Hoyle's Games Modernized

by Louis Hoffmann Edmond Hoyle

...best trump, or it is an attempt to place the lead. It is for the partner to use his judgment as to which of these proceedings should be adopted. To lead a thirteenth card merely because, as some persons assert, they "did not know what else to do," is an exhibition of feebleness of intelligence. Maxims. Those persons who desire to become whist-players, and not mere players at Whist, should bear in mind that Whist is a combination of well-established rules, which should be obeyed; of observation, which is usually misnamed memory, and of reason, which is one of the most essential items towards becoming a whist-player. In order to put as little strain as possible on the reasoning powers, it is advisable to 220 become acquainted with certain maxims which can be committed to memory like proverbs, and can then be acted on during the game. The following will be found

120 pages, Paperback

First published April 16, 1909