Bridge; its Principles and Rules of Play / with Illustrative Hands and the Club Code of Bridge Laws

BRIDGE
ITS PRINCIPLES AND RULES OF PLAY
BY J. B. ELWELL
WITH ILLUSTRATIVE HANDS AND THE CLUB CODE OF BRIDGE LAWS NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1906
COPYRIGHT, 1902, 1905, BY J. B. ELWELL TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK
TO HIS PUPILS AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED IN THE GAME OF BRIDGE THE AUTHOR WOULD BEG LEAVE TO DEDICATE THIS BOOK

THE main purpose which I have had in view in writing this book has been to provide my pupils with a SIMPLE and ELEMENTARY work on Bridge. I have endeavoured to abstain from assuming a knowledge of Whist or Whist terms on the part of the reader, and have merely attempted to write a text-book which shall combine clear and concise statements of my rules, with a reason for and explanation of each one. These rules have stood the test of practical experiment by myself and others for the last five years, so that this statement of them will, I trust, be of benefit both to the beginner and to the advanced player.
J. B. E.

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