author

Benjamin Garno

b. 1840

A lively early writer on billiards, he treated the game as both a skill to master and a subject worth serious study. His work captures a moment when billiards was becoming a more organized and widely discussed pastime.

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Modern Billiards A Complete Text-Book of the Game, Containing Plain and Practical Instructions How to Play and Acquire Skill at This Scientific Amusement

Modern Billiards A Complete Text-Book of the Game, Containing Plain and Practical Instructions How to Play and Acquire Skill at This Scientific Amusement

by Benjamin Garno

About the author

Born in 1840, Benjamin Garno is best known for Modern Billiards, a detailed guide to the game that was later preserved by major digital libraries. The surviving catalog records identify him as an author connected with billiards literature, and the book itself helped carry his name forward.

Garno also appears in historical newspaper and library records as a journalist and editor. Evidence from The New York Clipper and Library of Congress cataloging shows him working with that long-running sporting and theatrical paper, including as managing editor in the 1880s.

Taken together, those records suggest a writer deeply involved in the world of sport, reporting, and practical instruction. Even where personal details are scarce, his published work still offers a clear sense of his voice: energetic, confident, and eager to explain the finer points of a popular game.