Author TiUe Imprint •ro 16 — 74fl4 fBoIilffhttiliin Bar Room, II 5 I Bolllv, • • • ••'11 <> I Tempcraaee I>oei ir, • lO 4 Pmnkard, Drama, 5 Acts, 13 5 1 Drunkard's Doom, • • 16 6 I FruiUofthe Wine Cop, • 4 3 U¥*ar80faUranluvd'sLU'e,10 1 I Aunt Dinah's FIeUg«, • 6 8 I Drunkard's Warui^, [ej 8 U^^^^JZuq No. OXLV. THE MINOR DRAMA. COLUMBUS EL FILIBUSTERO! S^Uehj anir aubiiciouslu Original HISTRICO-PLAGARISTIC, ANTE-NATIONAL, PBE-PATRIOTIC, AND COMIC CONFUSION OF CIRCUMSTANCES, RUNNING THROUGH TWO ACTS AND POUR CENTURIES. BY JOHN BROUGHAM, Comedian. AS PERFORMED AT BURTON THEATRE, DECEMBER, 1857. And at the Holiday Strep '.heatre, Baltimore, 1858. NEW YORK : | LONDON : Samuel French &. Son, ] Samuel French^ PUBLISHERS, PUBLISHER, SSLastKtIiSt., UiiioarjoTiare. ! SO sxlt^:>JI>. "Tonogn^pfc BOOKS EVnilV AMATETTR SHOTIIiD HAVE. JOtATK LIU'S GUIDE; or, Howto Get up Home Theatricals and to Act In them, with I.al»»,B»- Laws, Selected Soeaes, Plays and other useful informsliou for Auiaieur Societies. Price 2b 3*S» GUIDE TO THE STAGE. 15 cents, j ART OF ACTLNG. 16 ccuts. Anything on this cover sent by mail on receipt of price. FRENCH'S STANDARD DRAMA., Price Cents each.— Bound Volumes $1. 96. TOL. I; lien t Fkdo I Th« L«dT af Ljroiu t KUtaeUau i The Wife 6 The HoDejmoon r The Sohool for Soandal 8 Hone; VOL. II. 9 'JTb* Stranger 10 Orandfather Whitehead 11 Rlohard III 13 Love's S&orlfloe IS The Gamester 14 A. Core for the Heartaoba 15 The Hanohbaok 16 Bon Ctesar de Bazan VOL. III. IT The Poor OeuUMsan 18 Hamlat 19 Chu-les II JO Venice Preserred *at NatUag 66 The Ontle VOL. vni, 67 The Apo«Uts 68 Twelfth Night 60 Brutus 60 SimpsoD & Co 61 Mersbant of V*m 108 [Rag Picker of Paris 109 (Flying Dutchman 110 bypoorlte 111 ^herese 112 La Tour de Nesle VOL. XV. 113 Ireland As It Is 114 Sea of Ice 115 Seven Clerks 116 Game of Life 117 Forty Thieves 118 Aryan Boroihmt> 119 Romance and Reality 120 Dgolino . VOL. XVI. 121 %be Tempest 122 The Pilot 133 Carpenter of Rouen 134 King's Rival 125 Little Treasure 126 Dombey and Son 127 Parents and Guardians 138 Jewess VOL. XVII 129 Oamilie 130, Married Life ISI Wenlock ef Wenlock 1*2 Rose of Ettrlckvale 133 David Copperfleld 134 Aline, or the Rose of 1S5 Pauline [Killarney 169 Jane Eyre VOL. XVIII. 137 Night and Morning 138 iBthiop 189 Three Guardsmen 140 Tom Cringle 141 Henrlutte, the Forsaken 143 Eustache Baudiu , 143 Ernest Maltravers ("-«• 144 Bold Dragoons ""^ VOL. XIX. 145 Dred, or the Dismal [Swamp 146 Last Days of Pam|l A 147 Esmeralda 148 Peter Wilklns 149 Ben the Boatswain 150 Jonathan Bradford 151 Retribution 153 MineraU ^OL. XX. 153 Freirch Spy lo4 Wept of Wish-ton Wish 155 Evil Genius ,156 Ben Bolt 157 Sailor of Francs 158 Red Mask 159 Life ef an Actress 160 Wedding Day VOL. IXI. 161 All's Fairin Love 163 Hofer 163 Self 164 CludereUa 165 Phantom • 166 Franklin [Mosoow 167 The Gunmaker of 168 The Love of a Prince VOL. XXII. 169 Son of the Niglit 170Rory O'More 171 Golden Eagle 173£ienti 173 Broken Sword 174 Bip Van Winkle 175 IsabeUe 176 Heart of Mid Lothian VOL. XXIII. ,177 Actress of Padua 178 Floating Beacon 179 Bride of Lamermoor 180 'Cataract of the Gauges 181 Bobber of the Rhine 183 School of Reform 183 Wanderlut Buys 184 Uazeppa VOL. XXIV. 185 Toung New York 186 The Victim* 187 Romance after Marriag: 188 Brigand d9 Poor of New York 190 Ambrose Gwinett 191 Raymond and Agnes 192 Gambler's Fate VOL. XXV. 193 Father and Sou 194 Massaniello 195 Sixteen Siring Jack 196 Youthful Queen 197. Skeleton Witness 198 Innkeeper of Abbeville 199 Miller and his Men 200 Aladdin VOL. XXVl. 201 Adrlenne the Actress 303 Undine zoa, Jessie Browo 204i^Asmodeus 306 Iformons 206 Blanche of Brandywlne 207 Viola 308 Deseret Deserted VOL. X.KVII. 209 Americans In Paris 310 Vlotorine 311 Wizard of the Wave 213 Castle Spectre 213 Horse-shoe Robinson 314 Armand, Mrs Mowatt 315 Fashion, Mrs Mowatt 216 Glance at New York VOL. XXVIII. 