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THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 1970

Succoth - First Day of Tabernacles 288th day - 77 days to come

Called Felicia & she called back. Hadn't heard from X and if she doesn't hear by tomorrow she'll call them.
They had Steve Barkoczy send him his 8-cube PUZZLES in a tremendous hurry. This was a few weeks ago and then they never answered him.
She hasn't gotten word on BALI yet and that made her very nervous.

Michael Dummett here for lunch, supper, and to sleep over.
He is lecturing on "Symbolic Logic" at Princeton this term. His regular place is at Oxford.
He is working on a book on the history of TAROK in particular [crossout] with background material on other old games, giving special emphasis to trick-taking games - TRAPPOLA, JASS, etc.
He looked thru a great many of my books on cards. He was particularly interested in the Spanish book REPERTORIO COMPLETO DE TODOS LOS JUEGOS and picked out a number of pages that I told him either I would have reproduced or have BB type. Also interested in the Hungarian KARTYA KEZIKONYV, using the translation my father made several years ago. In one game, MARIAS there seemed to be "something off in the translation. And one game, ALSOS I hadn't had him translate since it was in Culbertson; but Michael pointed out that the account was sketchy in Culbertson. I read thru 2 chapters that he had written on his book and we discussed some of the things he men- tioned. The origin on RUMMY which is quiet myster- ious. Both believe it was from the Chinese, but not MAH-JONG; a common ancestor. He said that the TAROK cards were made to fit the game, the first to introduce the idea of trumps. I figured that the cards were made for show first and then the game made to fit. I also said that many variations would be played until a game was standardized, particularly when society picked it up for gambling. I asked him to send me copies of his "Table of Contents" which mentions a log of GAMEs, including an Indian & a Japanese one. Asked him to send me info on these. He has a lot of notes on Chinese card and domino GAMEs. He will send me repros of these. He believes that they are here so that he won't have to wait until he gets back to England. Michael visited Geoffrey Mott-Smith's window and looked at his notes on card games. There was nothing of particular interest. The "Bodliean Library" at Oxford has the personal

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THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 1970
Succoth - First Day of Tabernacles 288th day - 77 days to come


Called Felicia & she called back. Hadn't heard from
X and if she doesn't hear by tomorrow she'll
call them.
They had Steve Barkoczy send him his 8-cube
PUZZLES in a tremendous hurry. This was a few weeks
ago and then they never answered him.
She hasn't gotten word on BALI yet and that made her very
nervous.
Michael Dummett here for lunch, supper, and to sleep
over.
He is lecturing on "Symbolic Logic" at Princeton this
term. His regular place is at Oxford.
He is working on a book on the history of TAROK
in particular [crossout] with background material on
other old games, giving special emphasis to
trick-taking games - TRAPPOLA, JASS, etc.
He looked thru a great many of my books on
cards. He was particularly interested in the
Spanish book REPERTORIO COMPLETO DE TODOS LOS JUEGOS
and picked out a number of pages that I told him
either I would have reproduced or have BB type. Also
interested in the Hungarian KARTYA KEZIKONYV, using
the translation my father made several years ago.
In one game, MARIAS there seemed to be "something off
in the translation. And one game, ALSOS I hadn't had
him translate since it was in Culbertson; but Michael
pointed out that the account was sketchy in Culbertson.
I read thru 2 chapters that he had written on his
book and we discussed some of the things he men-
tioned. The origin on RUMMY which is quiet myster-
ious. Both believe it was from the Chinese, but not
MAH-JONG; a common ancestor. He said that the
TAROK cards were made to fit the game, the first
to introduce the idea of trumps. I figured that
the cards were made for show first and then the
game made to fit. I also said that many variations
would be played until a game was standardized,
particularly when society picked it up for gambling.
I asked him to send me copies of his "Table of Contents"
which mentions a log of GAMEs, including an Indian &
a Japanese one. Asked him to send me info on these.
He has a lot of notes on Chinese card and domino
GAMEs. He will send me repros of these. He believes
that they are here so that he won't have to wait until
he gets back to England.
Michael visited Geoffrey Mott-Smith's window and looked
at his notes on card games. There was nothing of
particular interest.
The "Bodliean Library" at Oxford has the personal
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