Foster’s Complete Hoyle

About this eBook

Author

Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945

Title

Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of Games Including all indoor games played to-day. With suggestions for good play, illustrative hands, and all official laws to date

Credits

Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Indoor games

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53881

Release Date

January 3, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FOSTER’S COMPLETE HOYLE
2. 2.PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.THE WHIST FAMILY. — BRIDGE. — AUCTION BRIDGE, OR AUCTION. — BRIDGE. — WHIST. — ILLUSTRATIVE WHIST HANDS. — TEXT-BOOKS. — DUPLICATE WHIST. — THE LAWS OF DUPLICATE WHIST. — SINGLE TABLE, OR MNEMONIC DUPLICATE. — MNEMONIC DUPLICATE FOR MORE THAN ONE TABLE. — DUMMY. — DOUBLE DUMMY. — HUMBUG WHIST. — THIRTEEN AND THE ODD. — MORT. WHIST À TROIS; OR FRENCH DUMMY. — CAYENNE, OR CAYENNE WHIST. — SOLO WHIST, OR WHIST DE GAND. — SOLO WHIST FOR THREE PLAYERS. — TEXT BOOKS. — ILLUSTRATIVE SOLO WHIST HANDS. — SCOTCH WHIST, OR CATCH THE TEN. — ILLUSTRATIVE SCOTCH WHIST HAND. — BOSTON. — BOSTON DE FONTAINEBLEAU. — TABLE No. 1. — TABLE No. 2. — FRENCH BOSTON. — RUSSIAN BOSTON. — GERMAN WHIST. — CHINESE WHIST. — WHIST FAMILY LAWS. — THE GAME. — FORMING THE TABLE. — CUTTING. — SHUFFLING. — CUTTING TO THE DEALER. — DEALING. — MISDEALING. — THE TRUMP CARD. — IRREGULARITIES IN THE HANDS. — CARDS LIABLE TO BE CALLED. — LEADING OUT OF TURN. — PLAYING OUT OF TURN. — ABANDONED HANDS. — REVOKING. — MISCELLANEOUS. — ERRONEOUS SCORES. — BIDDING. — ENGLISH WHIST LAWS. — THE RUBBER. — SCORING. — CUTTING. — FORMATION OF TABLE. — CUTTING CARDS OF EQUAL VALUE. — CUTTING OUT. — ENTRY AND RE-ENTRY. — SHUFFLING — THE DEAL. — A NEW DEAL. — A MISDEAL. — THE TRUMP CARD. — CARDS LIABLE TO BE CALLED. — CARDS PLAYED IN ERROR, OR NOT PLAYED TO A TRICK. — THE REVOKE. — CALLING FOR NEW CARDS. — GENERAL RULES. — ETIQUETTE OF WHIST. — DUMMY. — DOUBLE DUMMY.
6. 6.THE POKER FAMILY. — DRAW POKER. — POKER LAWS. — JACK POT LAWS. — STRAIGHT POKER. — STUD POKER. — WHISKEY POKER. — THIRTY-ONE. — PROGRESSIVE POKER. — BRAG. — COMMERCE. — BOUILLOTTE, OR BRELAN. — AMBIGU. — TEXT-BOOKS ON POKER.
7. 7.THE EUCHRE FAMILY. — EUCHRE. — CUT-THROAT EUCHRE. — SET-BACK EUCHRE. — BLIND EUCHRE. — PENALTY EUCHRE. — AUCTION EUCHRE. — PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE. — MILITARY EUCHRE. — RAILROAD EUCHRE. — SEVEN-HANDED EUCHRE. — CALL-ACE EUCHRE. — 500, OR BID EUCHRE. — EUCHRE LAWS. — ÉCARTÉ. — POOL ÉCARTÉ. — NAPOLEON, OR NAP. — SPOIL FIVE. — FORTY-FIVE, OR FIVE AND TEN. — RAMS, OR RAMMES — ROUNCE. — BIERSPIEL. — LOO, OR DIVISION LOO. — IRISH LOO. — FIVE-CARD LOO.
8. 8.ALL FOURS FAMILY. — ALL FOURS, SEVEN-UP, OR OLD SLEDGE. — CALIFORNIA JACK. — AUCTION PITCH, SELL OUT, OR COMMERCIAL PITCH. — SMUDGE. — PEDRO. — CINCH, DOUBLE PEDRO, OR HIGH FIVE. — CINCH LAWS.
9. 9.HEARTS. — VARIETIES OF HEARTS. — SUGGESTIONS FOR GOOD PLAY. — ILLUSTRATIVE HANDS. — SLOBBERHANNES. — POLIGNAC. QUATRE-VALETS, OR FOUR JACKS. — ENFLÉ, OR SCHWELLEN. — THE LAWS OF HEARTS.
