THE WHIST PLAYER'S HAND BOOK

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TO THE READER.


It is a fact of general notoriety, that notwithstanding the numerous theories published, and the almost universal practice of a science, where profit and amusement may be combined, a capital Whist Player is scarcely ever, and even what may be termed a good one, but rarely met with. ...

There is, indeed, in almost every town and city, some person of whom, you are told, play...