ANNOUNCEMENT. N addition to those works which treat of playing-cards and the games played with them, the compiler has included works which casually mention the use of cards wherever such mention is of sufficient antiquity or length to throw light on the history of the subject. Of these latter works, I have endeavored, in the main, to give first editions only. The list, while much more complete than any heretofore published, is still necessarily far from exhaustive. I trust that it will prove useful as a check-list to other collectors, and that it may serve as a nucleus for more extended lists of the literature of the subject. Thanks are due to the many authors and collectors who have furnished information, but particularly to Mr. John G. White, of this city, who has permitted the use of his manuscript extension of Van der Linde's "Erste Jartausend der Schachliteratur," containing a complete bibliography of the works treating of card-games in compilation with chess. The compiler begs to be advised of all errors and omissions. CLEVELAND, O., March, 1892. |