317 Inooncitant 218 Unole Tom's Cabin 219i Guide to the Stage 220 Veteran 231 Miller of New Jersey 323 Dark Hour before Dawn 223 Mldsum'rNigbts Dream [Laura Keeue's Editiou 2'24 Art and Artifice VOL. X.'^IX 325 Poor Young Man 226 Ossawattomie Brown ■227 Pope of Rome 22* Oliver Twist 2'29 Pauvrette 230 Man in the Iron Mask 231 Knlgut of Arva ■iJ2 Moll Pitcher VOL. XXX. 233 Black Ered Susan 234 SaUn iu Paris 235 Rosina Meadows (ei 336 West End, or Irish Hei 237 Six Degrees of Crime 238 The Lady and the Devil _., 239 Avenger.iirMoorof 6ici-l3l9 Ivanhoe 40 Masks and Faces |ly|320 Jonathan in Englatxl VOL. XXXI. 2il Merry Wlven of Windsor 3i2 Mary's Birthday 24S Shandy Magulre 2ii Wild Uats 245 Michael Erie 2M Idiot (Vitness 3i7 Willow Copse 348 People's Lawyer VOL. XXXII. Ua The Boy Martyrs 360 Lnorp'ia Borgia 251 Surgeon of Paris 253 Patrician's Daughter 253 Shoemaker of Toulouse 25i Momentous Question 255 Love and Loyalty 356 Robber's Wife VOL. XXXIII. 257 Dumb Girl of Genoa 258 Wreck Ashore 259 Clari 260 Bnral PeUoity 261 Wallace 262 Madelaine 263 The Fireman 264 Grist to the Mill VOL. XXXIV. 366 Ivo Loves and a Life 266 Annie Biake 267 Steward 268 Captain Kyd 269 Nick of the Wooda 270 Marble Heart 271 Second Love 273* Dream at Sea VOL. XXXV. 37S Breach of Promise 274 Review 275 Lady of the Lake 276 Still Water Runs Deep 277 The Scholar 278 Helping Hands 279 Faust and Marguerite 280 Last Man VOL. XXXVI. 381 Belle' s Stratagem 282 Old and Youns 283 RafTaella 234 Ruth Oakley 285 British Slave 2gU A Life's Ransom 387 Glralda 388 Time Tries All VOL. XXXVII. '289 Ella Rosenburg 290 Warlock of the Glen 291 Zelina 293 Beatrice 293 Neighbor Jaokwosd 294 Wouder 295 Robert Emmet 396 Green Bushes VOL. XXXVIII. 297 Flowers of the Fore -J 293 A Bachelor of Arts 299 The Midnight Banquet 300 Husband of an Hour 301 Love's Labor Lost 302 Naiad Queen 303 Caprice 304 Cradle of Liberty VOL. XXXIS. 305 The Lost Ship 306 Couutry Squire 307 Fraud and its Victims 308 Putnam 309 King and Deserter 310 La Fiammina 311 A Hard Stmgglo 312 OwinusUo Vaugbaa VOL. XL. 315 The Love Knot [Judge 314 Lavater, or Not a Bad .115 The Noble Heart 316 Corlolanus 317 The Winter's Tale 318 Eveleeu Wilson (Cataloyxjx continued on third pagt of cover.) THE MINOR DRAMA Sfje ^ctfiifl EDi'tfoii. No. CXLV. COLUMBUS EL FILIBUSTERO!! & XKW AXD AUDACIOUSLY ORIGINAL niSTORICO-PLAGI ARISTIC, AN'TK* NATIONAL, PRE-PATRIOTIC, AND OMNI-LOCAL CONFUSION OF CIRCUMSTANCES, RUNNING THROUGU TAVO ACTS AlVD FOUK CEIVTURIES, BY JOHN BROUGHAM, COMEDIAN. Entered according to Act of Cougress, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Firty Seven by John Brougham, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New Yorli. AS PERFORMED AT BURTON'S THEATRE, DECEMBER, 1857 AND AT HOLLIDAY STREET THEATRE, BALTIMORE, 1858. NEW y R K • SAMUEL F R E N C H, 122 Nassau Street, (Up Stairs.) iJSTRIBUTION OF CHARACTERS, GOOD, BAD AND INDIFFERENT. FERDINAND, King of Arragon — an aggressive and progressive monarch, of rather a speculative turn, ■with a good many irons on the fire, besides an ej'c on Castile, - - - - JUAN RODERIGUES DE FONSEC A. Archdeacon of Seville, keeper of the king's conscience, [a liandsome sinecure,] and court spiritual adviser generally, therefore, naturally opposed to Colum- bus and the spread of knowledge, FERNANDO DE TALAVERA, an old picture, very much improved by time, LUIS DE ST. ANGEL, a contented office-holder, pursuing the even tenor of his way, ALONZO DE QUINTANELLA, a courtier of much lower note, . . . - - DON CHRISTOVAL COLON alias COLUMBUS, a clairvoyant voyager, whose filibustering expedi- tion gave rise at the time to a world of speculation, DIEGO, a semicolon among the king's pages, VASCO NUNEZ, "1 Distinguished members f HERNANDO CORTEZ, I of the Historical Soci- J AMERIGO VESPUCCI, f etv, now meeting