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ANNA THE FIFTEEN BABETTE THE FISH-BONE CAESAR THE FLOWER-GARDEN CANFIELD OR KLONDIKE THE FOUR CORNERS FORTRESS THE FOURTEENTH GENERAL SEDGEWICK THE GREAT THIRTEEN LA BELLE LUCIE THE HEMISPHERES LA NIVERNAISE THE HERRING-BONE LIGHT AND SHADE THE KINGS MARGARETHE THE LABYRINTH MOUNT OLYMPUS THE "LOUIS" PATIENCE NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA THE MILL NAPOLEON'S SQUARE THE NATION NESTOR THE OLGA RED AND BLACK THE QUEENS SLY THE SALIC LAW SPENSER'S FAIRIE QUEEN THE SHAH THE BESIEGED CITY THE SQUARE THE BLOCKADE THE SULTAN THE CARPET THE TERRACE THE CLOCK THE WHEEL THE CONGRESS THE ZODIAC THE CONSTITUTION TWO RINGS THE EMPRESS OF INDIA
EXPLANATION OF THE TABLEAUX
The blank spaces show where the foundation cards should be played during the deal.
EXPLANATION OF TERMS
LA BELLE LUCIE
One Entire Pack of Cards
RULES
PLAY
Deal out the entire pack in packets of three cards dealt together and placed as in tableau. The last packet, however, will contain but one card.
The four aces form the foundation cards, and are to ascend in sequence to kings.
When all available cards have been played, you proceed to release others, by forming marriages in a descending line on the tableau; but great care is requisite, lest in releasing one card another still more necessary to success should be blocked. The whole tableau should be carefully examined, and the combinations arranged so as to release the greatest number of suitable cards.
When this has been done, and there are no more available cards to play, the entire tableau may be taken up, shuffled and re-dealt , then played again as before.
This game can also be played with two packs, the eight aces forming the foundation cards, and double the number of packets being dealt for the tableau. It is then called "THE HOUSE IN THE WOOD."
There is also another way of playing it with two packs. The foundation cards to be four aces, and four kings of different suits, and marriages made both in ascending and descending lines. The name of this game is "THE HOUSE ON THE HILL."
NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA
Two Entire Packs of Cards
RULES
PLAY
Deal out from left to right four rows of ten cards.
The eight aces, when they can be placed, form the foundation cards, and are to ascend in sequence to kings.
Should any aces appear in the lowest row, play them in their allotted spaces, and upon them any suitable cards to continue the foundations .
You must now examine the tableau and endeavor by forming marriages to release other suitable cards. This, however, must be done with care, lest a sequence in a lower row may block a card above it which is much wanted, and might soon have been released.
If by these changes you can make a vacancy in the uppermost row , it is of the greatest use. The vacancy may be refilled with any available card from the tableau or from the talon, but you are not obliged to refill it until a favorable opportunity occurs.
The card so placed has all the privileges of the original card whose place it fills, and is treated in the same manner.
When there are no more available cards to play, proceed to deal out the remainder of the pack, turning the cards one by one, playing all suitable ones on the foundations, or placing them on the sequences of the tableau. The cards that cannot be so employed are laid aside in one packet, forming the talon.
There is no re-deal.
THE FIFTEEN
Two Entire Packs of Cards
RULES
PLAY
When one or more foundations are established, examine the tableau carefully, marry all available cards, and endeavor by these changes to release the greatest number of suitable cards for the foundations, and to open out one or more perpendicular lanes. These are of the greatest use; you may select any available card and place it at the top of the lane, and below it any others in sequence of the same suit, each card partly concealing the preceding one, as in the original deal.
You may also use the lane for reversing any sequences previously made. Thus, supposing there is a sequence beginning with a ten and ending with a three , place the three at the top of the lane, the other cards following until the ten becomes the lowest or available card.
In theory this patience is simple, but it is very difficult to play. The combinations are endless, from the constant reversing of sequences, and require great attention. As the success principally depends on the lanes, it is more prudent, when you have only one, not to refill it until by some fresh combination you can open out another one.
There is no re-deal.
THE SALIC LAW
Two Entire Packs of Cards
RULES
PLAY
Take from the pack and place one king to begin the line of eight kings, that are to be successively placed in a horizontal row as they appear in the deal. On this first king you place all the cards as you deal them until the next king appears. You now place the cards as you deal them upon this second king, and you continue thus to deal out the whole pack, always heaping upon the last king that has appeared all the cards as they are dealt.
The eight aces are to form the foundation cards, and are to ascend in sequence to knaves . When in the course of the deal any aces appear, they are to be immediately placed in a line above the king packets, and upon them any suitable cards , and when the queens appear they are to be placed in a row above the foundations. The queens are merely placed to complete the final tableau, which, if the patience succeeds, consists of the eight queens above, the eight knaves finishing the foundations in the centre, and the eight kings below. You must continually examine the surface of the king packets to play any suitable cards on the foundations, and in so doing endeavor to free some of the kings entirely, for when the deal is ended you are allowed to place one card from any of the other packets on each king, and you must, of course, choose those cards that will release the greatest number of suitable cards for the foundations, for which purpose the whole packets may be examined. In this consists the entire play.
There is no re-deal.
THE FOUR CORNERS
Two Entire Packs of Cards
RULES
PLAY
Deal out twelve cards as in tableau, beginning on the left. Place the top corner card, then the four side cards, lastly the lower corner card; repeat this process on the right hand, beginning with the top corner, and leaving space in the centre for the foundation cards. These will consist of four aces and four kings of different suits, the aces ascending in sequence to kings, and the kings descending in sequence to aces.
Having dealt the first round of twelve cards, proceed to deal out the entire pack in successive rounds covering the first one, but in dealing each several round the following method must be strictly observed:
When all possible combinations have been made, and further progress is impossible, the twelve packets may be taken up in order, beginning on the left, re-dealt, and played exactly as before. If necessary, there may be two re-deals.
THE MILL
Two Entire Packs of Cards
RULES
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