The Evolution of Whist: A Study of the Progressive Changes which the Game Has Passed Through from Its Origin to the Present Time

William Pole

Longmans, Green, 1897 - Whist - 269 pages

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 1
• This progress may be approximately divided into four: 9
• Gammer Gurtons Needle: 15
• Swabbers: 22
• Description of the essence or skeleton of Whist which: 27
• PART II: 33
• CHAPTER II: 35
• Its great success Remarkable effect produced: 39
• Whist admitted at Court and acknowledged as one: 42
• Whist in France Louis XV Josephine and Marie: 48
• THE PRIMITIVE GAME: 52
• The longsuit system: 54
• Modern editions of it: 61
• Hoyles separate book on the subject: 67
• HISTORY CAVENDISH AND CLAY: 73
• Great importance of the improvements described: 79
• Embodiment of this in The Philosophy of Whist: 81
• Frasers Magazine and: 87
• Management of trumps Leading them Ruffing: 94
• The consideration of Probabilities Their calculation: 95
• Ethical principles Paleys Moral Philosophy ΙΟΙ: 102
• Return of the partners lead: 108
• postponing complicated details: 112
• They have had reference chiefly to the further: 118
• Beyond this will come the exercise of your own per: 120
• It gave rise to some objections and to much discus: 122
• The Signal for Trumps is perfectly fair involving only: 128
• The next step in the progress came from America: 133
• Reasonings in this senseConsultations with Caven: 139
• 91: 141
• General aspects of Cavendishs work on these develop: 144
• CHAPTER IX: 150
• Description of the various modifications of the system: 157
• Annual Congresses: 163
• Its success usefulness and popularity: 169
• Difficulties and Disputes: 175
• Extracts from this correspondence showing the nat: 180
• The probable effect they would have on the game: 192
• Reasons why in spite of all subsequent improvements: 199
• Study of principles first and then of published: 205
• When high skill cannot be commanded a good know: 211
• From Whist an Epic Poem in twelve Cantos: 229
• Constitution of the American Whist League: 236
• C: 244
• D: 257
• Personal Match by Duplicate Whist between nine: 263

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Evolution of Whist: A Study of the Progressive Changes which the Game Has Passed Through from Its Origin to the Present Time
• Author: William Pole
• Publisher: Longmans, Green, 1897
• Original from: the University of Virginia
• Digitized: Dec 4, 2008
• Length: 269 pages