toge- j PONCE DE LEON, J ther for the first time. 1, SANCHO RUIS, PEDRO NINO, BARTOLOMEO, JUAN PEREZ, &c., &c. 1 A noisy crew of mutinous Seapoys. Mr. Mark Smith. Mr. Holman. Mr. Barrett. Mr. Alleyne. Mr. GledhilL Mr. Brougham. Miss Orten. Mr. Hurley. Mr. Atkins. Mr. Paul. Mr. Lawson. Mr. McRae, Mr. Bishop. Mr. Hayes. Mr. Bruce. ISABELLA, wife of Ferdinand, possessor of half-a- crown by marriage rite, and a whole one by right of having to carry its weight on her own shoulders, Mrs. Holman. COLUMBIA, a national debutante, her first appear- ance on any stage, - - . Mrs. L. W. Davenport. LITTLE MISS KANSAS, a discordant element, Miss Taylor. Members of Reception Committee, Aldermen, Discontented Politicians, Independent Voters, and oiher natural curiosities by Competent Representatives. Full-grown States, Juvenile Territories, &c., by an Energetic Host cl Auxiliaries. QiFT EST. OF J. H. CORNING JUNE 20. 19AO COLUMBUS. ACT I. SCENE I. — Uall of Audience in King Ferdinand' s Palace. King, Queen, and an entire pack of court cards, discovered. Complimentary Chorus, ["Gustavits,"] hy the courtiers, enth%itiasii$ and ecomiastic, as in duty hound. Hail ! oh, king of Arragon ! Reign ! oh, princely paragon ! • Down upon your marrowbone, Long live the king 1 jNIonarch mightier is he, sir. Than Joe Smith or Julius Caesar, Brigham Young or Nebuchudnezzar, Long live the king ! And hail to Isabella, too. For she's a right good fellow, too, And a right good tune to bellow to, Is long live the queen I Shfi's fairer than the fairest fairy, Sweeter than the Scottish Mary, Nymph or Nereiad there's n'ary One like our queen. [Cheers from the adminisiraiion. King. This cheering fire, defenders of the great, Is grateful to our royal tympanum, of late Elated by our victories among Those mongrel Moors, to hear our praises sung We've had no time ; but now the wars are ended, And in the usual way, our faith defended, That is by slaying every slavish minion Who dares to difter with us in opinion. ft coLUJir.us. Althongli by proxy those great deeds were done, We think we've earned the right to have some funj So loud let every office-holder shout, Or else ve'll send them to the right about. [The several sticks shout accordingly Louder, you puddiri' heads, aldermen and all. Or else our city hall we'll overhaul, And cut your heavy jobs and contracts down, And then we'll see who'll represent the town. Tell us what news is stirring in the city 1 Fonseca. So please you, sire, the Vigilance Commiltee A foolish foreigner this day has found. Who swears, confound him, that the world is round, And swings, on what the fellow calls its axis, Just once a year. King. He's thinking of the taxes. Fonseca. It taxes both credulity and patience To listen to the mountebank's relations. Queen. Perhaps he's right — let's ask him here to sup, There may be something in King. My love, shut up. Fonseca. But that's not all he says. King. I want to know. What does he say 1 Fonseca. He says, my liege, below There is a corresponding half-world King. We know better For did it correspond we'd have a letter. We've nothing from that latitude, in fine We hav'n't had an equinoctial line — So it's all bosh. Queen. 'Twould be as well to hear The man himself. — King. Now, don't you interfere. Fonseca. And more than this — your majesty will laugh, Of course — the fool asserts, the other half Has mountains, vallies, seas, just like our own ; With men and women King. What, turned upside down I Strange kind of man, to think mankind, like flies, Could in such strange position stand — he lies. Fonseca. But, above all, the chap maintains that gold And precious gems lie there iu heaps untold. Queen. What, diamonds 1 Fonseca. And pearls of countless price, Rubies and amethysts. Queen. Take my advice And look into this matter. King. You look out ; Bell, liold your tongue — we know