[Gutenberg 54135] • Whist; or, Bumblepuppy? Thirteen Lectures Addressed to Children by Hewby, John Petch -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

WHIST; OR BUMBLEPUPPY? CONTENTS. PREFACE. LECTURE I. —— INTRODUCTORY. ——

Notes on some of the Laws.

LECTURE II. —— THE LEAD. —— LECTURE III. —— THE PLAY OF THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH HAND. —— LECTURE IV. —— DISCARDING, AND ITS DIFFICULTIES. ——

The Principles of Discarding. Resumption of Note C, page 36.

Playing for Amusement.

LECTURE V. —— THE DISCARD FROM THE STRONGEST SUIT. ——

Part I. Part II.

LECTURE VI. —— THE ELEVEN RULE (by desire). —— LECTURE VII. —— THE PETER AND ITS PECULIARITIES. —— LECTURE VIII. —— FALSE CARDS, LOGIC, LUCK. —— LECTURE IX. —— WHIST AS AN INVESTMENT. —— LECTURE X. —— ON THINGS IN GENERAL. —— LECTURE XI. —— THINKING. —— LECTURE XII. —— TEMPER. —— LECTURE XIII. —— DETERIORATION OF WHIST, ITS CAUSES AND CURE. ——

SPECIMEN OF BUMBLEPUPPY IN EXCELSIS. THE DOMESTIC RUBBER. DOUBLE DUMMY.

EPILOGUE I. —— EPILOGUE II. ——

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