CARDS FOUND BY MR. CHATTO IN A BLACK-LETTER VOLUME FORMERLY IN THE CATHEDRAL LIBRARY, AT PETERBOROUGH, ENGLAND. Now in the Print Room of the British Museum 11 FOUND IN AN OLD EDITION OF CLAUDIAN, EARLY ENGLISH 12 CARDS ON WHICH INVITATIONS WERE WRITTEN. Owned by Mrs. Ten Eyck and Miss Crowninshield. Date 1763 13 GEOGRAPHICAL CARDS. Owned by Richard H. Derby, Esq., M.D. Date 1795 14 NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CARDS, APACHE TRIBE. Cut out of Deerskin and painted by themselves. National Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 15, 16, 17 NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN GAMBLING-STICKS, HAIDA TRIBE, QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS. Carved on Cubes of Wood. National Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 18, 19 NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN GAMBLING-STICKS, ALASKA TRIBE. Painted on Cubes of Wood. National Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 20 JAPANESE CARDS, EACH ONE REPRESENTING A WEEK IN THE YEAR. Owned by Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer 21, 22, 23, 24 THE DEVIL’S PICTURE-BOOKS “_The Ladies arm-in-arm in clusters, As great and gracious a’ as sisters;_ * * * * * _On lee-lang nights, wi’ crabbit leuks, Pore owre the devil’s pictured beuks._” BURNS. THE DEVIL’S PICTURE-BOOKS. THE TAROTS. A youth of frolic, an old age of cards. HONE: _Every-Day Book_, ii. 98. The origin of Playing-cards and their inventor is still a subject of speculation, and will probably remain forever undiscovered. Almost every country in Europe has through her scholars laid claim to having been the first to use cards; and many documentary and other proofs have been brought forward to substantiate their assertions, which are based upon ancient laws, common traditions, or contemporary illustrations.