what we're about. COLUMBUS. Let some one sunmion liere this foreign catifl Who thus presumes to know more than a native. Hast lieard his name " Fernando de Talevera. Columbus. King. That's a dove. Queen. I like it — 'tis the type of peace and love — You called me so at first. King. Be quiet, do ; Don't talk, my dove, until you head your coo. Who is this pigeon "? Fernando. I saw him hawking Some maps and charts ; sad and fatigued witli walking, He rested on a convent step — his son Lay near him, hunger-pinciied and wan With weakness — yet the heartless crowd passed on, Even without the tribute of a sigh. At length, a poor friar, himself not overfed, Gave to the wanderers a loaf of bread. The gift was timely, yet tiie proud man's soul, I plainly saw, revolted at the dole, Although 'twas thankfully received. He woke The famine-stricken boy, and quickly broke The loaf in two — one half the lad received, And with such ravenous haste — it deeper grieved The sorrowing man. I read his anxious fears; • I saw the dry crust moistened with his tears, And turned away dimsighted and heart-sick. King. I'll take my oath that friar was a brick. He's poor, it seems, despite of all his pains — Then, ten to one, the fellow's cursed with brains. If so, rU steal 'era, for mere brains alone are Seldom any use to the first owner. [Laughing heard wi-'houi Chorus. [Outside.] Laughing Chorus, ''Der Freischutz.'" Such madman's words, how shall we style 'era 1 The ass has broke from some asylum ; A world across the western sea ! 'Twon't do, Columbus — no, siree. JEcco Itdliani, ^'Trovaiore." Scizzerrere ! Oh fel magia mosbio As a marchera, che si won't returno, Scizzerere ! Ti hiraup to some trio, Predo, for here he cant Soggiurnol COLUMBUS. Columbus. [Without.] Bi guingo, lam orti the crowdo, Astar, nota onei se nir. Ah mi tiseri — Ah mi tiseri Mustay. Hadio hadio buta dimo To geta Sangarie. Cho7-us. Du tell, du tel guist erim The luni supposes notin. Scizzerere ! De te nim ti Sonli ad ute uno. Columhus. De te nim dainit, de te nim no. King. Go, bring him in — and now we'll pump him dryer Than the dry crust he got from that same friar. Queen. Unworthy thought. King. Bell, if there's any tiu, You'll tintinnabvdate — I mean ring in. If there's a chance, the main one you won't lose, But caution and precaution both we'll use. We'll see this mariner — if aught accrues From his projected cruise, we won't reject it. But with the glory of our reign connect it. By our own royal judgment we'll abide, And if we find him slippery, let him slide. Fa/^seca. I hope your majesty will deign to pause. Before this man, who scouts our mundane laws, You thus encourage — our estate it shocks Tliat he should trifle with the orthodox. The church has settled that the world is flat. K'.ig. There cannot be the slightest doubt of that. He comes — don't fear, we'll find out his intent?. Enter Columbus, peddling stationery. Ocl. Twenty-five maps of the world for four cents. King. Who are you, stranger, that with daring speech A new cosmogany presume to teach 1 Col. A ci-devant poor flat-boat captain, sire. Kinq. Flat broke 'twould seem to judge from your attire. Go on, unfold yourself, pay out. Col. My lord, I will. will you oblise me with tlK> chord ! \To leader COLUMBUS. 4 BioGi-iAPHic Cantata. Introductory Recitative. Mio simplissima storio dost thou requesto, Oh give earo unto mi relazioni, But if this foreign lingo, you cannot digesto I'll try the purissimo Anglo Saxoni. Aria Familiaria. My name it is Columbus, I was born in Genoa Of poor but honest parents, so the story always goes. My father was a mariner, and he mar-ri-ed my mother there, And I was the oifspring as you may readily suppose. Sweet infancy's days when the brain very little wit is in, As is mostly the case passed unconciously bj'e, Oh ray parent's expected I'd become a steady sober citizen, But