Excerpt from Parlor Tableaux and Amateur Theatricals The growing popularity of exhibition of Tableaux Vivants, the success which almost invariably attends them, and the great desire among the rising generation to participate in this simple and elegant amusement, have induced the author to make a collection of subjects best adapted for such performance, which would include the most novel selections from all sources, and at the same time be so practical in every respect as to admit of their successful representation by the most inexperienced. 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 imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.