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FOOLS OF FORTUNE
PREFACE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INDEX.
INTRODUCTION: Hon. Chas. P. Johnson
INTRODUCTION: Rev. John Snyder
PART I.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN PHILIP QUINN.
THE THREE STAGES OF A GAMBLER’S LIFE.
CHAPTER I.: PRELIMINARY REMARKS—FOOD FOR REFLECTION.
CHAPTER II.: HEBREWS, PERSIANS, CHINESE AND JAPANESE.
CHAPTER III.: ANCIENT AND MODERN GREEKS AND ROMANS, TURKEY IN EUROPE, AND ASIA MINOR.
CHAPTER IV. : GERMANY, RUSSIA, ROUMANIA, BULGARIA AND SERVIA.
CHAPTER V.: ITALY, MONTE CARLO, FRANCE, SPAIN, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
CHAPTER VI.: ENGLAND.
PART II.
CHAPTER I.: GAMBLING IN THE NEW WORLD.
CHAPTER II.: FARO GAMBLING AND GAMBLERS.
CHAPTER III.: POKER AND POKER PLAYERS.
CHAPTER IV.: SHORT GAMES.
CHAPTER V.: VARIOUS CARD GAMES.
CHAPTER VI.: DICE AND THE DICE BOX.
CHAPTER VII.: GAMES AT FAIRS AND CIRCUSES.
CHAPTER VIII.: “GOLD BRICKS.”
CHAPTER IX.: CONFIDENCE GAMES.
CHAPTER X.: GAMBLING STORIES AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES.
CHAPTER XI.: MY WIFE.
CHAPTER XII.: LOCAL GAMBLING.
PART III.
CHAPTER I: THE TURF
CHAPTER II.: THE EXCHANGE
CHAPTER III.: NATURE AND EFFECTS OF GAMING.
CHAPTER IV.: ARRAIGNMENT OF GAMBLING IN ITS MORAL ASPECTS.
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