The Devil's picture-books - Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer

	PAGE
[The Tarots], or the First Cards	11
[Chess]	21
[Engraving]	33
[Materials]	41
[Name]	49
[Classification of Packs of Cards into Suits]	55
[Cards of Different Countries], viz.:—
[China]	65
[Egypt]	69
[India]	70
[Cashmere]	74
[Persia]	77
[Italy]	80
[Germany]	83
[Spain]	88
[France]	90
[England]	102
[America]	112
[Japan]	131
[The King]	139
[The Queen]	151
[The Knave]	161
[Aces and Other Cards]	171
[Use and Abuse]	179
[Pips, Suits, and Colours]	191
[Odds and Ends]	201

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]

“The Ladies arm-in-arm in clusters,

As great and gracious a’ as sisters;

On lee-lang nights, wi’ crabbit leuks,

Pore owre the devil’s pictured beuks.”

Burns.