Those who already play Patience or Solitaire may be familiar with only one or two different games and not realize that there are many others of different types that have been devised. the games selected by the AUTHORs are among the best representatives of these types and range in difficulty from simple fun games to complex mind-stretching exercises. Above all however they have been chosen to give hours of pleasure to the player. The games are described in a very structured manner giving the initial layout of the cards and the method of play in short clear steps. the level of skill required is indicated and suggestions are made with regard to tactics. To give fur ther help each game has been illustrated to show the initial layout and usually the first steps of play. the illustration will be particularly useful to those who are unfamiliar with Patience games and who find it difficult to follow DESCRIPTIONs given only in words