5 JANUARY 1901, Page 27

Bridge : a Complete System of Instruction in the Game.

By R. F. Foster. (Lawrence and Millen. 624-Bridge is, in the opinion of some critics, a noxious intruder on the domain of whist. It has attractions-otherwise it would not be noxious- but it is only the spirit of gambling, humoured as it is by the greater variety of chance, that makes it seem preferable to whist. We cannot pass without a special commendation Mr Foster's excellent chapter on " Luck."-Another book on cards is The Laws of Vint, by E. Hoffman and A. von Rennenkampff (D. Nutt, 2s. 6d.) Vint is the national card game of Russia.