Note 316 — Chapter V · THE MORALITY OF CARD-PLAYING.

"Traité du jeu, ou l'on examine les principales Questions de Droit naturel et de morale qui ont du rapport à cette Matière. Par Jean Barbeyrac, Professeur en Droit à Groningue. Seconde Edition, revue et augmentée. A laquelle on a joint un Discours sur la nature du Sort, et quelques autres Ecrits de l'Auteur qui servent principalement à défendre ce qu'il avoit dit de l'innocence du jeu consideré en lui-même."—This Edition, in three volumes, 16mo, was published at Amsterdam, 1738, and is dedicated to Anne, Princess of Orange, eldest daughter of George II. The first edition appeared in 1710. It is said that the idea of writing such a book was first suggested to Barbeyrac in consequence of his being so frequently appealed to on questions relating to the game of cards by ladies who came to play with his mother-in-law, with whom he resided, and in whose apartment he used frequently to sit.