TO HIS GRACE
The Duke of Wellington, K.G. THIS WORK IS DEDICATED, WITH PERMISSION, BY HIS GRACE'S MOST DEVOTED SERVANT
THE AUTHOR.
Contents
[ THE GAMING TABLE. ]
| [ CHAPTER I. ] | CHEVALIERS D'INDUSTRIE, OR POLITE SHARPERS |
| [ CHAPTER II. ] | PROFESSIONAL GAMESTERS AND THEIR FRAUDS |
| [ CHAPTER III. ] | ANECDOTES OF THE PASSIONS AND VICISSITUDES OF GAMESTERS |
| [ CHAPTER IV. ] | ATROCITIES, DUELS, SUICIDES, AND EXECUTION OF GAMBLERS |
| [ CHAPTER V. ] | ODDITIES AND WITTICISMS OF GAMBLERS |
| [ CHAPTER VI. ] | THE GAMING CLUBS |
| [ CHAPTER VII. ] | DOINGS IN GAMING HOUSES |
| [ CHAPTER VIII. ] | THE DOCTRINE OF PROBABILITIES APPLIED TO GAMBLING |
| [ CHAPTER IX. ] | THE HISTORY OF DICE AND CARDS |
| [ CHAPTER X. ] | PIQUET, BASSET, FARO, HAZARD, PASSE-DIX, PUT, CROSS AND PILE, |
| [ CHAPTER XI. ] | COCK-FIGHTING |
| [ CHAPTER XII. ] | THE TURF, HISTORICAL, SOCIAL, MORAL |
| [ CHAPTER XIII. ] | FORTUNE-TELLING BY CARDS (FOR LADIES) |
| [ CHAPTER XIV. ] | AMUSING CARD TRICKS.(86) |