CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED FROM THE
LATEST AND BEST AUTHORITIES.

NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY GEORGE LONG,
No. 161 Broadway,

Elliott & Palmer, printers, 20 William-st,
1829.

CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED FROM THE LATEST AND BEST AUTHORITIES.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY GEORGE LONG,
No. 161 Broadway,

Elliott & Palmer, printers, 20 William-st,
1829.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

BEQUEST OF

SILAS W. HOWLAND

NOVEMBER 8, 1938
INDEX.

WHIST, The game described....
Terms used in the game

Laws of the game

Short rules for learners..
General rules .........
Particular games

10

......

12

15

........

ib.

When your adversaries turn up an honour 24
The danger of forcing your partner.... 25
The advantage of a Saw...
When an honour turned up on your right 20
When a ten or nine is turned up do. 28
Necessity of remembering the trump card 29
The manner of playing sequences
Whether strong or weak in trumps.
Calculations for whist....

Mr. Payne's maxims for whist..
Mathews' directions and maxims

QUADRILLE, The game described
Terms used in the game

30

.....

31

33

36

48

81

83

Laws of the game

85

Calculations for piquet

QUINZE, Description and rules..

VINGT-UN, Description and manner of playing 114

LANSQUENET, The game described

.116

..112