M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-12-22

GEORGE G. EVANS BOOK LIST.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE
BOOK OF PLAYS,
HOME USEMENT
AND
Private Theatrical Entertainments.
BEING
COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL AND Sc
LECTED
TRAGEDIES, coNEDIEs, PLAYS, DRAMAS, TAROEs,
INTERLUDEs, MUSICAL BURLETTAs, PRovKRBs,
ACTING OHARADks, REcrTATIOSs, PARLoR
PASTohIMEs AND TABLEAUX, YANKEB
MORO, IRISH AND COMO LEo-
TUREs AND STORIES,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
With full Descriptions of Costumes, Scenery,
Properties, etc., and every direction relative for
a private or public performance. The whole
carefully arranged and adapted by
SILAS s. STEELE, Dramatist.
Handsomely bound in One Volume, u mo-,
Cloth. Price $l.G0.
anu upon receipt OF ~ CtEIb huQltlOlhl tOT
Postage, u copy Of the Book, together with a
handsome present, worth from so cents to 800,
will be sent to any address in the United States.
From the Auth@S Prcfaes.
"The wide and still spreading popularity OF
"HOME THEATRIcALs," or Private HistriyRicI,
amongst the most refined circles, together with
the repeated calls for form of Dramas, or Plays
differing in their structure and effects from those
Of other works in circulation, have induced the
Publisher TO present this work, in which will bo
found, along with some original pieces, largo
number the plays, comedies, and farces, of tho
most popular Dramatists, from the days ofShak-
speare to those Of the present period; all or most
OF which are compressed into one act and into
pdrlOr scenes, or such rs can easily be arranged
by the ordinary household resources.
1t has been the particular study and aim Of the
compiler and publisher to anti all sentences,
words, or allusiOns such us could be in the remot-
est way Objectionable TO the most tastidiOus, and
to retain the plot, the passion, and the mral of
each play, in such u condensed form ~ would
render them an available, diyerting and eleyat-
ing vehicle of amusement, for the PAKLoR, tho
School ROOM, or the LYoEuM."
Fran the ssaday Atias.
BOOK OF PLAYS, for Household Amusement
BY Silas S, Steele, Dramatst.
| These popular parlur Rmusements have been
the means Of introducing some very pretty little
dramas to those who, from u religious notion, es-
chew theatre, aud legitimate dramatic repre-
ScGtatiuns.
There arc few writer's in our country better
ctlated to write, compile, aud adapt plays for
ParOr Amuscments, than Silas S, Steele. Au-
thor himself Of over eighty plays, every one "
which bears the impress of n master hand; aud
containing moral, which few authors deem re-
quiste for drama.
! pcrhapsa more perfect work Of tho kind isnot
to be found at tho present time in the world, and
it certainly reflects the highest credit on the au
thor and publisher in the production Of tbs one
! in question. The insipid trash, and nonsenscsl
charadcs, and drawing room dramas, which 80
have seen and heard, must now Yield 10 some-
thing more elegant, -efn ed, Interesting and anu
sing. SiluS S. Steel's Book Of Plays for Home
Amusement will form new era in this des-
cripton Of don,tStic dramatic ittrdturs. and ere
ate taste to witness those productions from
which he has cullcl out only scene or two.
Address all orders to
GEORGE q. EVANS, Publisher,
No. As9 Chestnut Street, Phladelphia.
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