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| LECTURE I.—Introductory | [1] |
| LECTURE II.—The Lead | [11] |
| LECTURE III.—The Play of the Second, Third, and Fourth Hand | [26] |
| LECTURE IV.—Discarding, and its Difficulties | [32] |
| LECTURE V.—The Discard from the Strongest Suit (Part I.; Part II.) | [46] |
| LECTURE VI.—The Eleven Rule | [55] |
| LECTURE VII.—The Peter and its Peculiarities | [59] |
| LECTURE VIII.—False Cards, Logic, Luck | [69] |
| LECTURE IX.—Whist as an Investment | [74] |
| LECTURE X.—On Things in General | [81] |
| LECTURE XI.—Thinking | [93] |
| LECTURE XII.—Temper | [99] |
| LECTURE XIII.—Deterioration of Whist, its Causes and Cure | [105] |
| BUMBLEPUPPY IN EXCELSIS | [111] |
| THE DOMESTIC RUBBER, Double Dummy | [113] |
| EPILOGUE I. | [115] |
| EPILOGUE II. | [117] |