THULSTRUP ILLUSTRATED EDITION
TARRY THOU
TILL I COME
OR
SALATHIEL, THE WANDERING JEW
By
GEORGE CROLY
Introductory Letter by
Gen. LEWIS WALLACE
With Twenty Full-Page Drawings
by
T. de THULSTRUP
NEW YORK & LONDON
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
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Copyright, 1901
By FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
Published May, 1901
[Registered at Stationers’ Hall, London]
Printed in the United States of America
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
This remarkable historical romance is closely associated by theauthor in his brief Preface with the early Second Coming ofChrist, a belief that is held to-day by a rapidly increasing numberof people in all parts of Christendom.
The story was first published in 1827, and was issued at differenttimes under different titles, as “Salathiel, a Story of the Past,the Present, and the Future”; and “Salathiel, the Immortal,or the Wandering Jew.” It had wide popularity for a generationor more, the leading critical journals in England andAmerica giving it great praise.
In the present revival of the story, many typographical, andsome other errors, that crept into the various editions, have beencarefully corrected, chapter and marginal headings have beenadded, and the dialogs have been generally broken up into paragraphsin harmony with the fashion of to-day, and the wholebook has been carefully annotated.
We are glad in the belief that we have carried out successfullyGeneral Lewis Wallace’s wish, that the story be worthily illustrated.We were fortunate in securing a masterful artist whoshared the great enthusiasm of the author of “Ben Hur” for thisstory of Croly’s, and in his drawings Mr. de Thulstrup has sparedneither time nor labor, spending many months, both here and inEurope, in the study of the details necessary to perfect the pictures.We feel assured that General Wallace will now wish torecast the closing sentence of his Introductory Letter.
The words that doomed Salathiel to immortality on earth,“Tarry Thou Till I Come,” so fit the story that we have venturedto make them the chief title, and have so combined thenew with the old that no one will be misled. The coloredfrontispiece by Mr. de Thulstrup happily illustrates the new title.
In the Appendix will be found a series of letters written forthis publication by thirty or more representative Jewish scholars,...