Fools of Fortune or Gamblers and Gambling, John Philip Quinn
by John Philip Quinn
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About this eBook
- Author
- Quinn, John Philip, 1846-
- Title
- Fools of Fortune; or, Gambling and Gamblers
- Credits
- Produced by KD Weeks, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
- Subject
- Gambling
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 58280
- Release Date
- November 14, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FOOLS OF FORTUNE
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 4.INDEX.
- 5.INTRODUCTION.
- 6.INTRODUCTION.
- 7.PART I. — AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN PHILIP QUINN. — THE THREE STAGES OF A GAMBLER’S LIFE. — PRELIMINARY REMARKS—FOOD FOR REFLECTION. — HEBREWS, PERSIANS, CHINESE AND JAPANESE. — ANCIENT AND MODERN GREEKS AND ROMANS, TURKEY IN EUROPE, AND ASIA MINOR. — GERMANY, RUSSIA, ROUMANIA, BULGARIA AND SERVIA. — ITALY, MONTE CARLO, FRANCE, SPAIN, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. — ENGLAND.
- 8.PART II. — GAMBLING IN THE NEW WORLD. — FARO GAMBLING AND GAMBLERS. — POKER AND POKER PLAYERS. — SHORT GAMES. — VARIOUS CARD GAMES. — DICE AND THE DICE BOX. — GAMES AT FAIRS AND CIRCUSES. — “GOLD BRICKS.” — CONFIDENCE GAMES. — GAMBLING STORIES AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. — MY WIFE. — LOCAL GAMBLING.
- 9.PART III. — THE TURF — THE EXCHANGE — NATURE AND EFFECTS OF GAMING. — ARRAIGNMENT OF GAMBLING IN ITS MORAL ASPECTS.
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