YOUNG ISRAEL: AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. VOLUMES III-VI [3-6], 1873-1879. VOL. III, NRS. 1-3, 5-6, 9, 11-12 (9 ISSUES); VOL. IV, NRS. 1-12; VOL. V, NRS. 1-12; VOL. VI, NRS. 1-12. ALL INCLUDE VOLUME TITLES AND TABLES OF CONTENT. [45 ISSUES IN 4 VOLUMES, NEARLY HALF OF ALL ISSUES PUBLISHED]

New York: Hebrew Orphan Asylum Printing Establishment, 1876. 1st edition. Original half leather (Vols. 3,4,5) or modern cloth (Vol. 6). 8vo, 552, 768, 768, 768 pages. Illustrated.
Jewish children's magazine edited by the Hebrew teacher of Emma Lazarus, which ran 8 volumes of 12 monthly issues each, from 1871-1878. Singerman S398 (he notes that most holdings are incomplete).
Louis Schnabel (1829-1897) taught in the Talmud Torah of his native city, Prossnitz, Moravia, as well as "at Boskowitz and Vienna. In 1854 he went to Paris, where he remained until 1863, teaching in Derenbourg's school for boys and in Madame Cahn's school for girls. During this period he contributed extensively to the Jewish papers. Schnabel emigrated to America in 1869 and became superintendent of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York, establishing at the same time a magazine, 'Young Israel, ' which existed for eight years. In 1875 he became principal of the preparatory school for the Hebrew Union College; and in 1890 he took charge of the English classes for Russian immigrants established by the Baron de Hirsch Fund. He was the Hebrew instructor of Emma Lazarus" (Cyrus Adler in EJ, 1906).
From Oct. 1875-May 1878 issues include a German supplement, "Libanon: Beiblatt zu Young Israel."
SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. Jewish youth -- Periodicals. OCLC: 39660549. OCLC lists 13 holdings, though many are incomplete. In particular, Vol 8 from 1878 seems particularly scarce--only half of the holidngs in Singerman include it. No copies have appeared at auction in the last 100 years.
Condition: Vol. III: Boards loose with edgewear, internally Very Good; Vol. IV: Rear board loose, rubbing to boards, paper lightly toned with occasional stains, otherwise Very Good; Vol V:Boards loose, backstrip damaged, Edgewear to first few leaves up through page 2 as well as to16 text leaves (pages 384-416) which are pulling out of the textblock. Paper becoming fragile, but complete; Vol. VI: New boards, incorrect volume stamped on spine, blindstamp to margin of frontis, stains to first few leaves, paper lightly toned, Very Good Condition thus. A Decent half-set of 4 c5onsecutive issues of this important 19th century Jewish Children's magazine. (AMR-67-51).