A Burst of Indignation Disco’se by a Colored Man A Trumpet Sarmon Sarmon on Skilletvillers Nancy Matilda Jones Hezekiah’s Proposal About the Billikinses Betsy and I are Out Once More A Stump Speech About Katharine Deborah Doolittle’s Speech on Women’s Rights A Salutatory A Mournful Story An Address to Schoolboys Zachariah Popp’s Courtship and Marriage A Sad Story How to Make Hasty Pudding My Matilda Jane Courtship, Marriage, Separation and Reunion Lecture by a Yankee A Colored Man’s Disco’se on Different Subjects A Girl’s Address to Boys McSwinger’s Fate Peter Peabody’s Stump Speech Mr. Styx Rejoices on Account of a New Well Spring Victuals and Drink Speech by Billy Higgins on the Destruction of His Rambo Apple Tree A Boy’s Address to Young Ladies An Old Man’s Address to Young Wives Salu-ta-tat-u-a-ry Valedictory. Paper covers, illuminated 30 cts. Board covers, illuminated 50 cts. Burton’s Amateur Actor. A Complete Guide to Private Theatricals; giving plain directions for arranging, decorating and lighting the Stage and its appurtenances, with rules and suggestions for mounting, rehearsing and performing all kinds of Plays, Parlor Pantomimes and Shadow Pantomimes. Illustrated with numerous engravings, and including a selection of original Plays, with Prologues, Epilogues, etc. By C. E. Burton. CONTENTS. How to form an Amateur Company. Duties of the Manager and Prompter. Theatrical Music. Rules for an Amateur Company. How to Arrange a Stage. How to Make a Curtain. How to Light the Stage. Colored and Calcium Light Effects. How to Make and Paint the Scenes. How to Imitate Moonlight, Sunrise, Thunder, Rain, Wind and various other effects. How to make all kinds of  “Properties.” How to make up Dresses, Wigs, Beards, etc. How to  “make up” the Face to imitate Old Men and other characters. General Directions for Acting. Stage Business, Entrances and Exits. Four Appropriate Prologues; Three Epilogues. On the Selection of Plays. A Family Fix. Comedy for Three Males and three Females. The Philopena. Comedy for two Males and one Female. Directions for Performing Parlor Pantomimes. Love’s Obstacles; or, Jack’s Triumph. An Original Parlor Pantomime. Complete Directions for Performing Shadow Pantomimes. Detailed Instructions for producing all Shadow Illusions. The Feejee Islanders at Home. An Original and unequaled Shadow Pantomime. A list of Farces, Comedies, etc., specially adapted to Parlor Performances, with the Characters of Each Enumerated and Described. 16mo, illuminated paper covers. Price 30 cts. Bound in Boards 50 cts.