Fools of Fortune; or, Gambling and Gamblers

by John Philip Quinn

In discussing the South Sea Bubble, the author repeatedly refers to Tobias Smollet as ‘Smallet’ or ‘Smallett’. Each variant has been retained and noted.

Hyphenation of compound words follows the text. Where the hyphen appears on a line or page break, it is kept or discarded in keeping with other instances.

Inconsistencies in the punctuation of the Index are corrected without further mention here.

The references in this table are to the page and line in the original.

[8.11]	“knowledge of good and evil.[’/”]	Replaced.
[10.35]	“Striking the White Dove[”]	Added.
[14.48]	“Ropers” and [“]Steerers”	Added.
[18.25]	“Straddles”[—]Fictitious	Added.
[24.34]	his policy [to-]toward gambling, 404.	Removed.
[37.4]	it may serve to illustrate	Removed.
[40.42]	failed to d[e/i]scover the right one.	Replaced.
[50.25]	as thereupon made againt me	Added.
[51.32]	cared little[.]	Added.
[54.8]	The latter was cor[r]oborated by his wife	Inserted.
[55.28]	They had kind words for us	Removed.
[55.29]	in that hour of our humilation	Inserted.
[55.32]	by that ma[t]chless orator	Inserted.
[56.22]	he proceeded to Indian[o/a]polis	Replaced.
[97.33]	gamble for ‘Loukouni,’	sic Loukoumi?
[60.8]	a Young Men’s Christian Association[”]	Removed.
[63.7]	[“/‘]God bless mamma and papa ...	Replaced.
[63.8]	... and everybody. Amen.[’]”	Inserted.
[58.43]	such a [grievious] wrong,	sic grievous
[75.43]	more a matter of chance[.]	Added.
[79.16]	[“]What waste of words	Added.
[84.38]	who were conspic[i/u]ous for	Replaced.
[85.5]	Two Ta[n/ou]ist priests	Replaced.
[87.36]	It consisted of three sixes on the te[rr/ss]esarae	Replaced.
[89.23]	at the battle of [Acton]?	sic Actium
[94.15]	which pierced the mirror behind him.[”]	Added.
[97.6]	advertisements of the [sanitive] properties	sic sanative
[98.6]	they can earn money so easily?[’]	Added.
[102.23]	described them as [“]arrayed	sic: unclosed quote.
[112.12]	is now the only social entertainment of the salons	Removed.
[110.22]	[“]Her husband,	Added.
[110.28]	[“]There was an expression	Added.
[110.36]	[“]Another figure at the gaming table	Added.
[111.2]	that she was an Englishwoman.[”]	Added.
[117.12]	is the last and sole represen[ta]tive of the class	Inserted.
[117.17]	a sufficent guarantee	Inserted.
[120.3]	to violence, drunken[n]ess and gaming	Inserted.
[122.27]	the oldest magistrate in the [parliment]	sic parlement or parliament
[122.41]	in fullness of their te[r]merity	Removed.
[123.40]	to such a noble position,[”]	Added.
[127.23]	A large propor[tion] of the patrons	Missing.
[128.19]	some sort of liason	Inserted.
[128.36]	has long been ended.[”]	Added.
[129.41]	of the game on a Mississipp[p]i river boat	Removed.
[131.4]	he said[,] “until one evening in 1872	Added.
[135.6]	in other European countries[.]	Added.
[136.9]	do not play for gain but for pleasure.[”]	Added.
[141.1]	and his footman told me so,” he replied.[”]	Removed.
[141.33]	the catastrophe of Sir [, ——/ ——,] who has frittered away	Comma moved.
[141.39]	but there was nothing done.[”]	Added.
[143.19]	are said to be fully £150,000 ($750,000[.)/).]	Transposed.
[144.7]	[‘/“]The ‘hells’ generally	Replaced.
[145.19]	accumulated a col[l]ossal fortune	Removed.
[148.10]	another occasion he kept the bank	Removed.
[148.28]	succ[c/e]eded in winning back	Replaced.
[150.38]	which the police raid from time to time.[”]	Removed.
[152.19]	“Roulette, £1,000 in the bank[.]”	Added.
[154.40]	If the caster throws d[ue/eu]ces or aces	Transposed.
[155.23]	portrayed on the countena[n]ces of the players	Inserted.
[156.30]	they are at their own homes.[’]	Added.
[160.23]	as [Smallett] has truly called it	sic Smollett
[162.1]	says [Smallet],	sic Smollett
[162.30]	Smallett gives us	sic Smollett
[163.6]	interfered with the usefuln[e]ss of servants	Inserted.
[163.38]	under a pen[alty] of 40s	Completed.
[163.43]	a monthly penalty of 40s. for every default.[”]	Added.
