_All the plays in the following excellent books are especially designed for Amateur performance. The majority of them are in one act and one scene, and may be represented in any moderate-sized parlor, without much preparation of costume or scenery._ Kavanagh’s Humorous Dramas for School Exhibitions and Private Theatricals. This collection of Dramas are all original, and were written expressly for School and Parlor performance. Paper covers 30 cts. Bound in boards 50 cts. Barmby’s Musical Plays for Young People. Suitable for Private Theatricals. These Plays are in Burlesque style and entirely in Rhyme; they are irresistably Comical in expression, and elegant in construction. Each Play includes the Vocal Score and Piano Accompaniment to all Songs, Duets and Choruses introduced, making it complete in itself, both in text and music. 201 pages, paper covers 30 cts. Bound in boards 50 cts. Parlor Theatricals; or, Winter Evenings’ Entertainment. Containing Acting Proverbs, Dramatic Charades, Drawing-Room Pantomimes, a Musical Burlesque and an amusing Farce, with instructions for Amateurs. Illustrated with engravings. Paper covers 30 cts. Bound in boards, with cloth back 50 cts. Howard’s Book of Drawing-Room Theatricals. A collection of twelve short and amusing plays. Some of the plays are adapted for performers of one sex only. 186 pages, paper covers 30 cts. Bound in boards, with cloth back 50 cts. Hudson’s Private Theatricals. A collection of fourteen humorous plays. Four of these plays are adapted for performance by males only, and three are for females. 180 pages, paper covers 30 cts. Bound in boards, with cloth back 50 cts. Nugent’s Burlesque and Musical Acting Charades. Containing ten Charades, all in different styles, two of which are easy and effective Comic Parlor Operas, with Music and Piano-forte Accompaniments. 176 Pages, paper covers 30 cts. Bound in boards, with cloth back 50 cts. Frost’s Dramatic Proverbs and Charades. Containing eleven Proverbs and fifteen Charades, some of which are for Dramatic Performance, and others arranged for Tableaux Vivants. 176 pages, paper covers 30 cts. Bound in boards, with cloth back 50 cts. Frost’s Parlor Acting Charades. These twelve excellent and original Charades are arranged as short parlor Comedies and Farces, full of brilliant repartee and amusing situations. 182 pages, paper covers 30 cts. Illuminated boards 50 cts. Frost’s Book of Tableaux and Shadow Pantomimes. A collection of Tableaux Vivants and Shadow Pantomimes, with stage instructions for Costuming, Grouping, etc. 180 pages, paper covers 30 cts. Bound in boards, with cloth back 50 cts.