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Excerpt from Rebecca's Triumph: A Drama in Three Acts About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperf...

Excerpt from The Pilgrim Spirit: A Pageant in Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts, December 21, 1620 As the Pageant begins, there is a fanfare of trumpets passing to a hymn-like chord. From the canopied rock a rich, powerful voice speaks. The speaker is unseen. I, the rock of Plymouth, speak to you, Americans. Here I rested in the ooze From the ages primordial. Men came and went: Norseme...

Excerpt from Comrades a Drama in Three Acts Royal. Age 35. Act I. Velvet breakfast jacket, light pants, dark vest, dark curly wig slightly sprinkled with gray, dark mustache, and side whiskers. Act II. Dark suit, thin travelling "ulster, " slouch hat. Act III. Dark mixed suit. Matt. Age 45. Act I. Ragged suit, with army cap, full gray ragged beard, rough gray wig, red nose, and general make up of a drunkard. Act II. Riding coat, light pants,...

Excerpt from The Development of Shakespeare as a Dramatist He wrote them is illogical, and likely, as in the case Of the Restoration critics Of Shakespeare or Mr. G. B. Shaw's strictures more recently, to throw more light on the critics than on their subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historic...

Excerpt from Ballads of Bravery: With Forty Full-Page Illustrations "Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night", The Glove and the Lions. - Leigh Hunt, A Young Hero, The Beggar Maid. - Tennyson, Bunker Hill. - G. H. Calvert, Fastening the Buckle. - Samuel Burnham, Hervé Riel. - Robert Browing, The Battle of Lexington. - Geo. W. Bungay, The Brave at Home. - T. Buchanan Read, Kane. - Fitz James O'Brien, The Life-Boat. - Alice M. Adams, The Red Jacket. - Ge...

Excerpt from Select Idylls: Or Pastoral Poems, Translated From the German of Salomon GessnerThough it is some time since the writings of Gessner have Obtained considerable celebrity both on the Continent and in this country, and though their popularity has been extended by means of French and English translations, it has so happened that the language of Poetry has never yet been employed to interpret the most poetical of all his compositions, ...

Excerpt from Our Folks: A Play in Three Acts Caft. Thompson, , i retired shipmaster. II vii it Thompson, his son. Caft. Bli kprr, a returned Californian. Tki dv Sleeper, liis son. Hiram Small, , i mill-owner. Phil, Capt. Thompsons man-of-aU-work. Mi, --. Thompson, good as gold. Bias. Si.i bpbb, hoping against hope. Becky Sleeper, the tomboy. Hi i.nv Prims, full of complaints. Sii.lv York, slipshod but willing. Costumes. Capt. Thompson. Art I....

Excerpt from Nevada, or the Lost Mine: A Drama in Three Acts About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an...

Excerpt from The Life of William H. Seward: With Selections From His Works "The Works of William H. Seward" are already before the public in three large volumes. They have been received with much favor. At the same time they have increased the demand for an edition in a more reduced and economical form. The present volume is intended to meet that want. The Memoir which follows is substantially the same as that contained in the larger edition....

Excerpt from Poison: A Farce Mother. The carriage will serve me in my sad errand. I have a floral tribute in this box to place upon the grave of the dear departed, a little more hot toast, Mary Jane, an anchor, expressive of hope and Christian resignation. It will be but a trifle among the many offerings. The Rev. Mr. Paddy never knew how many friends he had until he was dead (breaking another egg). Mary Jane. You're eating the last egg, mum...

Excerpt from Point Lace and Diamonds I'd wandered, for a week or more, Through hills, and dells, and doleful green'ry, Lodging at any carnal door, Sustaining life on pork, and scenery. A weary scribe, I'd just let slip My collar, for short vacation, And started on a walking trip, That cheapest form of dissipation - And vilest, Oh! confess my pen, That I, prosaic, rather hate your "Ode to a Sky-lark" sort of men, I really am not fond o...

Excerpt from One Hundred Years Ago: Or, Our Boys of 1776, a Patriotic Drama in Two Acts Elmer. Neat suit of continental fashion, brown coat, buff vest, white necktie, brown breeches, blue stockings, shoes with buckles, cocked hat. Pretzel. Brown trunks, or full trousers fastened at the knee, blue stockings, short brown coat, small Dutch cap, or knit woollen cap with tassel at end. Ginger. Gray breeches, red stockings, blue striped shirt, re...

Excerpt from The Mimic Stage: A Series of Dramas, Comedies, Burlesques, and Farces, for Public Exhibitions and Private Theatricals The gratifying success of a previous volume of "Amateur Dramas, " and the increasing demand for pieces of a light character suitable for representation without the usual costly theatrical accessories, has induced the writer to prepare a second volume for publication. Like the first, it contains pieces which have b...

Excerpt from Modern American Plays: Collected With Introduction Plots and Playwrights, with its prologue, three one acts slightly connected, its long burlesque, and its epilogue, is, too, an interesting example of the constantly increasing attempts to break free from the time-honored division of a play into three, four, or five acts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ...

Excerpt from A Canadian Soldier: George Harold Baker, Lieutenant Colonel 5th C. M. Killed in Action at Ypres, June 2nd, 1916 George Harold Baker came of a United Empire Loyalist family, which had already contributed largely to the public life of the Eastern Townships, the Province of Quebec, and the Dominion of Canada. His great-grandfather, Joseph Baker, after the acknowledgement of American independence, left Petersham, Mass., with his youn...

Excerpt from The Reading Club: 50 Selections in Prose and Poetry Baker's A. B. C. Leaflets. The Advance. By Frank H. Gassaway. When war's wild clamor filled the land, When Porter swept the sea, When Grant held Vicksburg by the throat, And Halleck strove with Lee, It chanced that Custer's cavaliers, The flower of all our horse, Held Hood's brigade at Carroll's Ford, Where still it strove to cross. Four days the stubborn skirmish rag...

Excerpt from Pieces People Ask For: Serious, Humorous, Pathetic, Patriotic, and Dramatic Selections in Prose and Poetry for Reading and Recitations Byar's a little brandy, Rough. Thar, I seen it though my eyes are dim - somehow - byar, Rough. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotte...

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Excerpt from Summer Days It was the fifteenth day of June, and the last day of school. Alice Grey had just said her last good-byes to the other girls, and was starting on her homeward way when she heard a voice behind her. "Alice, Alice, wait a minute." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical wo...

Excerpt from Forty Minutes With a Crank or the Seldarte Craze, 1889: A Farce About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. I...