by B. H. Wood (Author)
This book contains a detailed guide on twenty popular card games for two or more players, including rules, tactics, and hints on play. Written in plain and clear language, this text will be of much interest to the beginner and to keen card game enthusiasts looking to expand their knowledge of entertaining games. The chapters of this book include: Nap, Whist, Bang and Poker, Contract Bridge, Auction Bridge, Solo Whist, Euchre, Pontoon, Baccarat, Bezique, Piquet, Glewstone Donkey, Pelmanism, Pounce, Black Maria, Rummy and Coon-Can, Fan Tan, Cribbage, and Canasta. We have elected this antiquarian book for modern republication due to the timeless value of its contents, and we are proud to republish it now complete with a new introduction on card games.