! Spayth’s American Draught Player ; cr , The Theory 
end .Practice of the. Scientific Game of Checkers: Simplified and illus- j 
1 rated v,Mil practical diagrams ; containing upwards of *1,760 Games ami 
Positions. By Henry Spayth. Third edition, with over two hundred 
corrections and improvements, containing: The Standard Laws of the 
Game, Full Instructions, Draught Board, numbered, Names of the Games, ; 
and how formed. The “ Theory of the Move and its changes ” practically j 
explained and illustrated with Diagrams, Playing Tables for Draught 
Chibs, New Systems of Numbering the Board, Prefixing Signs to the Varia¬ 
tions, List of Draught Treatises and Publications chronologically arranged. 
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 
The Tress arc unqualified in their commendation of this valuable work. 
The following brief extracts arc taken from extended notices of it: 
“ It is by far the best work upon the game that has ever been published.” 
—Atlantic Monthly Magazine. 
“ Mr. Spayth’s book contains matter ofthe profoundest and most indispen¬ 
sable moment.” —The Independent. 
“It is the most instructive treatise on the game ever published in any 
country.” —Buffalo Courier. 
Bound in cloth, gilt side and back. Price. $3 OO 
Spayth’s Grams of Draughts. Containing upwards of 
Five Hundred Games and Positions, Full Instructions, the Move and its 
Changes, {Laws of the Gama, etc. By Henry Spayth, author of “The 
American Draught Player.” This book is entirely new, and although it is 
designed as an addition, or supplement to the author’s first w r ork, “The 
American Draught Player,” it is complete in itself. It contains lucid in¬ 
structions for beginners, laws of the game, diagrams, the score of 364 
games, together with about 150 novel, instructive and ingenious “ criti¬ 
cal positions.” The work is an admirable treatise upon the noble game to 
which Mr. Spayth has given so much profitable study and thought, and 
will, if possible, still further enhance his reputation, both as a player and 
author. To the experienced Draught player it will, during the long winter 
evenings, prove an invaluable companion, and the novice can from its 
pages learn a mental recreation that has been and is the delight of many of 
our greatest minds. Cloth, gilt back and side. Trice_$1 *50 
Spayth’s Draughts or Checkers for Beginners. 
Being a comprehensive guide for those who desire to learn the game. This 
treatise was written by Henry Spayth, the celebrated player, and is by far 
the most complete and instructive elementary work on Draughts ever pub¬ 
lished. It is profusely illustrated with diagrams of ingenious stratagems, 
cui’ious positions and perplexing problems, and contains a great variety of 
interesting and instructive games, progressively arranged and clearly ex¬ 
plained with notes, so that the learner may easily comprehend them. With 
the aid of this valuable manual, a beginner may soon master the theory of 
Checkers, and will only require a little practice to become proficient in the 
game. Cloth, gilt side. Price-----75 Cents 
That’s It; or, Plain Teaching. By the author of “Inquire 
Within,” “The Reason Why,” &c. Illustrated with over 1,200 Wood 
Cuts. 12mo., cloth, gilt side and back. This book is a perfect encyclopedia 
of universal information upon things common and uncommon, found in na¬ 
ture, ai-t and science. The whole visible world is swept within the circuit 
of its touch, and the subjects are illustrated by wood engravings of an ex¬ 
cellent character, done in a high style of that art. Over one thousand 
wood engravings adorn its pages, from the round globe to the smallest 
flower, and froip. thence to the tiniest insect. It is a library m itself, and to 
a lad or miss of an inquiring turn of mind, it is a perfect Aladdin’s palace 
of useful and interesting information. Price___$1 60 
Copies of the above books seut free of postage on receipt <ef price. 