[166.25]	he hastily decamped[.]	Added,
[170.40]	to jeopardize them again[.]	Added.
[173.3]	he soon bec[o/a]me an ensign	Replaced.
[174.16]	[“]When King James ascended	Removed.
[174.15]	was very glad of his absence.”	Added.
[174.30]	by which those familar with the tricks	Inserted.
[178.12]	the latter apol[i/o]gized for becoming intoxicated	Replaced.
[179.4]	where I am to be found.[”/’]	Replaced.
[179.24]	[”]Mr. Justice Rooke summed up the evidence	Added.
[179.26]	[“/‘manslaughter[’/”	Replaced.
[179.41]	was another eminent Englishm[e/a]n	Replaced.
[179.43]	[“/‘]We played a good deal at [“/‘]Goosetree’s[’]”	Replaced/Added.
[180.10]	[“/‘]What, Wilberfor[c]e is that you?[”/’]	Corrected/inserted.
[180.16]	Miles’ and ‘Evans’[,] Brooks[,] Boodle’s, White’s and Goosetree’s.	Added.
[181.10]	“Twenty-five guineas,[”] answered the alderman.	Added.
[182.12]	The cases of Lords Halifax, Ang[el/le]sey	Transposed.
[186.32]	and by the [decrepted] old negro	sic decrepit
[189.14]	the will of the people[.]	Added.
[196.2]	(“Make your play, gentlemen!” “Nothing more goes!”[)]	Added.
[198.13]	to pull from the ends like “rakes[:/.]”	Replaced.
[200.4]	which will be explained[.]	Added.
[201.21]	to the grating of the finger nails[.]	Added.
[201.40]	in advance of the de[s/c]k	Replaced.
[207.1]	Here’s your money old man.[”]	Added.
[208.17]	entered the ap[p]artment	Removed.
[212.22]	Close[,] one of the best known	Added.
[214.2]	one of the “peculiar institutions[”]	Added.
[216.24]	[“]When a player puts in that much	Removed.
[218.18]	instead of saying [‘/“]I bet,”	Replaced.
[219.31]	which may [h/b]e held by players	Replaced.
[222.33]	a moral impossibility for the unsoph[ist]icated	Inserted.
[226.26]	until number 3 has “staked” his [“]pile.”	Added.
[227.19]	the person to who[w/m] he wishes to give	Inverted.
[230.44]	In some of the succe[e]ding paragraphs	Inserted.
[236.27]	he bet wildly on his adve[r]sary’s deal	Inserted.
[236.39]	the foot of the operator accident[al]ly slipped	Inserted.
[242.4]	a liberal supply of worthless checks[.]	Added.
[244.29]	and the [apperture] in the box	sic aperture
[246.39]	While a rouge et no[u/i]r table	Replaced.
[248.9]	marked “[B/R],” is for wagers on the red	Replaced.
[248.24]	the first and last hal[t/f] of the numbers	Replaced.
[252.15]	is thus enabled t[e/o] win through fraud	Replaced.
[254.7]	Two it[e/i]nerant sharpers	Replaced.
[254.14]	and that—to use a colloqualism—	Inserted.
[257.10]	holding neither face cards no[t/r] tens	Replaced.
[260.3]	it makes not the sligh[t]est difference	Inserted.
[264.9]	I’m your man for twenty or so.[’]”	Removed.
[266.37]	“Briefs” may also be advantageouly used	Inserted.
[267.42]	“just a little higher.[”]	Added.
[268.1]	[“]When a “gudgeon” displays	Removed.
[270.4]	the kingdom of Great Brit[ia/ai]n	Transposed.
[271.22]	with absolute certainty	Removed.
[271.39]	that will fill the d[a/e]aler[’]s hand	Replaced/Inserted.
[272.4]	they already hold nineteen or twenty[,/.]	Replaced.
[273.15]	in the land of the Pharoahs	sic Pharaohs
[273.29]	will be treated seriatum	sic seriatim
[274.10]	on the corresponding squares on the cloth[,/.]	Replaced.
[275.3]	has never [occured] to him	sic occurred
[275.21]	“the old army [“]game,”	Removed.
[277.36]	the other dice is incribed	Inserted.
[282.29]	that his luck may not ap[p]ear	Inserted.
[284.5]	of an immense n[e/u]mber of “fakirs,”	Replaced.
[287.37]	as explained above[.]	Added.
[288.29]	the “book-keeper[”] occasionally brings	Added.
[290.36]	By simply pressing on this [mechanicism]	sic mechanism
[295.40]	(as shown in fig. [1/2])	Corrected. Fig. 2 is unlabelled.
[369.37]	the hair escaped i[u/n] flowing rings	Inverted.
[300.12]	a “	Removed.
