CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| 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] |
PREFACE.
As it has been taken for granted, because no abhorrence of the recent proceedings of the New Academy has been openly expressed, such feeling is non-existent, this opuscule has been written in the confident belief that it expresses the opinions of a majority of civilized Whist-players.
London, Christmas, 1884.