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. Tragic Sequel Of A Poker Game
- Old Time River Gamblers
- High Stakes On The Missouri
- A Story By Thomas W. Keene
- A Story Of James Bowie
- The Old Man Played The Fiddle
- The Game Went On
- CHAPTER III. STORIES FROM THE WILD AND WOOLLY WEST
- A Dakota Town Won By Two Deuces
- A "Looloo"
- Credit Five Hundred To The Interest Account
- Woke A Man Up To Let Him Win A Pot
- A Half Dozen Raw Ones
- Bet His Life And Lost
- How A Wild And Woolly Dealer Got It In The Neck
- A Woman Wins At Poker
- The Law Of Poker
- CHAPTER IV. STORIES FROM THE EFFETE EAST
- A Connecticut Jack Pot
- No Jay After All
- Beaten By A Mirror
- He Was From Boston
- Dr. Depew Remembers One
- How A Yale Professor Was Fleeced
- Oh, That's Different
- Bluffed With A Paperweight
- CHAPTER V. STORIES FROM THE PACIFIC COAST
- Ralston's Pair Of Tens
- A Narrow Escape
- He Took The Queen
- She Bet A Kiss Against Cash
- The Cinch Room
- A Rather Good Draw
- Three Of A Kind
- Honesty Sometimes Wins
- CHAPTER VI. WAR TIME STORIES
- A $1,200,000 Jack Pot
- His Wife Prayed While He Played
- General Grant Broke Up The Game
- Very Remarkable
- Told On General Sheridan
- Two Contraband Stories
- A Weird Contest
- After Ten Days
- CHAPTER VII. STORIES OF SUPERSTITION AND HOODOOS
- A Dead Sailor's Boots
- He Lost His Luck
- Two Fatal Poker Hands
- He Found It
- It Looked Suspicious
- Dead Indians Under The House
- CHAPTER VIII. STORIES OF HIGH STAKES
- Jay Gould Gave Him A Lesson
- A Close Call
- The Prince Of Wales Takes A Hand
- His Friend The Promoter
- They're Playing Yet
- Sealed Up Their Hands
- Saved By A Gambler
- Thousand-Dollar Checks
- CHAPTER IX. STORIES TOLD AT THE ANANIAS CLUB
- The Man With A Call
- Told By Doody
- A Little Game Of Draw
- A Goose That Plays Poker
- The Same Here
- When Four Aces Beat A Straight Flush
- All Honorable Men
- The First Prize
- He Doesn't Play Poker
- Two On Kalakaua
- Two Of The Talent
- His Buttons Ruined Him
- CHAPTER X. STORIES TOLD BY "THE KITTY"
- How Joe Jefferson Lost [His Wig And Beard
- He Knew It
- Two Sharpers At Poker
- Swindled Himself
- How Florence Was Taken In
- Two On Ministers
- Poker Matinees
- Why He Didn't Accept
1st edition 1896, 253 pages; PDF 111 pages.word count: 50014 which is equivalent to 200 standard pages of text
