MS 295 Papers of Louis and Israel Zangwill

Louis Zangwill

Louis Zangwill (1869-1938) was the younger brother of Israel Zangwill and also a noted novelist and critic. He attended Jews' Free School, London, along with his brother, and like him became a teacher. He left the school at the same time as his brother to set up a printing establishment. Louis Zangwill wrote for many years under the pseudonym of ZZ. Among his publications were A drama in Dutch (London, 1895), The world and a man (1896), Cleo and Magnificent (1899) and One's womenkind (1903).

About the collection

Studio photographs of Israel Zangwill, Louis Zangwill and other family members; with newspaper cuttings; late nineteenth century - 1938

Album of autograph postcards from Israel and Louis Zangwill to their mother, Ellen Hannah Zangwill, sent from Italy, Germany, France, c.1897-1901

Typescripts of works by Louis Zangwill including `The sublimation of Iris Mulliner', `The gentleman costermonger', `Crocodiles' or `The three crocodiles', `Fool's errand', `Some utopias', `Plato: Platonic and un-Platonic', `A glance back and round', `The apple and the tree', `Call it a call', `The darling dingo weekly', `Along beaten tracks', `The new undine', `Old emotions: a play in one act', `The eleventh year', text of a Shylock lecture; draft memorandum to Winston Churchill, 1921; printed articles, including `The lay figure' by ZZ, 1898 and `Raw material' by Louis Zangwill; 1898-1921

Photographs of Constantinople and Smyrna (1 vol.), late nineteenth century. (Purchased as lot 388 at Sotheby's London sale of 15 July 1999.)

MS 294 contains further papers for Israel Zangwill.

Date range:

1894-1955

Former references:

A1018

Size:

5 boxes