Edmond Hoyle 
Hoyle’s Improved 
Edition of the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The very high reputation which Hoyle’ Games have deservedly maintained a century, has led to innumerable Editi of his Treatises-hall, as the phrase revised, corrected, much improve and considerably enlarged. But it se to have escaped the observation of numerous Editors, that Hoyle wrote those who were previously in some mea acquainted with the mode of varlous games of which he tre his Work was intended rather ‘the already instructed, than to Wholly uninitiated. In this attempt has been made is confidently hoped – to Reading made Easy with and Philosophy of Cards words, to give such a plain and pers description of each game, from the for. Deal to scoring the last pomt, enable the person who never saw a cards, by perusing the three or fo tory pages, and the treatise on the Wishes to acquire a knowledge of, to 11 stand its principles, and, with a. Little prae tice, to play it well.