Book of Plays, for Home Amusement, being a Collection of Original, Altered and Selected Tragedies, Plays, Dramas, Comedies, Farces, Burlesques, Charades, Lectures, etc., carefully arranged and specially adapted for Private Representation, with Full Directions for Performance.

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"Shylock, the Jew; or, The Pound of Flesh. In One Act, and One Scene. From Shakspeare’s [sic] ‘Merchant of Venice’": pp. 46-58. Reissued (Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, etc., 1874) as The Book of Drawing-Room Plays and Evening Amusements. A Comprehensive Manual of In-door Recreations, being a Collection of Charades, Burlesques, Proverbs, Tragedies, Comedies, Dramas, Farces, Lectures, etc. ...