Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ...and 8 queen and 9 king and 9 1 7 10 knave 17 10 queen 1 7 10 king 1 7 knave qu. 1 7 knave kg. 1 7 queen kg. 1 8 9 10 18 9 knave 18 9 queen 18 9 king 1 8 10 knave 1 8 10 queen 1 8 10 king 1 8 knave qu. 1 8 knave kg. 1 8 queen kg. 1 9 10 knave 1 9 10 queen 1 9 10 king 1 9 knave qu. 1 9 knave kg. 1 9 queen kg. 1 10 kn. qu. 1 10 kn. kg. 1 10 qu. kg. 1 kn. qu. kg. In the concluding portion of this section of our 10 and knave knave and 8 8 and 10 queen and 8 8 and 10 king and 8 knave and qu. queen and 8 knave and kg. king and 8 queen and kg. king and 8 1 and 1 9 and 10 9 and 10 knave and 9 queen and 9 king and 9 knave and qu. queen and 9 9 and knave king and 9 queen and kg. king and 9 1 and 1 queen and 10 10 and knave king and 10 1 and 1 king and 10 1 and 1 king and queen work, the hand consists of a Pair-royal of Aces, attended by two other cards. The Pair-royal must be held in hand, at every risk, in all the cases here quoted. It must not be supposed that I think it necessary the learner should study All these cases of discarding, repeatedly and incessantly. He is merely required to use them for occasional reference; examining three or four at a time; and not endeavouring so much to follow them out literally, or learn them by rote--as to catch the spirit in which the various decisions are conceived, and then to aim at adapting such spirit to the varied and endless combinations of the cards he may take up. Not only may the same hands constantly arise to a card, but analogous positions will also frequently present themselves, in which the examples here given will serve as land-marks whereby to direct your course, in steering for port. Doubtless, there will be many persons inclined to dissent from some parts of the doctrine of scientific...
