Contains sixteen plays including "Salvation Nell," "The octoroon," "The Count of Monte Cristo," "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and "The scarecrow."

The contrast / Royall Tyler -- Superstition / James N. Barker -- Charles the Second / John Howard Payne and Washington Irving -- Fashion / Anna Cora Mowatt -- Uncle Tom's Cabin / George L. Aiken -- The Octoroon / Dion Boucicault -- The Count of Motne Cristo / Charles Fechter -- The Mouse-trap / William Dean Howells -- Secret service / William Gillette -- The great divide / William Vaughn Moody -- The New York idea / Langdon Mitchell -- The truth / Clyde Fitch -- The witching hour / Augustus Thomas -- Salvation Nell / Edward Sheldon -- The easiest way / Eugene Walter -- The scarecrow / Percy MacKaye.