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a, ae 7 . oa Pi Se es ae re i oT oe - PY & Pu a ~ . > awh a" . ‘ ~¢ «) “> % } pee Se 5 DENMAN THONMPSON’S OLD HOMESTEAD. STREET & SMITH’S SELECT SERIES No. 28. Price, 25 Cents, Some Opinions of the Press. “As the probabilities are remote of the play ‘The Old Homestead’ ne seen anywhere but in large cities it is only fair that the story of the piece shoul be printed. Like most stories written from plays it contains a great deal which is not said or done on the boards, yet it is no more verbose than such a story should be. and it gives some good pictures of the scenes and people who for a year or more have been delighting thousands nightly. Uncle Josh, Aunt Tildy, Old Cy Prime, Reuben, the mythical Bill Jones, the sheriff and all the other char- acters are here, beside some new ones. Itis to be hoped that the book will make a large sale, not only onits merits, but that other play owners may feel encour- aged to let their works be read by the many thousands who cannot hope to see them on the stage.”—-N. Y. Herald, June 2d. ‘‘Denman Thompson’s ‘The Old Homestead’ Is a story of clouds and sunshine alternating over a venerated home; of a grand old man, honest and blunt, who loves his honor as he loves his life, yet suffers the agony of the condemned in learning of the deplorable conduct of a wayward son; a story of country life, love and jealousy, without an impure thought, and with the healthy flavor of the fields in every chapter. Itis founded on Denman Thompsons drama of ‘The Old Homestead.’ ”—N. Y. Press, May 26th. ‘* Messrs. Street & Smith, publishers of the New York Weekly, have brought out in book-form the story of ‘The Old Homestead,’ the play which, as produced by Mr. Denman Thompson, has met with ach wondrous success. It will proba bly have a great sale, thus justifying the foresight of the publishers in giving the drama this permanent fiction form.”—N. ¥. Morning Journal, June 2d. ‘«The popularity of Denman Thompson’s play of ‘The Old Homestead’ has © encouraged Street & Smith, evidently with his permission, to publish a good-sized novel with the same title, set in the same scenes and including the same charac- ters and more too. The book is a fair match for the play in the simple good taste and real ability with which it is written. The publishers are Street & Smith, and they have gotten the volume up in cheap popular form.”—N. Y. Graphic, May 29. ‘Denman Thompson’s play, ‘The Old Homestead,’ is familiar, at least by rep- utation, to every play-goer in the country. Its truth to nature and its simple pathos have been admirably preserved in this story, which is founded upon it and follows its incidents closely. The requirements of the stag- make the action a little hurried at times, but the scenes described are brought before the mind’s eye with remarkable vividness, and the portrayal of life in the little New Eng- land town is almost perfect. Those who have never seen the play can get an- excellent idea of what it is like from the book. Both are free from sentimentality and sensation, and are remarkably healthy in tone.”—Albany Express. “Denman Thompson’s ‘Old Homestead’ has been put into story-form and is is- sued by Street & Smith. The story will somewhat explain to those who have not seen it the great popularity of the play.”—Brooklyn Times, June 8th. . “The fame of Denman Thompson’s play, ‘Old Homestead,’ is world-wide. Tens of thousands have enjoyed it, and frequently recall the pure, lively pleasure they took in its representation. Thisis the story told in narrative form as well as it was told on the stage, and will be a treat to all, whether they have seen the play or not.”—National Tribune, Washington, D. C. * “Here we have the shaded lanes, the dusty roads, the hilly pastures, the peaked roofs, the school-house, and the familiar faces of dear old wanzey, and the story which, dramatized, has packed the largest theater in New York, and has been a success everywhere because of its true and Sympathecic touches of Hature. All the incidents which have held audiences Spell-bound are here re- corded—the accusation of robbery directed against the innocent boy, his shame, and leaving home; the dear old Aunt Tilda, who has been courted for thirty years by the mendacious Cy Prime, who has never had the courage to propose ; the fall of the country boy into the temptations of city life, and his recovery b nate aie uel once Bo “eagle PRRs to find him. The story embodies alt ay tells, an a suggests as well.”—Kansas Ci : May 27th. ge City Journa, —, ecomicboo cS (E(0)