Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-25
GEO. G.. Evans BOUK LIST
New Publications.
30 OK OF P L A Y S
FOR
HOME AMUSEMENT
AND PRIVATE
T II E A T r | T. A l.
ENTLrDTAJN NENrS
ENTERTAINMENTS.

Belng COlIecUOn Ol OTlEludl duu Se'1C-
ted Tragedies, Comedies, Plays, Dramas,
Farces, Inlerludes, Musical Burlettas,
Proverbs, Acting Charades, ReclIauons,
Parlor Pantomimes and TableauX, Yam,
kee, Negro, Irish, and Comic Lectures
and Stories, etc, etc., ETC., with full Des-
criptions of Costumes, Scenery, Proper
lies, 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,
IL mo-, Cloth. Price 81.
And upon receipt of d cents additional
for Postage, copy Of the Book, together
with handsome present, worth from so
cents TO 500, will be sent 10 any ad-
dress in the United States.
From the TUTORS Prgface =
"The wide and still spreading popular
ity OF Home TheatrcaIs," or Private
Iilstrioncs, amongst the most fashionable
and refined circles, together with the re-
pealed calls for form Of Dramas, or
Plays, differing in their structure and ct
lec!S from those of other works in clrcu-
lalion, have induced the Publisher to pre-
sent This work, in which will be found,
along with some original pieces, large
number Of the plays, comedies, and iarces
Of the most popular Dramalists, from the
days of Shakespeare TO those Of the pres
emf period, all or most Of which are COM
pressed into ONE act, and into parlor
scenes, or such as can easily be arranged
by Lhe ordinary household resources.
1t has been the particular study and
aim Of the compiler and publisher, to 0Dsil
all sentences, words, or illusions, such as
could be in the remotest way oblecIlona-
bic to The most faSlidous, and 10 retain
The plot, the passion, and the moral Of
each play, in such condensed form as
would render them an available, diverting
and eIevaring vehicle OF amusement, for
The ParloT, the School-room, or the Ly-
ceum."
from the Sunday .Atlas.
Book Of Plays, for Home Amusement.
BY SIlas S. Steele, Dramallst.
These popular parlor amusemen's have
been the means of Introducing some very
pretty little dramas to those who, from
religious notion, eschew a theatre, and le
climate dramatic representations.
There are few writers in our country
better calculated to write, compile, and
adapt plays for Parlor Amusements, than
SlIss S. Steele. Author himself, Of over
eighty plays, every one Of which bears
the impress Of master hand and con.
tanning moral, which few authors deem
requisite for drama.
Perhaps a more perfect work Of the kind
is not to be found at the present time in
the world, and it certainly reflects the
highest credit on the author and publisher
in The production Of the one in question.
The insipid trash, and non=ensica cha
rades, and drawing-room dramas, which
we have seen and heard, must now yield
10 something more elegant. refined, inter
estng and amusing. Silds S. Seele's
Book OF Plays for Home Amusement"
" i'll form new era Ill this description OF
domestic dramatic literature, and create
tasle 10 witness those productions from
which he has culled out only a scene or
wo. Address all orders TO
GEORGE G. EVANS,
Publisher,
No. 439 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.