Israel Zangwill, Collection

Israel Zangwill (1864 – 1926) was a British humorist and writer. Zangwill's work earned him the nickname "the Dickens of the Ghetto". He wrote a very influential novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People (). The use of the metaphorical phrase "melting pot" to describe American absorption of immigrants was popularised by Zangwill's play The Melting Pot, a hit in the United States in -. The play received its most recent production at New York's Metropolitan Playhouse in March . The Melting-Pot The Big Bow Mystery The King of Schnorrers Dreamers of the Ghetto Children of the Ghetto Ghetto Tragedies Ghetto Comedies The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Chosen Peoples Without Prejudice