LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATE
Persian[1]
Tarot[2]
Tarot[3]
Chinese[4]
Cashmere. Cards owned by Lockwood de Forest, Esq.[5], [6]
Italian Cards showing the Suits of Swords, Maces, Money, and Cups. Owned by Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer[7]
German Cards showing the Aces of Grün, Roth, Schellen, and Herzen. Owned by Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer[8]
Remains of the Pack supposed to have been used by Charles VII. of France, date 1425. In the Cabinet des Estampes, Paris, France[9]
Elizabeth of York[10]
Cards found by Mr. Chatto in a Black-Letter Volume formerly in the Cathedral Library, at Peterborough, England. Now in the Print Room of the British Museum[11]
Found in an Old Edition of Claudian, Early English[12]
Cards on which Invitations were Written. Owned by Mrs. Ten Eyck and Miss Crowninshield. Date 1763[13]
Geographical Cards. Owned by Richard H. Derby, Esq., M.D. Date 1795[14]
North American Indian Cards, Apache Tribe. Cut out of Deerskin and painted by themselves. National Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.[15], [16], [17]
North American Indian Gambling-Sticks, Haida Tribe, Queen Charlotte Islands. Carved on Cubes of Wood. National Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.[18], [19]
North American Indian Gambling-Sticks, Alaska Tribe. Painted on Cubes of Wood. National Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.[20]
Japanese Cards, each one representing a Week in the Year. Owned by Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer[21], [22], [23], [24]