CONTENTS.

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Introductory[7]
Wooden Arrangement, No. 1—
The Signal and the Echo[9]
Wooden Arrangement, No. 2—
Tampering with the Discard[12]
The Modern Game[19]
Wooden Arrangement, No. 3—
Original Lead of the Longest Suit[20]
Wooden Arrangement, No. 4—
The Lead of the Penultimate and its Congeners[25]
Some Pillars of the Modern Edifice—
Pillar No. 1—The Philosophy of Whist[33]
Pillar No. 2—Illustrative Whist Hands[41]
Pillar No. 3—Developments, Generalizations, and Extensions of Principle[47]
Whittling at the Small End of Nothing[52]
A Whist Player’s Wail[56]
Arithmetic Applied to Whist by a Small Boy[70]
Conclusion[73]