The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)
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THE GAMING TABLE:
ITS VOTARIES AND VICTIMS,
In all Times and Countries, especially in England and in France.
IN TWO VOLUMES.—VOL. I.
PREFACE.
Contents
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.——
BADEN AND ITS CONVERSATION HOUSE.
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.
1. ANCIENT ROME.
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