[301.32]	the proprietor knows [t/w]hat number	Replaced.
[309.31]	and will also give him a gratuitous chance	Removed.
[312.15]	The inherent [villany] of such a transaction	sic villainy
[312.26]	is substantially as describ[e]d below	Inserted.
[314.35]	“Why,[”] man, Mississippi is a big State,	Removed.
[314.36]	What city?[”]	Added.
[316.2]	from the hands of his friend[.]	Added.
[316.16]	with which the sc[r]oundrels have taken	Removed.
[318.35]	[‘/“]Beyond a question.”	Replaced.
[320.26]	He said, ‘An Indian ain’t got any rights anyhow[,/.]	Replaced.
[321.19]	and sell it outright[./?]”	Replaced.
[321.33]	the height of the ho[n/u]ses	Inverted.
[331.11]	by members of the fraternity as “send”[.]	Added.
[334.22]	as they lie upon the table[.]	Added.
[336.18]	in having a second confederate	Removed.
[338.14]	the“agent[”] of the gift distribution scheme	Added.
[341.4]	he (the sharper) ia the[;] agent	Removed.
[341.30]	submits to his loss without a [murmer].	sic murmur
[353.18]	bet on a certainty.[”]	Removed.
[353.40]	you shentlemen’s want nohow?[”]	Added.
[355.28]	The “soap man” t[u/a]kes his position	Replaced.
[357.15]	with the fleet-f[l]ooted runner.	Removed.
[357.18]	he is glad that his “uncle[”]	Added.
[361.39]	[“]I thought as much,”	Added.
[366.35]	My inborn proclivities were towards physical cowardice	Removed.
[367.30]	in a small Missouri village[.]	Added.
[370.30]	without attracting their attention.[tion.]	Removed.
[371.17]	that his [custodion] was a devotee	sic custodion
[373.39]	His next message to his father	Removed.
[374.36]	and offer to stake them for $2.00[.]	Added.
[374.40]	as good a “bottom dealer” [w]as there [w]as in the country	Removed/Added.
[376.9]	give me a nick[le/el]’s worth.	Transposed.
[377.19]	he accosted us[.]	Added.
[378.17]	O[’i/’]ive got the wrong man.[”]	Transposed/Added.
[382.41]	than between two meals[,/.]	Replaced.
[383.49]	She replied, “[‘] might be buried in it.”	Removed.
[384.1]	and then started for home[,/.]	Replaced.
[384.2]	seemed to be “turned around[”] to me	Added.
[389.24]	receiving their stipul[ l/ulat]ed proportion	Replaced.
[390.31]	property of this de[cs/sc/ription	Transposed.
[395.6]	Not[h]withstanding all this lavish outlay	Removed.
[399.20]	[harrassing] them night and day	sic harassing
[404.6]	had the power to enfor[c]e his behest	Inserted.
[405.7]	one outside watchman at $20[:/;]	Replaced.
[407.37]	Keplinger’s patent [00]	sic
[409.28]	St[au/ua]rt Eddy	Transposed.
[411.28a]	he s[au/ua]vely asked	Transposed.
[411.28b]	“how can I accom[m]odate you?	Removed.
[415.4]	He sprang from [s/a] good New England family	Replaced.
[417.28]	power of long-sustain[e]d application	Inserted.
[418.6]	Ex[ -]Governor Jenkins, of Colorado	Added.
[426.35]	“[‘]The players	Removed.
[427.14]	[‘/“]That’s all right,” answered Allriver.	Replaced.
[427.16]	“I’ve inquired into that[,]”	Added.
[433.13]	loaded dice come i[s/n] sets of “9”	Replaced.
[440.3]	“Ed.[’/”] Moses sauntered up	Replaced.
[440.9]	is drinking the mellow[i/e]st “bourbon”	Replaced.
[440.30]	and a few dime	Added.
[441.41]	[being] a favorite resort for stock-brokers	sic became?
[441.42]	overcome their old time sporting proclivities[.]	Added.
[442.3]	chiefl[l]y “brace”	Removed.
[446.35]	A large p[or/ro]portion of these “touts”	Transposed.
[447.6]	to a presidental election	Inserted.
[451.8]	sc[h]edule of rates	Inserted.
[452.18]	the fair was for some[ ]time the question	Inserted.
[452.41]	who for some[ ]time tried without success	Inserted.
[457.39]	of the third muncipality	Inserted.
[459.11]	McGrath, Sherwood and Pet[ti/it]t were the first	Transposed.
[461.11]	Davis, McGrath and Pet[ti/it]t, in particular	Transposed.
[461.37]	(which came in a few weeks[)]	Added.
[464.30]	Mr. Shak[e]speare	Removed.
[468.33]	has not proved more re[num/mun]rative	Transposed.
