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WHISTORBUMBLEPUPPY

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WHIST
OR
BUMBLEPUPPY


THIRTEEN LECTURES ADDRESSED
TO CHILDREN.

BY
PEMBRIDGE.

“Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes
Emollunt mores, nec sinuisse feros.”—The Newcomes.



Revised and Enlarged Edition.


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London:
FREDERICK WARNE & CO.,
Bedford Street, Strand.

MUDIE & SONS,
15 Coventry Street, W.
1895.


WHIST; OR BUMBLEPUPPY?

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“We have been rather lengthy in our remarks on this book,as it is the best attempt we have ever seen to shame very badplayers into trying to improve, and also because it aboundswith most sensible maxims, dressed up in a very amusing andpalatable form.”—The Field.

“‘Whist; or Bumblepuppy?’ is one of the most entertainingand at the same time one of the soundest books on Whist everwritten. Its drollery may blind some readers to the value ofits advice; no man who knows anything about Whist, however,will fail to read it with interest, and few will fail toread it with advantage. Upon the ordinary rules of Whist‘Pembridge’ supplies much sensible and thoroughly amusingcomment. The best player in the world may gain from hisobservations, and a mediocre player can scarcely find a bettercounsellor. There is scarcely an opinion expressed withwhich we do not coincide.”—Sunday Times.

“Lectures on the points most essential to the acquisitionof a complete knowledge of the game. The lessons here givenwill well repay perusal.”—Bell’s Life.

“All true lovers of Whist will give a hearty welcome to thiswork. It is a small book, but full of weighty matter. Wehave not space to analyse the positive rules laid down by‘Pembridge’ for the guidance of those who wish to qualify asWhist players. Suffice it to say that

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