The Folio Book of Card Games is selected from Hoyle's Rules of Games: Descriptions of Indoor Games of Skill and Chance, with advice on Skillful Play. Based on the Foundations Laid Down by Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769. This selection is taken from the third edition by Albert H. Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith (eds), and revised and updated by Philip D. Morehead, published by NAL Signet in 2001.