that - 100g with a small trump, refuses to con 3 marked with the ace of trumps and zireentry. '6 ies in the heart suit, but no reëntry ue trumps must indicate great posoace, reasoning that West's refusal to Thays the king of hearts on his partk No. 4. East rises to the occasion 's suit was hearts, West played the West's discard of a diamond that the Found by East would have shown him os had been played at once, as an exbeen the same if three rounds of 9 tant card. While the result would e probability that East holds that alls and leads the third round of trumps k No. 5. West misses the deuce of in suits in his hand. PREFACE. SIX of the papers in this volume, viz. "Luck in Literature," "If!" "Spite in Text-Books," "A Plea for Pedants," "The Advantages of Debt," and "An Ignominious Destiny," have been published in the North American Review, and are reprinted here with the kind consent of Mr. Lloyd Brice, proprietor and editor of that periodical. BOSTON, June 24, 1896. W. M. |