The gambling spirit inborn in mankind—Its various forms inreality identical—Resemblance of gamblers to the alchemistsof old—Capriciousness of fortune—Importance of small advantagesat play—An extraordinary run at hazard—Napoleonand Wellington little addicted to cards—Blücher's love ofgaming—He wins his son's money—Avaricious gamesters—Anecdotesof the miser Elwes—Long sittings at the card-table—Moderninstance in London—Two nights and a dayat whist at the Roxburgh Club—Casanova's forty-two hourduel at piquet—Anecdotes of Fox, the Duke of Devonshire,Sir John Lade, Beau Nash, and others—Country houses lostat play—"Up now deuce and then a trey"—The Canterburybarber

The spirit of play in the eighteenth century—The Duke ofBuckingham's toast—Subscription-Houses, Slaughter-Houses,and Hells—The staff of a gaming-house—JosephAtkinson and Bellasis—Raids on King's Place and GraftonMews—Methods employed by Bow Street officers—Speculativeinsurance—Increase of gaming in London owing toarrival of émigrés—Gambling amongst the prisoners of war—TheDuc de Nivernois and the clergyman—Faro and E.O.—Crusadeagainst West-End gamblers—The Duchess ofDevonshire and "Old Nick"—Mr. Lookup—Tiger Roche—DickEngland—Sad death of Mr. Damer—Plucking a pigeon

[Pg vi]Former popularity of dice—The race game in Paris—Descriptionof hazard—Jack Mytton's success at it—Anecdotes—Frenchhazard—Major Baggs, a celebrated gamester of thepast—Anecdotes of his career—London gaming-houses—Waysand methods of their proprietors—Ephraim Bond andhis henchman Burge—"The Athenæum"—West-End Hells—Crockford's—Opinionof Mr. Crockford reg

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