10. 10.THE BÉZIQUE FAMILY. — BÉZIQUE, OR SIXTY-FOUR-CARD BINOCLE. — FOUR-HANDED BÉZIQUE. — THREE-HANDED BÉZIQUE. — POLISH BÉZIQUE. — CINQ-CENTS. — PENCHANT. — RUBICON BÉZIQUE. — BINOCLE. — TEXT BOOKS. — THREE-HANDED BINOCLE. — GAIGEL. — FOUR-HANDED BINOCLE. — AUCTION BINOCLE. — SIXTY-SIX. — THREE-HANDED SIXTY-SIX. — FOUR-HANDED SIXTY-SIX
11. 11.NATIONAL GAMES. — SKAT. — A TOURNÉ — A SOLO. — A GRAND. — AMERICAN SKAT. — THE LAWS OF SKAT. — THE GAMES. — FORMATION OF TABLE. — CARDS. — DEALING. — ERRORS IN DEALING. — THE SKAT CARDS. — BIDDING. — ANNOUNCEMENTS. — PLAYING. — THE REVOKE. — LOOKING BACK. — SCORING. — FROG. — CRIBBAGE. — FIVE-CARD CRIBBAGE. — THREE-HANDED CRIBBAGE. — FOUR-HANDED CRIBBAGE. — SEVEN-CARD CRIBBAGE. — TEXT BOOKS. — PIQUET. — PIQUET NORMAND, FOR THREE PLAYERS. — PIQUET VOLEUR, FOR FOUR PLAYERS. — PIQUET A ÉCRIRE. — RUBICON PIQUET, FOR TWO PLAYERS. — TEXT BOOKS. — IMPERIAL, OR PIQUET WITH A TRUMP. — CASSINO. — TWENTY-ONE POINT CASSINO. — ROYAL CASSINO. — SPADE CASSINO. — DRAW CASSINO. — CONQUIAN. — CALABRASELLA. — VINT. — PREFERENCE.
12. 12.ODD GAMES. — SOLO. — AUTHORS. — SPECULATION. — OLD MAID. — LIFT SMOKE. — EARL OF COVENTRY. — COMMIT. — MATRIMONY. — POPE JOAN. — NEWMARKET, OR STOPS. — POCHEN. — RANTER GO ROUND. — FIVE OR NINE. — FAN TAN. — SOLITAIRE. — KLONDIKE. — FORTUNE TELLING.
13. 13.BANKING GAMES. — VINGT-ET-UN. — MACAO. — FARMER. — QUINZE. — BACCARA. — BLIND HOOKEY. — CHINESE FAN TAN. — FARO. — ROUGE ET NOIR, OR TRENTE-ET-QUARANTE. — ROULETTE. — KENO, OR LOTTO. — CHUCK-LUCK. — RONDEAU. — MONTE BANK. — THREE-CARD MONTE. — UNDER AND OVER SEVEN. — LANSQUENET.
14. 14.TABLE GAMES. — CHESS. — CODE OF CHESS LAWS. ADOPTED BY THE FIFTH AMERICAN CHESS CONGRESS. — CHECKERS, OR DRAUGHTS. — ILLUSTRATIVE GAMES. — CHECKER LAWS. — TEXT BOOKS. — BACKGAMMON. OR TRIC-TRAC. — LAWS. — RUSSIAN BACKGAMMON. — TEXT BOOKS. — REVERSI. — HALMA. — GO-BANG. — MORELLES, OR NINE MEN’S MORRIS. — DOMINOES. — DICE. — RAFFLING. — CRAP SHOOTING. — POKER DICE. — TEN PINS WITH DICE. — BASE BALL WITH DICE. — GOING TO BOSTON. — ACE IN THE POT. — MULTIPLICATION. — ROUND THE SPOT. — VINGT-ET-UN. — CENTENNIAL. — HELP YOUR NEIGHBOUR. — PASSE DIX. — SHUFFLE BOARD.
15. 15.BILLIARDS. — THE AMERICAN GAME. — BAULK-LINE BILLIARDS. — CUSHION CARROMS. — AMERICAN BILLIARD LAWS. — FIFTEEN-BALL POOL. — AMERICAN PYRAMID POOL. — CONTINUOUS POOL. — ENGLISH PYRAMID POOL. — SHELL OUT. — HIGH-LOW-JACK-GAME. — FORTY-ONE POOL. — CHICAGO POOL. — COW-BOY POOL. — SNOOKER POOL. — FOUL STROKES AND PENALTIES. — ENGLISH POOL. — BLACK POOL. — ENGLISH BILLIARDS. — ENGLISH BILLIARD LAWS. — PIN POOL. — THE LITTLE CORPORAL. — THE SPANISH GAME OF BILLIARDS. — BOTTLE POOL. — BILLIARD TEXT BOOKS.
16. 16.CHANCE AND PROBABILITY. — TEXT BOOKS.
17. 17.TEN PINS. — BOWLING ALLEY LAWS. — COCKED HAT. — COCKED HAT AND FEATHER. — THE BATTLE GAME. — NINE UP AND NINE DOWN. — HEAD PIN AND FOUR BACK. — FOUR BACK. — TEN PINS—HEAD PIN OUT. — FIVE BACK. — THE NEWPORT GAME. — DUCK PIN GAME. — KINSLEY CANDLE PIN. — A FEW DON’TS.
18. 18.GENERAL LAWS, FOR ALL CARD GAMES.
19. 19.Technical Terms. — DRIVE WHIST. — BID WHIST. — NORWEGIAN WHIST. — RUM. — SINGLE-PACK RUM. — POKER RUM. — POKER GIN. — DOUBLE-PACK RUM. — CANFIELD. — I DOUBT IT. — JASS. — TWO-HAND JASS. — PATIENCE POKER — SOLITAIRE CRIBBAGE.

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