Mr. Blackburne's Games of Chess. Edited by P. Anderson Graham.
(Longmans and Co. 7s. Cal. net.)—Mr.Blackburne has him- self selected, annotated, and arranged these games, and the editor adds a biographical sketch. Mr. Blackburne was born at Man- chester in 1842. He learnt the moves in 1860. Less than two years afterwards he played four games at once blindfold, winning them all, and took part in the great Chess Tournament of 1862. (He and Herr Steinitz were the only players of that year who con- tended in 1899.) This was an astonishing beginning, and his career has been one of great success. There is an interesting chapter on "Blindfold Chess."" The senses of touch, taste, and smell are for the time being all lost, the energy that supports them all flowing into chess." The great secret is the power of "picturing the chessboard before the mental vision." It is the same power which, in another direction, creates such marvels as the "Calculating Boy."
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