An overview of all articles, and other resources used to compile the Solitaire Bibliography and the history of solitaire from a Gambling perspective.
The Season in Saratoga, The New York Times, 12 July 1878, New York, USA An article is published in the New York Times about the start of the touristic season in Saratoga Springs in the summer of 1878. An anonymous visit describes the upcoming summer season and what activities there are. At that time, Saratoga … Read more
Solitary Games, The Spectator, Volume 48, Part 1, London, United Kingdom In this article, the writer mainly responds to the article from W. Pole a year earlier “Games at Cards for One Player, published in the November edition of the Macmillan’s Magazine“ The following interesting quote from this article shows that there were already many … Read more
Games at Cards for One Player by W. Pole, Macmillan’s Magazine, Volume 31 1874 W. Pole was, at the time he lived, a well-renowned writer of books about card games. He was most famous for his book “The Philosophy of Whist” In the November edition of the Macmillan’s Magazine he wrote a very interesting article … Read more