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... Salmone. With a special design drawn by Sir W. B. Richmond, (Daiid Nutt J A Memorial of the Chess Tournament for Masters and Amateurs, arranged by the City of London Chess Club. 1900. Containing the Full Scores of the Games Played. 2s. Long mans, Green Co.) ...
... By Fred W. Bell, F.b.S. 5s. net. William Hcinewann. The Quarterly Review. July, igco. 6s. John Murray.) The Principles of Chess in Theory and Practice. By James Mann. Third edition. (Horace Cox.) China: the Long Lived Empire. By E. R. Scidmore. 8s. 6d ...
... Two vols (J. M. Dent Co.) The Health Resorts of Europe. By Thomas Linn, M.D. Eighth year. (Henry nimpton.) Principles of Chess in Theory and Practice By James Mason Third edition revised and enlarged 2s6d.net. (Horace Cox.) The Princess a Play in Two ...
... intrigue-- the development of the plot scarcely realises the ingenuity in complication promised by the title-- the stage game of chess is not a championship contest; but the rest is very bright and agreeable with natural character, and with dialogue which is ...
... distance runner. Last year he finished third in the same race. He has improved a lot since then. A Club Match. Chess, ye gods Do working men play chess? They did here, and played it according to know ledge, it would seem, for the Muzio Gambit unfolded itself ...
... Mrs. Ward in her pro- foundest manner and most serious mood, and, though her situations frequently resemble the majority of chess problems by seldom or never occurring in real play, it must be owned that they are skilfully constructed with a view to an ...
... steam engines as a hobby, whilst Sir Walter Parratt's favourite recreation was to dictate moves for two simultaneous games of chess whilst playing Bach fugues. It used to be said that English Concerning Amateur people cared only for one form Orchestras of ...
... fills it is the unfortunate governess, Miss Roberts. Miss Roberts has not only to look after a couple of girl pupils, to play chess, and take walks with the heroine's husband, but has also to fetch and carry and do maid-of-all-work sundries for the mis- -J; ...
... man who arranges a revolution in two minutes, and in a couple more has carried it out in detail worthy of a Kitchener or a chess champion. Miss Dora Barton makes a capital maid and confidant of Barbara, and Miss Lena Halliday plays very effectively an ...
... the cosmos is so very small. The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in. Poets do not go mad but chess-players do. Mathemati cians go mad. and cashiers, but creative artists very seldom. The poet only asks to get his head into ...
... of clockwork, which may or may not be essential to the working of the illusion. Its most dazzling feat is worked out on a chess board. The board, with its sixty-four squares all numbered, is exhibited, and it is required to make the Knight's move from ...
... it resembles those chess problems which can scarcely be imagined as occurring, even when occurrence is possible, in actual play. The occurrence of Miss Mole's problem in real life is certainly unlikely in the extreme. But, as in chess, so in life, it is ...