- Name Article: A Martyr to Solitaire
- Author: Unknown
- Year: 7 October 1874
- Published in: The New York Times
- Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
A Martyr to Solitaire, The New York Times, 7 October 1874: Dicks Games of patience or Solitaire With Cards. Contains 44 games, William B Dick New York – Dick & Fitzgerald
An article in the New York Times where the reporter reviews the book: Dicks Games of Patience. The unknown writer about Solitaire in relation to gambling:
“Solitaire may seem to be used as only recreation, but as the best of things may be perverted, it has occasionally been employed as a method of gambling. The odds against the performance of such and such a game of solitaire are sometimes taken and in a club in London, where all-round games of cards, even whist, were prohibited save solitaire, a good deal of money is said to have been lost”