I was bound to be a sailor boy, by jingo, or die. For many a long j'car I have plough'd the wild ocean. And many strange notians and natives have seen, But now in my head I have got a sort of notion That there's some place else somewhere that aint been seen yet. To find this place out is the only thing I live for, Ambition and fame in that single path lie Just to help me along some assistance pray give, for I'm bound to find Columbia, by jingo, or die ! King. What is't youv'e got within your silly brain 1 Col. A Main land, sire, there is beyond the Main. Fonseca. Let it remain there. King. Stop a minute — We'll hear him talk, there may be something in it. Queeyi. Pearls and rubies grow tliere, we are told 1 — King. Now do be quiet ; — aye, and lots of gold. Col. I'm almost weary, sire, of telling o'er To Princes all the gifts I have in store, For him who will accept the golden key, And will for such a chance my patron be. To my own land I fain would give the prize. But there Avas no speculation in their eyes. And not a real but to realise My ardent Spirit's hope's, would they advance, French leave I took of them, and unto France Laden witli gall, pursued my weary way. But the great Lewis had by reckless play Collapsed his treasury, for like a stoker The British King had singed him at drawpoker, The winning King I tried, while he was Hush, But for my suit he did'nt care a rush, 8 . COLUMBU?. Now sad and broken down, I've wandered liere, Without one ray luy onward path to clieer — The street my lodging and tlie stones my bed, An airy lodging for I've 'nary red ! Fonscca. Audacious peddler ! what is this we hear — You say our World is but a hemisphere, And there's another somewhere under ground That joined with it goes alway's bobbing round. Ckil. This earth's a globe. Kinq. Well, that's a round assertion- Then tell us, if you please, just for diversion, What does it rest on 'I Col. Circumambient sjiace — King. Circum-flddlesticks — you are a case ! And what's the reason that it doesn't drop 1 Col. In endless revolution like a top It sleeps, — thus exquisitely poised in air By equalized attraction. Tonscca. Fool — beware ! We canot listen to such words as these, The stake has blazed for lighter lieresies ! Kinq. A lunatic — there's not a doubt of that — But in the meal-tub there may be a cat. Queen. Pour man ! We must do something for him. Kinfjf. Stay I Wait 'till we find out if the thing will pay, Friend Clnistopher, we're sorry for your plight, But pledge our roynl word to make it right If to our realm you'll add some foreign nation, Rich and disposed to stand extreme taxation, Prove you can do this, so that none can doubt it, And we shall give you — leave to set about. Col. But, sire, my scheme needs money. King. Well, then share it- Get \\\) a joint stock and don't over-" hear" it. Col. Craft I must have to sail in. King- '' Qnantum suf." Once you're in Wall street, you'll find craft enough, You dreamy fellow's, that don't know the ropes Sit down and starve ui)on your empty hopes, While sharper dunces tlu'ive. Col. I fain would know The way. King. To raise the wind you'll have to " blow," AVe'll call our conqjany — " tlie Anli-Fanic Perpetual Gold I'toducing Oceanic," And true de facto hicli old " Life and Trust — " Bound in due time to spread itself — Col. And bust. King. Of coursr', but not till wo go in snd win, Capital we'll call five millions to begin. Col. I shall not need a third. King. Oh ! have no fears, — We must provide for fast clerks and cashiers, Armies of " Blowers"- -" Runners" and " Advisers"— " Committees" — " Lobbyers" and " Advertisers" — And for your president a small gratuity. Some thirty thousand would'nt hurt us. Col. Query ! King. You would'nt go below our friends in Erie — ■ Col. j\Iy aspirations, sire, you only mock Who would be fools enough to take such stock ; King. Who, Sir 