Sheer Off. A Tale. By A.L.O.E.

Notes

Benjamin Isaacs and his son, Benoni, are Jewish converts to Christianity. Between pp. 244-45, a plate of Elkanah da Costa, a mean-spirited Jewish jeweler, also Benjamin’s former employer while a journeyman, who now spurns him as an apostate. An 1870 printing also exists. A.L.O.E. is A Lady of England, Tucker’s preferred pen name.