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<p>[QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 3750, member: 57"]<u>Successful Entertainments</u> by Willis N. Bugbee 140 pp. (numbered)</p><p>"For Children of Five to Fifteen Years" </p><p>Published by The Penn Publishing Company (Philadelphia). Copyright 1907.</p><p>"Boards 75 cents Paper 40 Cents" [I have the "paper" edition] It measures 7-1/4" x 4-5/8" x 5/8" thick.</p><p><br /></p><p>"A Variety of Unique and Pleasing Entertainments Including Japanese Frolics, Holiday and Seasonal Plays, Historic Dialogues, together with Literary and Legendary Exercises"</p><p><br /></p><p>The entire back cover is an advertisement for "The National School of Elocution and Oratory 4012 Chestnut Street Philadelphia"</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a few of the titles in the Table of Contents: Japanese Frolics, The Coming of the Winter Fairies, The Harvest Festival, Father Time's Thanksgiving, The Land of the Barefoot Boy, several Christmas season recitations/enactments, etc., including several historical reenactments.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also five pantomime skits: On a Busy Street, At a Railway Station, Too Late for the Train, A Rainy Day, and On the Market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Costume suggestions are given for each presentation.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can probably tell, I am smitten with this book. I arrived at the yard sale about noon so I consider myself quite fortunate to have found it in the jumble of items which remained.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 3750, member: 57"][U]Successful Entertainments[/U] by Willis N. Bugbee 140 pp. (numbered) "For Children of Five to Fifteen Years" Published by The Penn Publishing Company (Philadelphia). Copyright 1907. "Boards 75 cents Paper 40 Cents" [I have the "paper" edition] It measures 7-1/4" x 4-5/8" x 5/8" thick. "A Variety of Unique and Pleasing Entertainments Including Japanese Frolics, Holiday and Seasonal Plays, Historic Dialogues, together with Literary and Legendary Exercises" The entire back cover is an advertisement for "The National School of Elocution and Oratory 4012 Chestnut Street Philadelphia" Just a few of the titles in the Table of Contents: Japanese Frolics, The Coming of the Winter Fairies, The Harvest Festival, Father Time's Thanksgiving, The Land of the Barefoot Boy, several Christmas season recitations/enactments, etc., including several historical reenactments. There are also five pantomime skits: On a Busy Street, At a Railway Station, Too Late for the Train, A Rainy Day, and On the Market. Costume suggestions are given for each presentation. As you can probably tell, I am smitten with this book. I arrived at the yard sale about noon so I consider myself quite fortunate to have found it in the jumble of items which remained.[/QUOTE]
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