THE SELECT SERIES A SEMI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION, Devoted to Good Reading in American Fiction. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $6.00 PER YEAR. =No. 80.—MARCH 21, 1891.= _Copyrighted, 1891, by Street & Smith._ _Entered at the Post-Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter._ Thrice Wedded, BUT ONLY ONCE A WIFE. BY MRS. GEORGIE SHELDON, AUTHOR OF “SIBYL’S INFLUENCE,” “THAT DOWDY,” “TRIXY,” “A TRUE ARISTOCRAT,” “LOST—A PEARLE,” ETC. NEW YORK: STREET & SMITH, Publishers, 31 Rose Street. DENMAN THOMPSON’S OLD HOMESTEAD. STREET & SMITH’S SELECT SERIES No. 23. Price, 25 Cents. Some Opinions of the Press. “As the probabilities are remote of the play ‘The Old Homestead’ being seen anywhere but in large cities it is only fair that the story of the piece should be printed. Like most stories written from plays it contains a great deal which is not said or done on the boards, yet it is no more verbose than such a story should be, and it gives some good pictures of the scenes and people who for a year or more have been delighting thousands nightly. Uncle Josh, Aunt Tildy, Old Cy Prime, Reuben, the mythical Bill Jones, the sheriff and all the other characters are here, beside some new ones. It is to be hoped that the book will make a large sale, not only on its merits, but that other play owners may feel encouraged to let their works be read by the many thousands who cannot hope to see them on the stage.”—_N. Y. Herald_, June 2d. “Denman Thompson’s ‘The Old Homestead’ is a story of clouds and sunshine alternating over a venerated home; of a grand old man, honest and blunt, who loves his honor as he loves his life, yet suffers the agony of the condemned in learning of the deplorable conduct of a wayward son; a story of country life, love and jealousy, without an impure thought, and with the healthy flavor of the fields in every chapter. It is founded on Denman Thompson’s drama of ‘The Old Homestead.’”—_N. Y. Press_, May 26th. “Messrs. Street & Smith, publishers of the _New York Weekly_, have brought out in book-form the story of ‘The Old Homestead,’ the play which, as produced by Mr. Denman Thompson, has met with such wondrous success. It will probably have a great sale, thus justifying the foresight of the publishers in giving the drama this permanent fiction form.”—_N. Y. Morning Journal_, June 2d.