CONTENTS.

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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]