Short Whist. By Major A. With an essay on the
theory of the modern game by Professor P. (Longman and Co.)—The principal clubs have recently agreed to a code of laws of whist, and accordingly "Major A.'s " well-known book has been revised and brought into harmony with it. But who is Professor P.? A Fellow of the Royal Society and a master of the game is all the reply we can make. It would have been ratifying if we could assure our readers that his electiOn into the Areopagas of Science was due to his proficiency in whist, bat we have nulaappily no authority to make any such statement. But he has trium- pluantly established two laws which put this tiny treatise on a level with the Priacipia. They are,-1. "That the hands of the two partners shall not be played singly and independently, but shall be combined and treated as one. 2. And that in order to carry out most effectually this principle of combination, each partner shall adopt the long-snit system as the general basis of his play." Science is after all only the dig- aovery of the laws of nature, and nature must be obeyed. Woe to the whist-player who fails to acquaint himself with the truths of the long-suit system !
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