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| Introductory | [7] |
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| Wooden Arrangement, No. 1— |
| The Signal and the Echo | [9] |
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| Wooden Arrangement, No. 2— |
| Tampering with the Discard | [12] |
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| The Modern Game | [19] |
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| Wooden Arrangement, No. 3— |
| Original Lead of the Longest Suit | [20] |
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| Wooden Arrangement, No. 4— |
| The Lead of the Penultimate and its Congeners | [25] |
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| 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] |
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| Whittling at the Small End of Nothing | [52] |
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| A Whist Player’s Wail | [56] |
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| Arithmetic Applied to Whist by a Small Boy | [70] |
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| Conclusion | [73] |