All About Pool

The New York Times, June 10, 1896

“Pool’’ is the title of the eleventh number of Spalding’s Home Library, by A. Howard Cady. It contains historical notes on the game, and describes in detail the sevéral varieties played—Pyramid Pool, Fifteen-Ball Pool, Chicago Pool, Bottle Pool, Black, or Everlastin Pool, Pin Pool, Plant Game, Russian, or Five-Ball Pool, Losing Pyramids, Shell Out, High, Low, Jack and the Game, Snooker, besides the rules and scoring rules for each variety. It is fully illustrated, and is a book that will appreciated by those who indulge in that pastimes. It is published by the American Sports Publishing Company, 241 Broadway, New-York, and will be sent pompaid to any address in the United States or Canada upon receipts of 10 cents.