Excerpt from The American Hoyle, or Gentleman's Hand-Book of Games: Containing All the Games Played in the United States, With Rules, Descriptions, and Technicalities Adapted to the American Methods of Playing Innovations and alterations in the regular methods of play gener ally have their origin in some particular locality, club-honse, or even in informal meetings of skillful players. Such changes, if based on justice, or in the creation of increased interest in the game, become more widespread in their practice; and finally, by more or less general adoption, are either incorporated in the original game, or receive separate notice as a sanctioned variety of the game. Dis putes frequently arise which are mainly due to a want of uniformity and precision in some of the minor details of new methods of play, and these can only be decided on the principles of equity and general usage. In all such cases, the laws and decisions embodied in this work are derived from both the above-mentioned sources, and are substantially those adopted by modern usage and indorsed by players of intelligence and acknowledged judgment and skill. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.