BY ANDREW STEINMETZ, ESQ.,
OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW; FIRST-CLASS EXTRA
CERTIFICATE SCHOOL OF MUSKETRY, HYTHE; late OFFICER INSTRUCTOR
MUSKETRY, THE QUEENS OWN LIGHT INFANTRY MILITIA. AUTHOR OF 'THE
HISTORY OF THE JESUITS,' 'JAPAN AND HER PEOPLE,' 'THE ROMANCE OF
DUELLING,' &c., &c.
'The sharp, the blackleg, and the knowing one,
Livery or lace, the self-same circle, run;
The same the passion, end and means the same--
Dick and his Lordship differ but in name.'
IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOL. II.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
I. CHEVALIERS D'INDUSTRIE, OR POLITE SHARPERS
II. PROFESSIONAL GAMESTERS AND THEIR FRAUDS
III. ANECDOTES OF THE PASSIONS AND VICISSITUDES OF GAMESTERS
IV. ACTROCITIES, 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-RIG
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