1 — Why everybody ! what stupidity, If you but nicely tickle their cupidity ! I'll prove it in an instant. Ho ! a Court ! [The court malies an immediate advance My lords, we're going to make you a report Of the first meeting for consolidaiion, Of our new filibustering association, — I mean for the encouragement of emigration, — Present — the president, myself — ahem ! Secretary and Treasurer ^ro tcm — Profits enormous, and the outlay small. Col. An old man's wearied life, X)erhaps, that's all. King. Who'll venture while the wheel of fortune whirls, Di\'idend's paid in gold or Jersey pearls : You should'nt let a chance like this go bye. Ferdinand. I'll take some stock ! Courtiers. And I — and I — &c. Fonseca. Just put me down. King. Archbishop, you a byer 1 Fonseca Prudence is a cardinal virtue, sire. King. Now we must try the street — Pope say's you know, Man wants but [Jacob] little here below — ■ And we're all right. Col. Then care and sorrow's past, Hope dawns and life's worth living for at last ! [Flings away maps and stands abstracted Fwaseca. Look at the peddler ! King. .Just as sure as fate He's in a beautiful clairvoyant state ! Columbus ! Why are you in such amaze "? Col. Time onward passes, and my mental gaze Is on the future, lo ! I see a land AVhere nature seems to frame with practised hand Her last most wonderous work ! before me rise Mountains of solid rock that rift the skies, — Imperial vallies with rich verdure crowned For leagues illimitable smile around, While through them snliject seas for rivors rua 10 COLCMBtTS. From ice boniui lr VOL. XLII. 329 Ticket of Leave Man 830 Fool's Revenge 331 O'Neilthe Great 332 Handy Andy 333 Pirate of the Isles 334 Fanchon 335 Little Barefoot 336 Wild Irish Girl VOL. XLIII. 337 Pearl of Savoy 338 Dead Heart 839 Ten Nights in a Bar-room 840 Dnmb Boy of Manchester S-tl Belphegor the Mountebank 842 Cricket on the Hearth 843 Printer's Devil fii4 Meg's Diversion VOL. 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(NEW SERIES.) no. 1 BUnka and Jinks 2 Lucky Number 5 Somebody's Coat 4 Trip to Paris 6 Arrival of Dickens 6 Black Ole Bull 7 Blackest Tragedy of All no. 1 Robert Make- Airs i Box and Cox 3 Mazeppa 4 United States Mall 5 The Coopers 6 Old Dad 8 Cabin 7 The Rival Lovers 8 The Sham Doctor 9 Jolly Millers 10 ViMikins and his Dinah 11 The Quack Doctor U The Mystic Spell 13 The Black Statue 14 Uncle Jeff 15 The Mischievous Nigger 16 The Black Shoemaker NO. 8 Tomand Jerry, and 'Who's been Here 9 NoTator, or Man Pish 10 Who Stole the Chickens 11 Upper Ten Thousand 12 alp Van Winkle NO. 13 Ten Days in the Tombs 14 Two Pompeys 15 Running the Blo^ade 16 J«emes the Poet 17 Intelligence Office 18 Echo Bond NO. 19 Deserters 20 Beaf asa Post 21 Dead Alive 22 Cousin Joe's 'Visit 23 Boarding School 24 Academy of Stars NO. 17 The Maglo Penny 13 The Wreck | ny Cnplda 19 Oh HushI or The Virgin- 20 The Portrait Painter 21 The Hop of Fashion 22 Bone Squash 23 The Virginia Mammy 21 Thieves at the Mill 22 Comedy of Errors 26 LesMiserables •21 New Year's Calls 2& Troublesome Servant 2ff Great Arrival 30 Rooms to Let 31 Black Crook Burlesque 32 Ticket Taker NO. 33 Hypoohondrlao 84 WiUiamTell 35 Rose Dale 36 Feast 37 Fenian Spy 33 Jack's the Lad 39 Othello 40 Camille 41 Nobody's Son 42 Sports on a Lark 43 Actor k^d Singer 44 Shy lock 45 QuarrelSv^me Seryants 46 Haunted House 47 No Cure, No ?ay 48 Fighting for the Union 49 Hamlet the Dainty 50 Corsican Twins 51 Deaf— in a Horn 52 Challenge Dance 53 De Trouble begins aiNine 64 Scenes at Gurney's 55 16,000 Years Ago 56 Stage-struck Darkey 57 Black Mail | Clothes 58 Highest Price for Old 59 Howls from the Owl Train 60 Old Hunks 61 The Three Black Smiths 62 Turkeys in Season Tony Denier's Parlor Pantomimes.— In Ten Parts, 25 Cts. each. 