PREFACE
CONTENTS
The Laws of Bridge REVISED 1905 THE RUBBER
ETIQUETTE
BRIDGE FOR THREE PLAYERS
THE SCORE
THE DECLARATION
DOUBLING
THE NON-DEALER'S PLAY AGAINST A DECLARED TRUMP
INFERENCES
THE NON-DEALER'S PLAY OF A "NO-TRUMP" HAND
THE DISCARD
THE DEALER'S PLAY
MANAGEMENT OF TRUMPS BY THE DEALER
THE DEALER'S PLAY OF A "NO-TRUMP" DECLARATION
CARD STRATEGY
LOST TRICKS
"YOUR PARTNER."
ILLUSTRATIVE HANDS
END PLAY
GLOSSARY
INDEX.
MR. ELWELL’S BOOKS
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ADVANCED BRIDGE
THE HIGHER PRINCIPLES OF THE GAME
ANALYSED AND EXPLAINED, AND
THEIR APPLICATION ILLUSTRATED,
BY HANDS TAKEN FROM
ACTUAL PLAY
BY
J. B. ELWELL
AUTHOR OF “ELWELL ON BRIDGE”
“BRIDGE TOURNAMENT HANDS”
SIXTH EDITION
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1907
Copyright, 1904, 1905, by
J. B. ELWELL
_
TO
Mr. HENRY I. BARBEY
WHO FIRST INTRODUCED BRIDGE IN AMERICA
THE AUTHOR CORDIALLY DEDICATES
THIS BOOK
