Historical Acting Charades: Or Amusements For Winter Evenings (1858)

Historical Acting Charades: Or Amusements For Winter Evenings (1858) by Julia Charlotte Maitland is a book that provides instructions and scripts for a popular Victorian-era parlor game called charades. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part containing general instructions for playing charades, including tips on how to choose a theme, create clues, and act out the different parts of the charade. The second part of the book contains specific charade scripts, each based on a different historical event or figure, such as ""The Battle of Waterloo"" or ""Queen Elizabeth I."" The scripts are designed to be acted out by two or more players, with one player acting out the first part of the charade and the others guessing what historical event or figure is being portrayed. The book provides a fun and educational way to pass the time during the long winter evenings of the Victorian era.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.