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Title: The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained,

Author: Cavendish


Release date: January 25, 2016 [eBook #51039]
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Language: English

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FRONTISPIECE.

RUFF and HONOURS (from the Compleat Gamester 1680).

"Lastly, observe the Women with what grace
 They sit, and look their Partners in the face,
 Who from their eyes shoot Cupids fiery darts;
 Thus make them lose at once their Game and Hearts."

THE
LAWS AND PRINCIPLES
OF
WHIST
STATED AND EXPLAINED
AND ITS
PRACTICE ILLUSTRATED
ON
AN ORIGINAL SYSTEM
BY MEANS OF
HANDS PLAYED COMPLETELY THROUGH.

BY

"CAVENDISH."

EIGHTEENTH EDITION.

LONDON:

THOS. DE LA RUE & CO.

1889.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

PRINTED BY

THOMAS DE LA RUE AND CO., BUNHILL ROW,

LONDON.