Rabbi and Priest

Milton Goldsmith

1891

Chapter IV. A Night of Terror

The guests had retired to their homes. The children had been blessed and sent to bed. The parents throughout the quarter, having discussed the one topic of the day, Mendel’s bar-mitzvah, had extinguished their candles and sought their pillows, preparatory to again venturing forth into a cold and inhospitable world in…

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Creator Bio

Milton Goldsmith

1861–1957

Born in Philadelphia, Milton Goldsmith studied music, language, and literature at the University of Zurich, returning to Philadelphia to join his father and brother as a clothing merchant. After publishing his first novel, Rabbi and Priest, Goldsmith moved to New York and started an art publishing company. In addition to novels, he also wrote children’s books, plays, librettos, and using the pseudonym Astra Cielo, a pair of books on divination.

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