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= - _— — * . 4 - / DENMAN THOMPSON’S OLD HOMESTEAD. STREET & SMITH’S SELECT SERIES No. 28- 7 1 Price, 25 Cents, Some Oninions of the Press. Agthe probabilities are remote of the play ‘The Old Comestead’ wet geen anywhere but in large cities it is only fair that the story of the piece shoul ne printed. Like most stories written from plays it contains a great deal which | 4s 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 tiiat the book will make a large sale, not only on its 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. FY. Herald, June 2d. Denman Thompson's *The Old Homestead’ is a story of clouds and sunshine alternating over a venerat d 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 such worfdrous success. It will proba- bly have a great sale, thus justifying the foresight of the publishers in giving the drama this permaneng fiction form.”—V. Y. 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 ritle, set in the same scenes and including the same charac- ters and more too. The book is a fair mateh 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 voluine up in cheap popular form.”—.N. Y. Graphic, May 29. ‘Denman Thompson's play, ‘The Old Homestead,’ is familiar, at least by re 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 tlie 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 wiiat it is like from the book. Both are free from sentimentality aud sensation, and are remarkably healthy in tone.”— Albany Express, “Denman Thompson’s ‘Old Homestead’ has been put into story-form ana 1s fs- 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. r ©The fame of Denman Thompson’s play, ‘Old Homestead,’ is world-wide. Tens of thousands have enjoyed it, and trequently recall the pure, lively pleasure they took in its representation. Thisis the story told in narrative form as well as if was Cold 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 Swanzey, and the story which, dramatized, has packed the largest theaterin New York, and has been a success everywhere because of its true and sympathetic touches of nature. All the incidents which have held audiences spell-bound are here re- corded—the accusation of robbery directed agaiust the innocent boy, his shame, and leaving home; the dear old Aunt Tilda, who has been courted for thirty “hegei by the mendacious Cy Prime, who has never had thé courage to propose ; he fall of the country boy into the temptations of city life, and his recovery b the good old man who braves the metropolis to find him. Thé story embodies alt that ae play tells, and all that it suggests as well.”—Kansas Cit Journ Gomicbooks (ee) Dace Md te Se, i ; oe = a, GH. . ‘yy “ cap