PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
THE SHARPER DETECTED AND EXPOSED.
AN ANECDOTE BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION. A DANGEROUS PROFESSOR.
THE TRICKS OF SHARPERS EXPOSED.
CHAPTER I. MODERN GREEKS.
CHAPTER II. THE GREEK OF FASHIONABLE LIFE.
CHAPTER III. THE GREEK OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES.
CHAPTER IV. THE GREEK OF THE TRIPOT.
CHAPTER V. A GREEK TAKEN IN THE FACT.
CHAPTER VI. THE GAMBLER RAYMOND.
CHAPTER VII EDIFYING HISTORY OF A GREEK.
CHAPTER VIII. SECRET GAMBLING-HOUSES.
CHAPTER IX. SECRET GAMBLING HOUSES ( continued ).
CHAPTER X. THE DOCTOR DUPED.
CHAPTER XI. THE PASTE RING.
CHAPTER XII. AN INFAMOUS SNARE.
THE TECHNICAL PART.
GENERAL RULES. THE DIFFERENT TRICKS PRACTISED AT GAMES OF CARDS.
CHAPTER I. THE FALSE CUT.
CHAPTER II. TO CHANGE A CARD.
CHAPTER III. THE ABSTRACTED CARD.
CHAPTER IV. THE CARD REPLACED.
CHAPTER V. THE CARTE A L'OEIL, OR GLANCE.
CHAPTER VI. THE SUBSTITUTION DES JEUX, OR PACK OF CARDS CHANGED.
CHAPTER VII. THE FALSE SHUFFLE.
CHAPTER VIII. DOCTORED CARDS.
CHAPTER IX. THE CHAPLET, OR ROSARY.
CHAPTER X. THE RING FOR MARKING.
CHAPTER XI. THE REFLECTING SNUFF-BOX.
CHAPTER XII. APPLICATION OF THE PRECEDING PRINCIPLES.
CHAPTER XIII. ENTERTAINING TRICKS.
CHAPTER XIV. MINOR CHEATS OF MEN OF THE WORLD.
FOOTNOTES
Transcribers' Notes
BY ROBERT-HOUDIN.
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY. 1863.
LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
