Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers was primarily known as one of the founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.This present work was first published in 1888.Mathers added the "MacGregor" surname as a claim to Highland Scottish heritage.He was a practising vegetarian, or according to some vegan, an outspoken anti-vivisectionist, and a non-smoker. Mathers was a polyglot; among the languages he had studied were English, French, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Gaelic and Coptic, though he had a greater command of some languages than of others. This book is brief but has complete description of Tarot, the symbolism of each key, meanings of the cards, methods of divination, Tarot game play, and Occult significance of the Tarot cards.It will be appreciated by anyone interested in the study of the tarot.