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The Principles and Practice of Whist. By
Ernest Bergholt and Leonard Leigh (Philadelphia).
BRIDGE.
This is a recent development of the grand old game of Whist. Though differing widely in many particulars from its prototype, it is still essentially Whist, the innovations, while introducing a new speculative element, affording even larger opportunities for the exercise of the judgment and skill which Whist proper demands; and the best proof of its merit lies in the fact that even by the "old stagers" of the London clubs it is now generally played in preference to the classic game.
The main elements of novelty in Bridge, as distinguished from Whist, may be classed under the following heads:—