Who was Professor Hoffmann? Professor Hoffmann (1839–1919) was the pseudonym of Angelo John Lewis. An English writer and translator. Professor Hoffmann wrote several books about Patience Games. In the book “The Cyclopædia of Card and Table Games,” Professor Hoffman revised and rewrote, with permission, the article of W. Pole (Games at cards for one player), … Read more
The Young Folk’s Cyclopaedia of Games and Sports with numerous illustrations by John Denison Champlin – 1890 A beautiful historical game book in which 22 Solitaire games are explained and described: Of note, there is no reference to the games Fascination or Triangle, which can be seen as the ancestors of the gambling Solitaires Klondike … Read more
Name Book: Games of Patience for One or More Players (second series)Author: Mary Whitmore JonesYear: 1890Publisher: L Upcott GillLocation: London, United Kingdom Games of Patience for One or More Players, with illustrations, Second Series by Mrs. Mary Whitmore Jones, London 1890 The second series, Games of Patience for One or More Players, came two years … Read more
Patience Games with examples played through illustrated with numerous diagrams, by “Cavendish” Published by Thos de la Rue & Co – 1890 This book, “Patience Games with Played Examples Illustrated with Numerous Diagrams,” was written by Thomas de la Rue and published in 1890. Thomas de la Rue wrote this book under his pseudonym, Cavendish. … Read more
Games of Patience for One or More Players (first series) by Mary Whitmore Jones 1888 Mary Whitmore Jones dedicated a big part of her life writing Patience books. She admitted she rarely had time to play herself since she was entirely dedicated to research for her books. She wrote 13 books and was the inventor … Read more
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 … Read more
Dick’s Games of Patience (first series) by William B Dick, Dick and Fitzgerald, New York, USA A very well-known and famous book of Patience is written in 1883 by William B Dick. Even now there are still many copies of the original print available. The first series was published in 1883 and contained 64 games … Read more
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