This is a collection of poker stores covering the time frame from 1845 - 1895. As the title page clearly states Lillard merely collected and edited them, he did not author them.
- DEDICATION
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER I. TOLD OF STATESMEN
- Webster And Clay
- How An Illinois Congressman Was Backed By Uncle Sam
- A Kentucky Colonel Who Drew On His Salary To Stay In The Game
- Two Stories About Gen. Schenck
- A Jersey Congressman's Leather Bluff
- The Drummer Wilted
- Hannibal Hamlin
- The Six-Spot Of Diamonds
- CHAPTER II. MISSISSIPPI RIVER STORIES
- Six Aces In The Pack
- His Chips Were The Wrong Color....