The Gaming Table
PREFACE.
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 PARALLEL.
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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