[469.30]	as affording even greater fluc[ut/tu]ations	Transposed.
[470.30]	the tangible result [that was/was that] in the single year	Words transposed.
[471.2]	was accustomed, now and then[,] to “take a little flyer.”	Added.
[471.6]	More[o]ver the business	Inserted.
[476.17]	“Age cannot wither nor custom sta[t/l]e”	Replaced.
[477.27]	The “sports” had become politicans	Inserted.
[477.32]	the sentiment in the legislature againt gaming	Inserted.
[478.8]	Temporary [abberation] of mind	sic aberration
[478.40]	unprecedented and unparal[el/le]led in history	Transposed.
[479.3]	they found the [i/I]ndians racing ponies	Capitalized.
[479.32]	until some[ ]time in or about 1872	Inserted.
[480.1]	in each instance has ignominously failed	Inserted.
[480.25]	most of the dealers and [supernumeries]	sic supernumeraries
[483.7]	being permitted to “sit,[’/”]	Replaced.
[491.8]	applicants for admission are subjected	Removed.
[492.8]	There is then another outcry[,] they are ordered	Added.
[504.19]	a very prominent Republican politican	Added.
[505.2]	a great devotee of the game[.]	Added.
[507.4]	patronized almost exclusively by the elite[.]	Added.
[509.28]	burned out an extensive gamling establishment	Inserted.
[511.13]	Professional gam[e]sters	Inserted.
[511.35]	a remarkable degree the [effrontry]	sic effrontery
[511.40]	assemble for the same purpose in each other[’]s rooms[.]	Added.
[512.23]	to lose it again[.]	Added.
[515.17]	and “chuc[h/k]-a-luck,” were not neglected	Replaced.
[516.14]	was immediately resumed[,/.]	Replaced.
[517.27]	at the sailor[’s/s’] boarding houses	Transposed.
[520.23]	the infatuation of the habit s[ie/ei]zed upon him	Transposed.
[521.10]	is certain that in [t]he history of gambling	Added.
[522.23]	For[r]ester about 20 years ago	Inserted.
[523.15]	a part of his entertainment[.]	Added.
[526.2]	they are fug[u/i]tives and outcasts	Replaced.
[535.10]	were to be calm[l]y and quietly	Inserted.
[537.31]	But, [sa/as] in all other trades	Transposed.
[537.32]	The habitues and[c / c]ustomers	Transposed.
[538.9]	“Steerers[”] were numerous	Added.
[538.36]	corral[l]ing some of the large profits	Inserted.
[542.13]	drawing the capital prize[.]	Added.
[544.25]	to promote and foster gambling[,/.]	Replaced.
[545.43]	“Sock” Ri[el]le]y	Transposed.
[547.35]	whose steps take hold on hell[.]	Added.
[549.34]	and at first with var[r]ying success.	Removed.
[557.13]	[I]t became generally recognized	Added.
[561.8]	that is, the individu[a]l chances	Inserted.
[565.4]	to have been a large field of favorites[.]	Added.
[573.23]	to individual policeme[u/n]	Replaced.
[577.20]	the sale of commodites	Inserted.
[579.6]	It follows that he is natu[u/r]ally	Replaced.
[584.20]	is incomprehensible to the uni[ni]tiated	Inserted.
[587.26]	was the outgrowth of disappointed[,] self-seeking	Removed.
[590.32]	jammed with a[u/n] excited throng	Inverted.
[595.23]	the [“]dissemination of valuable commercial	Added.
[596.4]	the self-stultification went even farther[,/.]	Replaced.
[596.35]	spots upon the b[ody]	Restored.
[596.36]	the very heart of so[cial] morals	Restored.
[601.14]	the fungus-like excres[c]ence	Inserted.
[607.13]	Astronomy helped make Newton[;/,] art made Angelo,	Replaced.
[613.2]	every released convict[,/.]	Replaced.
[613.5]	[s/S]ir, tell them this	Capitalized.
[615.9]	I never cou[n]tenanced the evil	Inserted.
[615.40]	the big winning last night.[”]	Added.
[620.33]	within all is punk and hollowness[.]	Added.
[623.30]	I can win my bread.[”]	Added.
[625.12]	forehead of his child with such a wrong[”]	Added.
[625.17]	while the meta[l]lic	Inserted.
[625.22]	to conciousness	Inserted.
[633.43]	One grand sweet song.[”]	Added.
[634.27]	[gladitorial] combat	sic
[634.29]	his spiritual nature[.]	Added.
[634.33]	the wicked one.[”]	Added.
[636.6]	define it well[./,]	Replaced.
[636.32]	the loftiest archang[le/el]	Transposed.
[639.23]	[“] for what I am not	Added.
[640.22]	but I know nothing else.[”]	Added.