Excerpt from Ping-Pong (Table Tennis); The Game and How to Play In compiling this hand-book my main object was to put before the public in the simplest and clearest manner, the way in which the chief strokes of this fascinating game can be performed. No literary merit is claimed, but it is hoped that this little work will introduce a great deal of new interest into a game which is sure to stay, for as an indoor game it has not a rival. Everything has been explained with great detail for the benefit of those who live far from the great towns and have not the opportunity of personally gaining knowledge of the game. My deepest thanks and gratitude are due to Mr. W. E. Houlbrook for his valuable assistance throughout every stage of the work; to Mr. T. G. Figgis for his article on the state of the game in Dublin; and to Messrs. Jaques for permitting me to print the official rules of PingPong. Without their help and that of many other friends too numerous to mention, it would have been impossible for me to have compiled this little manual. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.