Billiards Game 500 Up
At what period the game of Billiards (invented by the French) was introduced into England has not been ascertained ; but, as mention has been made of it by Shakespeare, it must, at all events, have been known in the sixteenth century. On inspecting some of the old-fashioned Tables, it is probable that those in use at the above-named period of time were of larger dimensions than the modern ; and as the game known by the title of “The White Game” was in general use even within the last hundred years, it is likely that it was then universally adopted.