Before the footlights and behind the scenes; : a book about the show business in all its branches from puppet show to grand opera, from mountebanks to menageries, from learned pigs to lecturers, from burlesque blondes to actors and actresses / Olive Logan.
This 1870 volume offers a fascinating overview of show business in the 19th century "from puppet shows to grand opera; from mountebanks to menageries; from learned pigs to lecturers; from burlesque blondes to actors and actresses."