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...