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Simeon's Mishaps ; or, The Hungarian Rendezvous. No. "VIII. —The Village Ghost; or. Love and Morder both Found Out. The Fairies' Frolic; or. The Good Wife s Three Wishes. No. IX.— The Rose or Sharon; or. The Unlucky Fisherman. PoNCio, THE Intelligent Ape, and the Unfortunate Overseer. No. X.— Mons. Toupet- the Dancing Barber ; or. Love and Lather. Vol au Ve.nt a.nd THB UUiLERS ; or, A Night's Adventures Samuel French, PubUsher, Anj of the above sent by Mail or Express, on receipt of price. 122 Nassau Street (Up Staissb). ^B~ New and Explicit Descbipttvb Cataloode Mailed Free on Reouest. We-W Plays.— Playing with Fire— Flie. la the Web— Glln G»th— Does He Lore Me! FEENCH'S MINOR DRAMA. Price 16 Cents each.— Bound Volozaes $1. 26. vol. I. 1 The Iriih Attorney 1 Boots at the Sw«n 8 How to pay the Rent 4 The Loan ofaLorsr ( "^b* Dead Shot • His Last Legs 7 The iDT'slble Prince 8 The Qolden Farmer VOL. II. 8 Pride of the Uarket 10 Used Up 1 1 The Irish Tutor 12 The Barrack Room " IS Luke the Laborer li Beauty and the Beait 15 St. Patrick's Ere 10 CepUin uf the Watch VOL. III. IT The Secret [pers IS White Horse of th« Pep- 19 The Jacobite 30 The Bottle 21 Bex and Cox ii Bamboozling M Widow s Victim 34 Robert Maoaire VOL, IV. 35 Secret Serrio* 30 Omnibut 3T Irish Lion 38 Maid of Cioluf 19 The Old Guard to Raising the Wind 11 Slasher and Crasher 81 NaTal Sugagementa VOL. V. 88 Oooknles la Califomlk 84 Who Speaks First S5 Bomoastes Furioso 36 Macbeth Travestis 87 Irish Ambassador 88 Delicate Ground 89 The Weathercock [Gold 40.^1 that Glitters U Not VOL. VI. 41 Qrimshaw, Bagsliaw and Bradshaw 43 Bough Diamond 48 Bloomer Costume 44 Two BonnycBstles 45 Bom to Good Luck 40 Kiss in the Dark [jurer 47 'Twould Puzzle a Con 48 Eili or Cure VOL. I. 78 Ireland and America 74 Pretty Piece of Business 76 Irish Broom-maker 76 To Paris and Back for Five Pounds 77 That Blessed Baby 78 Our Gal 79 Swiss Cottage 80 Young Widow VOL. XI. 11 O'Flannigan and the Pa- 83 Irish Post [ries 83 My Neighbor's Wife 84 Irish Tiger 8SP. P., or Man and Tiger 86 To Oblige Benson 87 State SecreU 88 Irish Yankee VOL. VII. 49 Box and Coz Married and 50 St. Cupid 51 no-to-bed Tom 6i Tbe Lawyers 5 a Jack Sheppard 54 the Toodlea 56 The Mobcap 50 Ladies Beware > OL. VIII. 5TM«rnii;gCaIl 58 PopiJiug the Questloa 59 Dear as a Post flO New Footman f i Pleasant Neighbor 03 Paddy the Piper 03 Brian O' Linn 04 Irluh Assurance VOL. IX. 05 Temptation 06 Paddy Carey 07 Two Gregories 08 King Charming 09 Po-ca-lion-tas 10 Clockmaker's Hat Tl Married Rake Tl Lore and Murder VOL. XXXVII. m An Iho World'. •Stait. t)'> Qumh, or Nieier PrutlM t91 TurD llitK Out m PreltjOiT-l.ofStimwrf tut Acfniol Iha Attic 194 (;ircaDijt.nreia)l«r Cam* 196 K.ily O Sbt.l nc A au|>|«>'la Uili* VOL. XII. 89 A Good Fellow 90 Cherry and Fair Sta* 91 Gale Breezeiy 92 O'- ^'emimy 93HilIer^:Maid 94 Awkward Arrlral 95 Crossing the Line 96 Conjugal Lesson VOL. XIII. 97 My Wife's Mirror 98 Life in New York 99 Middy Ashore IJO Crown Prince 101 Two Queeus 102 Thumping Legacy 103 Unfinished Gentleman 104 House Dog VOL. XIV. 105 The Demon liOver 106 Matrimony 107 In and Out of Place 108 I Dine with My Mother 109 Hl-a wa-tha 110 Andy Blake 111 Love 1-n '76 (tiei 112 Homauce under Dlfflcul VOL. X7. lis One Coat for 2 Suit* 114 A Decided Case 115 Daughter [nority 116 No; or, the Glorious Mi- 117 Coroner's Inquisition 118 Love in Humble Life 1 19 Family Jars 120 Personation VOL. XVL 121 Children in the Wood [Settled 122 Winning a Husbaud 123 Day after tb? Fair 134 Make Your WiUa 125 Rendezvous 126 My Wife s Husbanil 137 monsieur Tonsou 123 Illustrious Stranger VOL. XVII 129 Mischief-Making [Mines 130 A Live Woman in the 131 The Corsair 132Shylock 133 Spoiled Child 134 Kvii Ktc 135 Mothlng to Nurse 136 Wanted a Widow VOL. XVIII. 