MODERNIZED: BEING EXPLANATIONS OF THE BEST MODES OF PLAYING THE MOST POPULAR WITH The Respective Rules and Regulations ADOPTED AT THE CLUBS AND BY THE BEST PLAYERS. THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE. NEW YORK: 416, BROOME STREET. 268. c. 354. PREFACE. THIS Volume comprises a series of practical treatises on WHIST, CRIBBAGE, and the smaller CARD GAMES; CHESS, DRAUGHTS, BILLIARDS, BAGATELLE, and BACKGAMMON; all carefully prepared from the revised and improved text of Hoyle and other eminent authorities, and in accordance with the most approved modern methods of playing each Game. In some cases, more particularly in those of WHIST, BILLIARDS, and CHESS, many Rules and Regulations, as well as various useful hints for the guidance of amateurs, have been introduced, which, although acknowledged and practised in all the Clubs and among the best players, have never before been published. I have not thought it necessary to introduce the numerous, and often puzzling, directions for betting usually given; but, being desirous of |
