BRIDGE v. WHIST.
[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SP ECTATOR."] SIR,—I feel indebted to "T. E. P." (Spectator, January 31st4 for his luminous and instructive article on "Bridge," the main scope of which, as well as your comment thereon, I believe to be entirely accurate. But may I ask where did Charles Lamb ever speak of "imperial aces" ? The phrase used by dear Mrs. Battle is the "brother nobility of the aces." But Mr. Disraeli has "imperial ace" in "The Infernal Marriage," where a most amusing account is given of Tiresias at his (whist) rubber. If I may mention another very small item, our information as to the ouaint nature of Australian
squatters' "points" is, I believe, due to Mr. Anthony Trollope's "New South Wales."—I am, Sir, &e., T. MACMILLA.N.
CriChiOn Club, 39 King Street, Covent Garden, W.C.
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