NEW HAND-BOOK OF GAMES; COMPRISING WHIST, BY DESCHAPELLES, MATTHEWS, HOYLE, CARLETON. DRAUGHTS, BY STURGES & WALKER. BILLIARDS, BY WHITE & BOHN. EDITED BY HENRY G. BOHN. Enlarged and Improved by the introduction of several Games, almost exclusively BY AN AMERICAN EDITOR. PHILADELPHIA: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by HENRY F. ANNERS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Stereotyped and Printed by King & Baird, No 9 Sansom St. Phila ས་ ད་ ADVERTISEMENT. THE present Handbook comprises, it is believed, the most complete directions for playing games of skill and science, yet presented to the English public. Its great predecessor, Hoyle, for more than half a century the only authority, has now become obsolete or imperfect in respect to several of the principal games, and more likely to mislead than instruct. The want of a comprehensive and practical Manual of this description having frequently been pressed on the attention of the Publisher, he determined to undertake it, and confided the task to Mr. J. W. Carleton. That gentleman is responsible for the elaborate treatise on WHIST, and its arrangement in four parts. Three of the four parts, as will be seen, are revised editions of previous treatises; the fourth is partly original and partly compiled, and, as a whole, is new. The Publisher, in his anxiety to render this important portion of the work as perfect as possible, submitted it, while at press, to several distinguished Whist-players, and by their kind cooperation, has been enabled to settle several rules, which seemed either to conflict with themselves, or were at variance with those currently received. Many of the notes have arisen out of this mode of proceeding. To these four parts of Whist are prefixed (by another hand) Bob Short's rules, and something of an index, by way of guiding the student through the mazes of so elaborate a treatise. Mr. Carleton is likewise responsible for the articles on Ecarté, Hazard, Backgammon, and most of the games adopted from Hoyle or other printed authorities. PIQUET is by a gentleman who has long ranked as one of our best players, and has won many considerable matches. CRIBBAGE is condensed from Mr. Walker's very comprehensive treatise, which is by far the best extant. The treatise on DRAUGHTS comprises the entire work of Sturges, as revised and edited by Walker; together with some additional games and problems, contributed by Mr. Martin, a professional player of considerable skill. The article on Polish |