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CHESS
AND CARD GAMES.
Mortimer's Chess Players' Pocket-Book. A complete and
handy Manual of all the known Openings and
Gamb!~,
with a thorou_gh
analysis of each, its v..riatious and defense, the more mtricate of which
are instructively earned out beyond the openmg moves . By James
Mortimer. The special feature of this work ls. the manner In
w~c~
the
notation Is e.rran!led in tabular form, by which gra..ter perspicruty
Is
gained for study, aud so reduces the bulk that it can e11Bily be carried In
the pocket for ready reference. Thie book is. emphatically endorsed by
all
the la..dlng Cheas Critics. Cloth, pocket
SlZe••••••••••••••••••
50 eta.
Gossip's Chess-Players' Text Book.
It
introduces
a.
pre.
limlnary Game, elucidated step by step for the instruction of beginners.
It gives e. foll and extended aualys!.s of
e.11
the Openings and G-.J.mbite
iD
geuetul use, with Illustrative Games analytically explained, and a num–
ber of interesting End-Games and l::!tr,.toglc positions calculated
to
afford
advanced players a more thorough insight Into the Intricacies of the
<hme. Bound in Cloth. 156 pages ••••••••.•••••....•• , •••••..•• 71i
cts.
)la.rache's Manual of Chess. Containing a description of the
Board and Pieces, Chess Notation, Technical Terms, with diagrams
illustrating them, La\TB of the Game, Relative Value of Pieces, P relimln·
ary Games for beginners, Fifty Openings of Games, giviug all the latest
discoveries of Modern Masters,
with
the beet games and copious notes;
Twenty Endings of Games, showing easiest way of effecting checkmate;
Thirty-six Ingenious Diagram Problems, and sixteen curious Cheas Strata–
gems, being one of the best
~ooke
for Beginners ever published. By N.
:Marache. Bound In cloth, gilt Bide...•••••.•••••••.••••.•••..••••liO els.
Dick's Hand-Book of Cribbage. Containing full directions
for playing all the Varieties
ot
the Game. and the Laws which govern
them . This work le
ENTIRELY NEW,
aud gives the correct met.bud of play·
ingthe Rix-Card,
Five-Car~.
Two-Handed, Three-H,.nded, and Four-Handed
Varieties
ol
the Game, with instructive examples, showing clearly all the
combinations of Hand, Crib, and Play, with a thorough investigation of
lon6 sequences in play, and _the value of Hands. The Laws of the game
bave been carefnlly revised
1ll
accordl\nce with the recognized usages of
the present time, and coustltute a reliable authority on all points of the
Game. 18mo., cloth, flexible ...................................60 cto.
Dick's Hand-Book of Whist. Containing Pole's and Clay'ir
Rules for playing the modern scientific g1tme, the Club Rules of Whist,
and twolnterestlng Double DummyPmblsme. Thieiea thorough treatisa
on the game of Whist, taken from "The American Hovle "which !.s the
standard authority.
It
covers all the points and lntr!cacieewhich l\rlBe In
the game; Including the aoknowledged code of etiquette observed by the
players, with nmyoon's remarks on 'l'rnmps, their use and abuse, and all
the modern methods of signalling between partners•• •••....•. •..21i cts.
Pole on Whist. The Theory of the Modem Scientifio GflJile
ot
Wliist. By William Pole, F.
R.
S. Thie complete and exhaustive
Tl'<>atiee on tbe Gl\mo is in handy form for the pocket, and affords lucid
instmctlona at a.llstngee of the game for partners to play In combination
for their beet Interests. 14th Edition.•..•.••.••••••••.•.•.••.•.. 20 els.
The Game of Euchre. Containing the Game terselydescrib@,
valu1'blo hints and advice to learners, the latest rules, and all nece•oary
directions for plo.yiug the Two-Handed, Three-Banned (or Out-Throat1
~d
fonr-Ha11ded Galileo. olearl;y e:i:plaiued. Vest yooket oi.t.a•••. Al>
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