The Laws of Bridge, by " Boar," and How to Play
Bridge, by "Bradsworth " (Thomas De La Rue and Co.)—These two titles make up one slender volume of eighty pages. " Bridge " is a bastard whist, not unlikely, it would seem, to expel the legitimate branch, or, at least, curtail its dominion. Its chief, one might say its solitary, attraction is its variety of gambling risks. Points (above six), for instance, are four times more valuable when hearts are tramps than when spades are trumps. If the two partners hold the five honours (ten is reckoned the fifth), they have "ten times the value of the trump suit trick," and so on. In a certain club with which the writer of this notice is acquainted the whist points have been raised in order to bring back the players who have deserted to bridge. It is quite possible to argue that gambling at games of pure chance is less noxious than at those which have a pretence of skill, but really derive their charm from luck.
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