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Home / History / contentThe Gaming Table by Andrew Steinmetz
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To the readers of the present generation much of this book will, doubtless,
seem incredible. Still it is a book of facts--a section of our social history,
which is, I think, worth writing, and deserving of meditation ...
Volume I
I The Universal
Passion Of Gaming; Or, Gaming All The World Over
II
Gambling Among The Ancient Hindoos--A Hindoo Legend And Its Modern Parallel
III
Gambling Among The Ancient Egyptians, Persians And Greeks
IV
Gaming Among The Ancient Roman Emperors
V
Gambling In France In All Times
VI
The Rise And Progress Of Modern Gaming In England
VII
Gambling In Brighton In 1817
VIII Gambling At The German Bathing-Places
IX Gambling In The United States
X Lady Gamestresses
XI Gambling Poets, Savants,
Philosophers, Wits, And Statesmen
XII Remarkable Gamesters
XIII The Lotteries And Their
Bewilderments
XIVThe Laws Against Gaming In
Various Countries
Volume II
I Chevaliers D'industrie, Or Polite SharpersII Professional Gamesters And Their Frauds
III Anecdotes Of The Passions And Vicissitudes Of Gamesters
IV Atrocities, Duels, Suicides, And Execution Of Gamblers
V Oddities And Witticisms Of Gamblers
VI The Gaming Clubs
VII Doings In Gaming Houses
VIII The Doctrine Of Probabilities Applied To Gambling
IX The History Of Dice And Cards
X Piquet, Basset, Faro, Hazard, Passe-Dix, Put, Cross And Pile,Thimble-R
XI Cock-Fighting
XII The Turf, Historical, Social, Moral
XIII Fortune-Telling By Cards (For Ladies)
XIV Amusing Card Tricks