BARTON'S COMIC RECITATIONS AND HUMOROUS DIALOGUES. Containing a variety of Comic Recitations in Prose and Poetry, Amusing Dialogues, Burlesque Scenes, Eccentric Orations, Humorous Interludes and Laughable Farces. Designed for School Commencements and Amateur Theatricals. Edited by Jerome Barton. CONTENTS. The Stage-Struck Hero. A Ranting Here She Goes-and There She Goes. The Bachelor's Reasons for Taking a The Jackdaw of Rheims. Recitation. A Western Lawyer's Plea against the Fact. Reading a Tragedy. Declamation. Ethiopian The Countrymen and the Ass. An excellent Fable. Come and Go. Poetical Recitation. How they Pop the Question. Recitation for Mimicry. The Clever Idiot. Poetical. The Knights; or, Both Right and A Parlor Comedy for 2 males and 1 female. The Citizen and the Thieves. Boggs's Dogs. A Profitable Trade. The Smack in School. The Tinker and the Miller's Daughter An Original Parody. Recitation. The Parsons and the Corkscrew. Humorous Recitation. The Old Gentleman who Married a Young Wife. Dialogue for 1 male and 1 female. The Stage Struck Darkey. Ethiopian Interlude for males. Goody Grim versus Lapstone. Dialogue for 4 males. The Woman of Mind. Recitation. A Martyr to Science: or, Wanted- The Irish Drummer. A Story of the Mike Hooter's Bear Story. A Dialect Recitation. The Critic. Humorous Recitation. Mr. Caudle Wants a Latch-key. Humbugging a Tourist. Character Dialogue for 3 males. The Widow's Victim. Ethiopian Interlude for 2 males and 1 female. Josh Billings on the Mule. The Tinker and the Glazier. Wonderful Dream. Negro Dialogue for 2 males. An Occasional Address. For a Lady's First Appearance. An Occasional Prologue. For Opening a Performance. Address on Closing a Performance. A_Prologue for a Performance by Boys. An Epilogue for a School Perform ance. This is one of the best collection of Humorous Pieces the Parlor Stage that has ever been published. 16 mo. Paper covers. Price Bound in boards, cloth back..... etc. MARTINE'S DROLL DIALOGUES AND LAUGHABLE RECITATIONS. By Arthur Martine, author of "Martine's Letter-Writer," etc., A collection of Humorous Dialogues, Comic Recitations, Brilliant Burlesque, Spirited_Stump Speeches and Ludicrous Farces, adapted for School and other Celebrations and for Home Amusement. CONTENTS. Hints to Amateur Performers in Par lor Theatricals. Explanation of Stage Directions, with Diagram. Prelude to an Evening's Recitations. Humorous Poetical Address. The Bell and the Gong. Original Humorous Recitation. Mrs. Dove's Boarding House. Origi nal Amusing Recitation. The Wilkins Family. A Recitation full of Puns and Jokes. The Lawyer's Stratagem. How he tricked the Squire. Eulogy on Laughing. A well-known popular Recitation. Drawing a Long Bow. Dramatic Dialogue for 3 males and 1 female. Woman. The Origin of Woman's Ascendency over Man. Veny Raynor's Bear Story. A thrilling characteristic narration. The Game of Life. The Moral Application of a game at Euchre. The Fortune Hunter. Laughable Dialogue for 2 males and 3 females. The Parson and the Widow. A short, Poetical Recitation. Hezekiah Stubbins' Fourth of July Oration. A Yankee Stump Speech. Make your Wills. Ludicrous Farce for 7 male characters. Mr. Rogers and Monsieur Denise. A celebrated Comic Recitation. The Darkey Debating Society. Ethi opian Dialogue for 2 males. The Scandal Monger. Dramatic Dialogue for 2 males and 2 females. Poor Richard's Sayings. With Annotations by Lord Dundreary. Prologue to "The Apprentice." Address in the character of " Hope." A Prologue for an Entertainment. Parody on the Declaration of Independence. 188 pages. Paper covers. Price... Bound in boards, cloth back... Ethiopian of a Printer's Devil. Examining de Bumps. Dialogue for 2 males. Election Stump Speech. Addressed to the Electors of Wethersfield. A Matrimonial Tiff. Characteristic Dialogue for 1 male and 2 females. The Frenchman and the Sheep's Trotters. Comic Recitation. The Poor Relation; or, Love Me, Love my Dog. Comic Drama for 7 males Vat you Please. Experiences of two The Babes in the Wood. Burlesque The Cat Eater. Comic Recitation. A Shocking Mistake. Dialogue for 3 males and 2 females. Wanted a Governess. A satirically comic Recitation. The Rival Broom Makers. Comic Recitation. Paudeen O'Rafferty's Say-Voyage. Laughable Irish Recitation. Mr. Caudle's Wedding Dinner. A Curtain Lecture. Our Cousins. Negro Dialogue for 2 male characters. Mr. Caudle has been made a Mason. Curtain Lecture. Address of Sergeant Buzfuz at the Trial of Pickwick. The Wonderful Whalers. A very surprising narrative. Sam Weller's Valentine. Character Dialogue for 2 males. Job Trotter's Secret. Amusing Dialogue, for 3 mules. .30 cts. ..50 cts. BRUDDER BONES' BOOK OF STUMP SPEECHES AND BURLESQUE ORATIONS. Also containing Humorous Lectures, Ethiopian Dialogues, Plantation Scenes, Negro Farces and Burlesques, Laughable interludes and Comic Recitations. Compiled and edited by John F. Scott. CONTENTS. Dr. Puff Stuff's Lecture on Patent Medicines. Sailing. Dialogue for 2 males. Challenge Dance. Ethiopian Act for 3 males. Lecture on Bad Boys. An amusing Recitation. Tony Pastor's Great Union Speech. A Tough Boarding House. Conver sation between 2 Darkeys. Sleeping Child. Dialogue for 2 males. Ain't I Right, Eh? Speech. Wonderful Egg. Darkey Dialogue for 2 males. A Boothlack's Soliloquy. Darkey. Julius' Peaches. Dialogue for 2 Darkeys. De Trouble Begins at Nine. The Arkansas Traveler. Dialogue for 2 Violin players. Slap Jack. Dialogue for 2 Darkeys. The Freezing Bed Feller. Recitation. Paddy Fagan's Pedigree. Josh Billings on Mosquitoes. Romantic History of Cap. John Smith. A Speech on Women. Humorous. An Impulsive Peroration. The Bet. Dialogue for 2 Darkeys. Old Times gone By. Dialogue with songs for 2 Darkeys. The Echo. Act for 2 Negroes. "We are." Favorite Stump Oration. De Railroad Accident. Dialogue for 2 Darkeys. The Dutchman's Lecture on the War. Professor Unworth's Atlantic Cable Lecture. The Three old Ladies. Recitation. Josh Billings' Lecture onto Musick. The Misfortunes of Brudder Bones' Lady-Love. Dialogue for 2 males. Deaf-In a Horn. Act for 2 males. Or any oder Man's Dog. A Speech. Happy Uncle Tom. Plantation Scene. Stick a Pin dere, Brudder Horace. Burlesque Lecture on Woman's Rights. The Rival Darkeys. Act for 2 males. Dat's wot de "Ledger" says. Dia- De Milk in de Cocoa Nut. The Patent Screw; or, How to be Revenged. The Auctioneer. Characteristic. Dar's de Money. From "Othello." .80 cts. ..50 cta Frost's Dialogues for Young Folks. A Collection of Original, Moral and Humorous Dialogues. Adapted to the use of School and Church Exhibitions, Family Gatherings and Juvenile Celebrations on all Occasions. By S. A. Frost. Frost's New Book of Dialogues. A series of entirely new and original humorons Dialogues, specially adapted for performance at School Anniversaries and Exhibitions, or other Festivals and Celebrations of the Young Folks. These Dialogues are admirably adapted for home performance, as they require no set scenery for their representation. By S. A. Frost. 180 pages, 16mo. Paper covers. Price...... Bound in boards, cloth back.... .30 cts. ..50 cts. The Art and Etiquette of Making Love. A Manual of Love, Courtship and Matrimony. Containing sensible advice in relation to all the delicate situations and perplexing circumstances incidental to the tender passion from the commencement of a courtship until after marriage; together with the duties to be fulfilled and the points of etiquette to be ob served by bridesmaids and groomsmen, and all other details of the wedding ceremony; with many curious things concerning matrimony and its consequences; including a complete system of love telegraphy and handkerchief flirtations, and a choice collection of sensible letters, suitable for all the contingencies of love and courtship; also, practical remarks on bashfulness, its prevention and cure. If young ladies or gentlemen want to know: How to cure bashfulness, How to commence a courtship, How to carry on a handkerchief flirtation, How to please a sweetheart or lover, How to write a love-letter, How to " 'pop the question," How to act before and after a proposal, How to break off an engagement, How to accept or reject a proposal, How to act as bridesmaid or groomsman, How to act after an engagement, How the etiquette of a wedding and the after reception should be observed, And in fact, how to fulfill every duty, and meet every contingency connected with courtship and matrimony, they will find it all clearly explained in this book. Large 16mo., 176 pages, paper cover. Price... Bound in boards, cloth back. Price... ..30 cts. ..50 cts. The Amateur Trapper and Trap-Maker's Guide. A complete and carefully prepared treatise on the art of Trapping, Snaring and Netting; containing plain directions for constructing the most approved Traps, Snares, Nets, and Dead-Falls; the best methods of applying them to their various purposes; and the most successful Baits for attracting all kinds of Animals, Birds, &c., with their special uses in each case; introducing, also, practical receipts for preparing Skins and Furs for Market, and for Tanning them for future use; with concise but comprehensive instructions for Preserving and Stuffing specimens of Birds and Animals in the most natural and durable manner. The entire work is based on the experience of the most successful Trappers, and on information derived from other authentic professional sources. By Stanley Harding, This comprehensive work is embellished with fifty well drawn and engraved illustrations; and these, together with the clear explanations which accompany them, will enable anybody of moderate comprehension to make and set any of the traps described. It also gives the baits usually employed by the most successful Hunters and Trappers, and exposes their secret methods of attracting and catching animals, birds, &c., with scarcely a possibility of failure. Large 16mo., paper covers. Price.... 50 cts. Bound in boards, cloth back.. ..75 cts. Very Little Dialogues for Very Little Folks. Containing forty-seven new and original dialogues, with short and easy parts, almost entirely in words of one syllable, suited to the capacity and comprehension of very young children. This work has been issued because it was demanded by thousands of parents and teachers who have long felt the need of such a book. There are plenty of little boys and girls who want to "speak a piece," and here is a book full of exactly what they require-short and easy dialogues, made up of short, easy parts, on subjects that their little minds can thoroughly understand, so that the speakers will find no difficulty in committing their respective parts to memory, even before they have learned to read. Paper covers. Price. .......30 cts. ...50 cts. Bound in boards, cloth back............................. |