Description
Excerpt from Modern Billiards: A Complete Text-Book of the Game, Containing Plain and Practical Instructions How to Play and Acquire Skill at This Scientific Amusement
Apart from its inviting to moderate and wholesome exer cise, billiards, as popularly played, is pre-eminently a mental pastime. Nearly all its exponents Of approved skill, What ever were the drawbacks Of their youth, are intellectually quick and This is due in some measure to the ready mathematical requirements Of the play as a routine, but in a much greater degree to its taxing the eye, stimulating the fancy, and disciplining the mind by imposing watchfulness, invention, and analysis. Slowness is costly, and hence, as an early habit, an eager alertness Of Vision, alacrity Of step, and promptitude Of decision.
Regarding billiards as' a spectacle, its physical requisites to perfection are keen Sight, level head and steady hand; but they are by no means essential to enjoyment Of it as a leisure-hour diversion en amateur. In this sense, its charm lies altogether in participation, which is all the more agree able and healthful because never needing to be exhausting.
Caroming methods are still changing. Execution is again growing less fantastic and more practical. Systemization is becoming more and more dominant. In consequence, certain gathering shots, depicting instructive possibilities rather than downright needs, and diagrammed as still proper to teach when the earlier edition Of this book was issued, have no place in the present volume.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Apart from its inviting to moderate and wholesome exer cise, billiards, as popularly played, is pre-eminently a mental pastime. Nearly all its exponents Of approved skill, What ever were the drawbacks Of their youth, are intellectually quick and This is due in some measure to the ready mathematical requirements Of the play as a routine, but in a much greater degree to its taxing the eye, stimulating the fancy, and disciplining the mind by imposing watchfulness, invention, and analysis. Slowness is costly, and hence, as an early habit, an eager alertness Of Vision, alacrity Of step, and promptitude Of decision.
Regarding billiards as' a spectacle, its physical requisites to perfection are keen Sight, level head and steady hand; but they are by no means essential to enjoyment Of it as a leisure-hour diversion en amateur. In this sense, its charm lies altogether in participation, which is all the more agree able and healthful because never needing to be exhausting.
Caroming methods are still changing. Execution is again growing less fantastic and more practical. Systemization is becoming more and more dominant. In consequence, certain gathering shots, depicting instructive possibilities rather than downright needs, and diagrammed as still proper to teach when the earlier edition Of this book was issued, have no place in the present volume.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Details
Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Unknown Author
Hardback
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780656537648
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 379
Paperback
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330092910
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm
Page Count - 381
Payment & Security
Your payment information is processed securely. We do not store credit card details nor have access to your credit card information.