St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-01-12
GE0RGEG. EvkkS' BOOK LIST
49, NEW PUBLICATIONS.. ).
BOOK OF PLAYS
HOME ADJUSTMENT
e AND IS
PRIVATE
THEATRICAL.
ENTERTAIN ENT6,

BE1kaA
COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL AND exIxcrxu
Tragedies, Comedis<, Play., Dvaxae. FsYcs...
| lnterludes, Musical BurIetfes, [+orer5s, ieuaa
| Charaass, Recuetions. Parlor g'bnsemi,es and
2atl<ax1. Yankee, Negro, I1sA, ond Cocss<
Lectures and Stories, etc., ETC., etc.
With full Descriptions of Coxtumes, ,6cene1T.
Properties, ETC., and every direction relative
| for private or public performance Tho
Whole carefully arranged aud adapted by -
sILAs. s. STEELE, Uromat,s
Handsomely bouHs ic One Volume, i. na.,
Cloth. Price SLIGO.
And upon receipt Of 2l esnss adai.:osxi f..
Iostase copy of the Book, together With
handsome present, Tort!. fsoz 50 cents to
3loo, viii be sent to any address il ;Ae gs:ted
Ststes. From III. SS;tor'. P-<fo..
The vide and still! sp.eadiag popularity
cf I" Home Thsat-it1ls," or Private Hi..7iontcs
amongst the mos. fashionable Rsd refined cir
cles, together With tie repeated Gala fur g.
form OF Dramas, or Plays, differing in ftsir
structure ana effects from those Of ether works
IN circulation, have induced The Publisher g
present this work, ia which will be found. .
along with sene ozigins. pieces, large nun
cer OF the plays, tcmedies. and iaroes. Of .hs
most popular Dramatisss,' from the davs Of
Scskspeare to those Of the present period: s,l
or mo- cf which are compressed into ore oct,
sno :uto Pa',toT scenes. or such as can easily ha
arrangen ~ the ordinary household resources.
It has been re pariicu!ag study AID ei.a q
the compiler aad ras Usher, to ONT ak seu.eu-
cee, words, or allusions, such as could bs 10
the renao:est way objec:iorsl'e 70 tie 1cx:
fast!d'ors. and to retain tie PIT. the passisn<
and the moro! G: each play, il scch 8 co1den-
sed fcSns as %su71 1esder them .a aYaisldr.
G Ise IN RI -.
for tie Pav'0y. tie ScAeo:- -Rcesa, o. ths Lve>.
a~' From. Tie s1ndey At!5s:
Book Of Plays, for Home Azusenese. Dr.
silas s. Steele, Dramatist
These popular parlor amuseneu:s have bear"
the means Of introducing some very pretty
Iltie dramas 20 those Hho. from q re,iaious
notion, esche:' theatre, and legitimate dra-
matic representations
There ars few writer's iE our country better
calculated to write, compile, and adapt plays
TOR parior imussments, than Silas S. Steele,
Author himself, Of over eighty plays, every
one OF which benrs the impress Of master
hsnd; and containing moral, which few as-y
shors deem requisite fora drama.
Perhaps more perfect work Ct the Kind Is
not to be found at the present time in tho
world, and it certain!y reflects ,he hiehe.<
credit On the author and publisher IN The pro
duction Of the one in oueetlcn. The insiph
trasny ana nonsensical eharadss. aud drawia.-
room dramas, which we have seen s,d head.
must nov yield to something more elegant
refined, interesting and amusing. siias 8.
stes!e's " Book Of Plays for Home Anuze
1nent," will form new era in @his dise-iption
0: domestic dramatic Literature, and create tsxt.
to witness those productions irem which he
has eul!ed out only scene Or i've.
Address sll orders 70
GEORGE q. EVANS. Pr6asA~.
10. iS3 Chestnut Street, phiiadelphis.