Excerpt from The Noble Game of Billiards: Wherein Are Exhibited Extraordinary and Surprising Strokes Which Have Excited the Admiration of Most of the Sovereigns of Europe Many Noblemen and Gentlemen, at home and abroad, had acquired great skill and reputation at the Table; and every proficient had his collectanea of rules, directions, and advices, before the growing interest of this elegant Pastime had called for regular Treatises, pointing out the difl'erent modes of play, laying down general rules, and tracing the systematic operations of which the Game is susceptible. 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.