~Mortimer's Chess Players' Pocket-book.~ A complete and handy Manual
of all the known Openings and Gambits, with a thorough analysis of
each, its variations and defense, the more intricate of which are
instructively carried out; beyond the opening moves. By James
Mortimer. The special feature of this work is the manner in which the
notation is arranged in tabular form, by which greater perspicuity is
gained for study, and so reduces the bulk that it can easily be
carried in the pocket for ready reference. This book is emphatically
indorsed by all the leading Chess Critics.
Cloth, pocket size. 50 cts.
~Gossip's Chess Players' Text-book.~ It introduces a preliminary
Game, elucidated step by step for the instruction of beginners. It
gives a full and extended analysis of all the Openings and Gambits in
general use, with illustrative Games analytically explained, and a
number of interesting End Games and Strategic positions calculated to
afford advanced players a more thorough insight into the intricacies
of the game.
Bound in cloth. 156 pages. 75 cts.
~Scattergood's Game of Draughts; or, Checkers Simplified and
Explained.~ With practical Diagrams and Illustrations, together
with a Checker-board, numbered and printed in red. Containing the
Eighteen Standard Games, with over 200 of the best variations selected
from various authors, with some never before published. By D.
Scattergood.
Bound in cloth, with flexible covers. 50 cts.
~Spayth's Game of Draughts.~ By Henry Spayth. This book is designed as
a supplement to "The American Draught Player"; but it is complete in
itself. It contains lucid instructions for beginners, Laws of the
Game, Diagrams, the score of 364 games, together with 34 novel,
instructive, and ingenious "critical positions."