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The Billiard Monthly : February, 1911
Some Early References to Billiards
A kinde of play with balles upon a table, called billiards.
Florio, 1598.
The gallery is a pleasant, noble room. In the middle is
a billiard table.Evelyn’s Diary, 1677.
When the cigar is lit after dinner, where better to have
the coffee than in the billiard roomyour own private
billiard room?