Second Edition, price 7s. 6d., nearly ready,
ROBERTS ON BILLIARDS.
By JOHN ROBERTS,
CHAMPION OF ENGLAND.
EDITED BY HENRY BUCK,
Author of “The Board of Green Cloth.”
WITH TWENTY DIAGRAMS, SHOWING IN A NOVEL MANNER
THE MODE OF “PLAYING BREAKS.”
CONTENTS. | |||
CHAP. |
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I. | PRELIMINARY REMARKS. | XII. | CANNONS. |
II. | STANDARD GAMES: ENGLISH. | XIII. | PLAYING BREAKS. |
III. | „ AMERICAN. | XIV. | A PRACTICAL LESSON. |
IV. | „ FRENCH. | XV. | POOL AND PYRAMIDS. |
V. | INCIDENTS IN MY CAREER. | XVI. | BETTING AND CUSTOMARY REGULATIONS. |
VI. | SCREW AND THE SIDE TWIST. | XVII. | CURIOSITIES OF THE GAME. |
VII. | PLAYERS I HAVE MET. | XVIII. | HANDICAPS. |
VIII. | ROOMS AND TABLES. | XIX. | DEFINITIONS OF TERMS. |
IX. | STRENGTH. | XX. | RULES: ENGLISH, AMERICAN, FRENCH. |
X. | LOSING HAZARDS. | XXI. | CELEBRATED MATCHES. |
XI. | WINNING HAZARDS. | XXII. | SHARP PRACTITIONERS. |
PALL MALL GAZETTE.—“Of the many works on Billiards submitted to our notice lately, that written by Mr. Roberts is the best . . . We do not doubt that every one practising for a month, with the diagrams by his side, would make more progress than he could boast in a year with the aid of any other book that we are acquainted with.”
LAND AND WATER.—“By a series of twenty admirably coloured plates, all the most likely strokes are demonstrated . . . Well printed and unique of its kind, and deserving of a place in every young man’s library.”
SPORTING LIFE.—“On the whole the book may be described as the most generally interesting on the games we have seen. The part of it that is original is well written, and the extracts are well selected and amusing.”