The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-02-16
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;, fe:ycd 1t contains numter OF Prize
says on various agricultural and hortl-
4atcral subjects, with much other in-
irse@t;nc and instructive H6tiar. 1t Is
fn#cc. ssary to commend the Fdrmer.-
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TN ~rrBLCLIFE OF CAFT. JOHN ERoWz.
Us J,ves RgDPA fH with an Autobiography
s.athis childhood and yoaih. Boston: Ihayer
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A'414 price !. Published for the benefit
ef the old Eclos family.
ayc.have received a cory Of the above
b.o)l fsi,in the publishers Il is printed
IN the be,t styie Of modern letter press,
rrd is correspondingly we'll bound. We
Pave not fcl} II examined its contents, but
- far as We have looked at it, W. do not
IL itate to adjudge it a complete and we'll
written biography Of the Hero Of Virgin
Il tyrarny. We observe that the pub.
fshcrs lave already paid Mrs Brown
$1,000 as her share Of the profits on the
gales M ae.
WESTAIIl STER (Qnartcrlyl REVIEW. Jan,
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The above able Review for the first
quarierof this yea.is received. 1t is the
organ Of The Plogressionists fthe Church
ana Free 4'r2dcys and Liberals IN politics.
The article on Government Contracts,
is an able erDOss Of the abuses of the sys-
TEN of Government Contracts, and though
written for the latitude of Great Britain,
can be applied with great force to the
present administration Of our government
There is also lengthy and able disserta-
tion on 'sChri>tian Revivals' review
@ The Social Organism and an arti-
rIc on each Of tn, following subjects =
@The Realities of Paris, "Ceylon, 81
oily as it was aud is. &" Italy: the designs
lf Louis Napoleon, and g Contcm porary
III erature" All able and readable.
TIE BOOK OF PLAYS for Home Amusement
and Private Theatrical Entertainments.
Being collection of original and sslect59
Tragedies, Comedies. Plays, Dramas, Farces,
i1tcr!udes. Musical Burlettas. Prorerbs. Act
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STEELE. Dramati-t. Handsomely bound in
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And upon receipt of 2 cents additional for
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will be sent to any address in the United States.
From thc -1utdo's PreJaee -
The wide and still sprca ing popularity
of Home TheatricalS,' or Private I!isticaics
amongst the mast fashionable and refined cir
cIas, together with the repeated calls for Il
form of Dramas, oT Plays differing ~ their
structure and OBJECTS from those of other works
in circulation, haye induced the Publisher to
present this work, in which vii! be found,
,iong with some original pieces, large num-
Der of the plays, comedies, aud farces, of the
most popular Dramatists, from the days of
Shakespeare to those of the present period; all
or most Of which are compressed into 0Eg act,
and into pdrior scenes, or such can easily
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Ii has been tho partioulav study and aim Of
the compiler and pubisheT, to oqIu all sem
tences, words Or illusions, such as could be
in the TenGtest way objectionable to the most
taStidioqs, and to retain The plot, tho passion,
and the moral of each play, in such a condens-
ed form as would render them an available,
direrting, and eleyating vehicle ofamusement,
for the Parlor, the SchOol-room, or the Lyce-
um"
From the Sunday AAas.
Book OF PLAYS, for Home Amusement. By
Silas s. Steele, Drqmatist.
These popular parlor amVsements have been
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lttle.dramas to those who, from a religious
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There are few writers in our country better
calculated to write, compile; and adapt plays
for Parior AmnSencnts, than Silas $. Steele,
Author himself, of over eighty plays, every
one of which bears the impress OF master
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Perhaps more perfect work of the kind is
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world, and it certainly reflects tue highest
credit on the author and publisher in the pro-
duction of the one IN question. The insipid
trash, and nonsensical charades, and draw
ing@room dramas, which we have 9een and
heard, must now yield to something more ele-
CANT, refined, interesting and amusing. Silas
s. Steeles Book of Plays for Home Amuses
ment," will form a new era in this description
of domestec dra,aatie literature, and create a
taste to witness those productions from which
he has culled out only scene or two.
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ANEW BOOK.
HEROES q PATRIOTS OF THE SOUTH /;
Comprising Lives ofGeneral Francis Marion