12 NOVEMBER 1881, Page 22

Monaco. By John Poison. (Elliot Stock.)—Here the reader may learn

all about this little principality, which has the last of the gaming-tables. There is just as much ruin wrought at Tattersall's if not at the great whist-playing Clubs as on the green cloth of the Salon at Monaco; still, there is the open scandal at the latter place, which it would be well to abate. Mr. Poison writes his book to help forward this end, and tells some tragic stories of ruined gamblers and their end ; even gives the picture of one, as he lies extended on the lawn of the Casino. We wish Mr. Poison success in his endeavour.