The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)

Contents

PREFACE.
THE GAMING TABLE.

CHAPTER I.	THE UNIVERSAL PASSION OF GAMING; OR, GAMING ALL THE WORLD OVER
CHAPTER II.	GAMBLING AMONG THE ANCIENT HINDOOS.—A HINDOO LEGEND AND ITS MODERN
CHAPTER III.	GAMBLING AMONG THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS, PERSIANS, AND GREEKS
CHAPTER IV.	GAMING AMONG THE ANCIENT ROMAN EMPERORS
CHAPTER V.	GAMBLING IN FRANCE IN ALL TIMES
CHAPTER VI.	THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF MODERN GAMING IN ENGLAND
CHAPTER VII.	GAMBLING IN BRIGHTON IN 1817
CHAPTER VIII.	GAMBLING AT THE GERMAN BATHING-PLACES.——
CHAPTER IX.	GAMBLING IN THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER X.	LADY GAMESTRESSES
CHAPTER XI.	GAMBLING POETS, SAVANTS, PHILOSOPHERS, WITS, AND STATESMEN
CHAPTER XII.	REMARKABLE GAMESTERS——MONSIEUR CHEVALIER
CHAPTER XIII.	THE LOTTERIES AND THEIR BEWILDERMENTS
CHAPTER XIV.	THE LAWS AGAINST GAMING IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES

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