Dramatized Readings, Preston Library No. 1

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Illustration from Dramatized Readings: Recitations in Poetry and Prose, Illustrated with Tableaux Preston Library No. 1

Monthly Two Dollars per Year Number 1. Price 30 cents Sept. 15, 1893. The Preston Library of Amusements and Entertainments “Laugh and the world Laughs with you; Weep and you weep alone.” Dramatized Readings: RECITATIONS IN POETRY AND PROSE, ILLUSTRATED WITH TABLEAUX. Arranged by the Author of “Preston Papers.” PUBLISHED BY THE PRESTON PUBLISHING COMPANY NO 149 MAIN STREET CINCINNATI, OHIO.

Preston Library No. 2,

(ISSUED OCT. 15, 1893.)

Life Studies from Mother Goose,

In Wax Works, Pantomimes, Plays,

Songs and Tableaux.

ARRANGED BY THE AUTHOR OF “PRESTON PAPERS.”

Adapted to a variety of places and purposes, and arranged for different grades of talent, with complete directions for staging, costumes, etc.

Preston Library No. 3,

(ISSUED NOV. 15, 1893.)

A CHRISTMAS

NUMBER,

and will provide a number of entirely original entertainments

for the Christmas Holidays.

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PRESTON LIBRARY No. 1.