Includes chapters on conjuring, fortune-telling and card-sharping.
- Preface
- Part The First. The History Of Cards
- I. Introduction
- II. Oriental Origin Of Cards
- III. Introduction Of Cards Into Southern Europe
- IV. Date Of Introduction Of Cards
- V. Introduction Of Cards Into France
- VI. The Cards Of Charles VI
- VII. Invention Of The French Cards And Game Of Piquet
- VIII. Cards In England
- IX. History Of Tarots, As Told By Themselves
- X. Modern History Of French And English Cards
- XI. The Application Of Cards To Science
- XII. Card Miscellanies
- Part The Second. Card Playing And Card Players...