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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 927 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PATIENCE , the name given to certain card-See also:

GAMES, CLASSICAL

games played by a single See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person. Although known for centuries, they have seldom been mentioned by writers on playing-See also:

CARDS, PLAYING

cards, and the rules have for the most See also:

PART

part been handed down orally. There are two See also:

main varieties; in one See also:

LUCK

luck alone prevails, since the player has no choice of See also:

PLAY

play but must follow strict rules; in the other an opportunity is given for the display of skill and See also:

JUDGMENT

judgment, as the player has the choice of several plays at different stages of the See also:

GAME

game. The usual See also:

OBJECT

object is to bring the cards into See also:

REGULAR

regular ascending or descending sequences. The starting card is called the " See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation," and the See also:

FAMILY

family " (sequence) is " built " upon it. In other varieties of Patience the object is to make pairs, which are then discarded, the game being brought to a successful conclusion when all the cards have been paired; or to pair cards which will together make certain See also:

numbers, and then .discard as before. There are hundreds of Patience games, ranging from the simplest to the most complicated. See Jarbart's Games of Patience in De la-See also:

RUE (Fr. rue, Lat. ruta, from Gr. pur)

Rue's See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of handbooks (19o5); Patience Games, by " See also:

Cavendish " (See also:

LONDON

London, 189o); Cyclopaedia of Card and Table Games, by See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor See also:

Hoffmann (London, 1891) ; Patience Games, by Professor Hoffmann (London, 1892) ; Games of Patience, by A. See also:

Howard Cady (See also:

Spalding's See also:

Home Library, New See also:

York, 1896) ; See also:

Dick's Games of Patience, edited by W. B. and H. B. Dick (New York, 1898) ; Games of Patience (4 series), by See also:

Mary E.

W. See also:

Jones (London, 1898) ; Le Livre illustre See also:

des patiences, by " Comtesse de Blanccceur " (See also:

Paris, 1898).

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