History of Gambling in England

MAY CONTAIN MARKUP

BY JOHN ASHTON

Introductory: “Difference between Gaming and Gambling-Universality and Antiquity of Gambling-Isis and Osiris-Games and Dice of the Egyptians-China and India-The Jews-Among the Greeks ancl Romans-Among Mahometans Early DicingDicing in England in the r3th and 14th Centuries--In the r7th Century-Celebrated Gamblers-Bourchier-Swiss Anecdote Dicing in the 18th Century.”

LONDON. DUCKWORTH & CO. 3 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 1898. 297p.