and the more elaborate treatise by Captain Crawley.


[Footnote 1:]

Billiards made Easy

. With the scientific Principles of the Spot-stroke, and the Side-stroke, familiarly explained: By Winning Hazard. Illustrated by practical diagrams. With a chapter on Bagatelle: Houlston and Sons.

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2591. Boss; or the Fifteen Puzzle

Apparently simple, this game is really difficult of solution, Fifteen cubes of wood, severally marked from I to 15, are placed indifferently in a box made to hold sixteen; thus: