The principles, rules and laws of auction bridge stated, explained, and illustrated

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Preface

It was the author's first intention to do no more than to revise his former book on Auction Bridge" sufiiciently to make it conform to the new rules and the new declaration of ''royal spades."

On going over the ground anew, however, he found that the introduction of ''royal spades" has so revolutionised the game as to invalidate much of what was said previously, and to necessitate changes, modifications, and additions, not only in every chapter, but almost in every paragraph.

Consequently, while the present volume embraces much of the matter that was contained in the former one, to all intents and purposes it is a new book.

The author's aim has been to give a clear and practical exposition of the principles of Auction Bridge as it is played to-day, such as will enable the ordinary reader to gain a good understanding of the game. At the same time, he believes that in the following pages will be found much that will be of value to the expert player who devi

PREFACE sires to acquire a more complete comprehension of the underlying theories of Auction.

A chapter that goes somewhat beyond the natural scope of the book, but which the author believes will be of interest to many readers, is that devoted to "Coon-Can," a game which is becoming increasingly popular, but which is as yet so new that its rules have hardly been definitely formulated.

Contents

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