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Excerpt from The Whist-Player: The Laws and Practice of Short-Whist, Explained and Illustrated Presuming to write a treatise on any science, the principles and laws of which have already been explained by numerous able pens, ex poses the writer, and with some degree of justice, to the imputation of great vanity. The fact implies, that the writer, in his own estimation, possesses either a more extensive acquaintance with the subject than former expositors, or a more perspicuous method of imparting his know ledge to others. I cannot plead guilty to the first charge, should such be brought against me; being fully sensible of my own inferiority, and ever ready to express my admiration of superior excellence in others. I may certainly be considered liable to the second charge; as the hope of being able to give a clearer explanation of the rules and maxims of the game than any as yet offered to the whist - playing world has induced me to undertake the present work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.