain to a 'comedy.' this is a crude conception of the distinction between tragedy and comedy, which i have ventured to disregard, particularly in the last of these otherwise unassuming stories.

i.z.

shottermill,

april, 1907.