1S7 Lottery Ticket 138 Fortune's Frolic 139 Is he Jealous I 140 Married xiachelor 141 H suand at Sight 14? irishman In London 143 Animal Magnetism 144 Highways aud By-'Waya VOL. XXXViii. S97 lel OD Parle Francaia 21>g WhoKillrdOiK;!! HnMa 299 Orcla'tflioD of inrirnnnrts — 500 Bcao.arTalli 501 ObalmaioFainilf tUl My Audi 303 TbatRaiiealPak 104 UoD Padd) io Basaa VOL. XIX. 145CoInmbua 146 Harlequin Bluebeard 147 Ladies at Home 148 Phenomenon in a Sm«ak Prook 149 Comedy and Tragedy 150 Opposite Neighbors 151 Dutchman's Ghost 153 I'ersecuted Dutchman VOL. XX. 155 Mnsard Ball 154 Great Tragic Revival I^ High Low Jack & Game 156 A Gentleman from Ire 157 Tom and Jerry [land 158 Village Lawyer 153 Captain's not A-mlss 160 Amateurs and Actors VOL. XII. 161 Promotion (ual 162 A Fascinating IndlvlJ- 163 Mrs. Caudle 164 8ho.kspeare's Dream 165 Nepvune's Defeat 166 Lady of Bedchamber 167 Take Care of Little 168 Irish Widow ( Charley VOL. XXII. 169 Yankee Peddlar 170 Hliam Hireout 171 Double-Bedded Room 172 The Drama Defended 173 Vermont Wool Dealer 174 Ebenezer Venture [ter 175 Principles from Charac- 176 Lady of the Lake (TravJ VOL. XXIII, 177 Mad Dogs 178 Barney the Bai-en 179 Swiss Swains Bachelor's Bedroom 181 A Roland for an Oliver 18'^ More Blunder* than One 183 Dumb Belle 184 Limerick Boy VOL. XXIV. 185 Nature and Pliiiosophy 186 Teddy the Tiler 187 Spectre Bridgroom 18S Matteo Falcone 189 Jenay Liud 190 Two Buzzard* 191 Happy Man 192 Betsy Baker VOL. XXV. 19S No. 1 Round the Gamer 194 Teddy Roe 195 Object of Interest 196 My Fellow Clerk 197 Bengal Tiger 198 Laughing Hyena 199 The Victor Vauqulabed 200 Onr Wife VOL. XXVI. 201 My Hupband's Mirror 202 Yankee uand. 203 Norah Creina 204 Good for Nothing 205 The First Night 206 The Eton Boy 207 Wanderiiig Minstrel Wanted, lOOO Millinem VOL. XXVU. 30!> Poor Pilcoddy 210 The Mummy |Glas8es|381 Shocking S7enta 211 Don'tForgetyour Opera 382 A Regular Fix 212 Love in Livery t383 Dick Turpin 213 Anthony and Cleopatra 284 Young Scamp 214 Trying It On. 285 Young Actress •m Stage Struck Yankee l286 Call at No. 1-7 116 Young Wife & Old nm-]!»7 One Touch of Nttn brelU '388 Tiro B' toys ^OL XXIX. It.ire n^^*t Vwb for i^ood IVa- «\dgi:tf 3vr- -•■>€ j^^ i^o- Sil8 Much Ada*boatM*Uunr 80»/>rtfuir),7dKrr 310 Winning Kafi«l »!1 P«y'»l'ifc'»(> l*e. 'SlSDidi VOL. XXVIII. 317 Crinoline 318 A Family Failing 219 Adopted Cnlld 320 Turned Heads 321 A Match In the Dai 223 Advice to Husbinf 333 Siamese Twins 224 Sent to the Tower VOL. XXIX 325 Somebody Else 220 Ladles' Battle 327 Artoi Aotlnj 228 The Lady of the L' 229 The Rights of Man 230 My Husband's Gh 231 Two Can Play a Game 232 Fighting by Proxy VOL. XXX. 233 Unprotected Pem« 234PetofthoPettlooe 235 Fjrty and Fifty 236 Who Stole the P 237 My Son Diana 238 Unwarrantable I ■239 Mr. and Mrs. Wh: 240 A Quiet Family VOL. XXXJ. 341 Cool as Cucambei 242 Sudden ThougbU 243 Jumbo Jum 244 A Blighted Belnj 245 Little Toddlekins ;!46 A Lover by Proxy '247 Maid with the li 248 PerpIexingPredlt VOL. XXXII. 249 Dr. Dilworth 250 Out to Nursa i 251 A Lucky Hit 252 The Dowager 253 Metamora (Bvrles 254 Dreams of Deluslt 255 The Shaker Lovei 256 Ticklish Times VOL. XXXIII. 2.57 30 Minutes with a >58 Miralda: or, the i of Tacott 259 A Soldier's Court! 260 Servants by Legac 261 Dying for Love 263 Alarming Sacrlflo 263 Valet de Sham 364 Nicholas Nickleby VOL. XXXIV. '.205 The Last of the PI - King Rene's Dang 267 The Grotto NvmpI 268 A Devilish Good J 269 A Twice Told Tale 270 Pa.s de Fascinatioi 271 Revolutionary Sol. 273 A Man Without a H vol: XXXV. 273 The Olio, Parti 274 The Olio, Par. 3 275 The Olio, Part J 6 The Trumpeter's!) 277 Seeing Warren 278 Green .Mountain B 279 That Nose •280 Tom Noddy's Seen VOL. XXXVI.. i TOD ever aend yetir. VUL. XXX. SI^) AD Irishman s '■'. i; 314<'..usiaFanii ■ 31.5'Ti»iheDar: JliiMi.ilueradi- . 317 Crowding the s,a«r 318 Good Nicht'e R.St TiaMnnwlhtheCarpet ■J-M I'errible Tinker «A-M1IB.« l.f'y ,4tm tf tiOMF -iT'^s-rr C.j>v- «o