| PAGE | | The Laws Of Whist | 1 | | Etiquette Of Whist | 19 | | Cases And Decisions | 22 | | Historical | 31 | | PART I. | | GENERAL PRINCIPLES. | | THE FIRST HAND OR LEAD. | | Original Leads | 56 | | Leads From Strong Suits | 56 | | " From Sequences | 62 | | " Analysis Of, In Detail | 64 | | " From Weak Suits | 72 | | " At Advanced Periods | 74 | | Returned Leads | 79 | | THE SECOND HAND. | | Play of the Second Hand | 82 | | " " With Strong Suits | 82 | | " " With Sequences | 83 | | " " Analysis Of, In Detail | 85 | | THE THIRD HAND. | | Play of the Third Hand when the Lead is from Strong Suits | 92 | | Play of the Third Hand when the Lead is from Weak Suits | 93 | | Finessing | 92 | | THE FOURTH HAND. | | Play Of The Fourth Hand | 96 | | The Command Of Suits | 96 | | Underplay | 101 | | Discarding | 104 | | The Conversation of the Game | 108 | | TRUMPS. | | The Management Of Trumps | 119 | | Leading Trumps | 120 | | Asking For Trumps | 125 | | Trumping | 129 | | Forcing | 131 | | Playing to the Score | 134 | | Drawing Inferences | 134 | | Coups | 141 | | PART II. | | Hands | 156 | | APPENDIX A. | | American Leads | 281 | | APPENDIX B. | | The Plain-Suit Echo | 287 | | APPENDIX C. | | On The Original Lead Of King | 289 |
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