Originally published in 1860, Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants is a classic guide to the popular Victorian entertainment known as tableaux vivants—dramatic "living pictures" created through carefully arranged poses, costumes, and scenery. This edition preserves the original text while presenting it in a clean, modern digital format for today's readers. An excellent resource for historians, theater enthusiasts, educators, and anyone interested in nineteenth-century social entertainment and domestic amusements.