♦ KNO\A^LEDGE 



odd trick in the most unaffected manner. With correct play they 

 would have made five by tricks as shown, without any specially 

 strategic feats : — 



The Hands. 



>D. 8,7,6. 

 1 C. K, 8, 6. 

 (.H. Kd, 9, 2. 



^ (■ S. A, 10, 8, 5. 



fvn, 4. S. "i 



', 5, 2. D. r „ 



,3,2. CA^ 



,7,0. u.; 



H. A, 10, 4. ■) 



C. g, Kn, 5. i 



B, ; YZ, 4. 



NOTES OX THE (ABSENCE 



OF) PLAY. 



Card underlined takes the tricl 



and card next below leads next. 



A-B ha' 







trumps to 



held by Y-Z, play out all their 



ining cards before they lead 



ips, and thus disarmed lose the 



laller cards. 



, 3. Fir£ 



ning. 



the 



I I r*~\ f¥^ \*~*\ p'' 



© hi •' 



LJ LiJ li_*l l*_*) ''e 



leads a small Club a 

 most effectiTe way of disarming 

 in Clubs. Luckily he finds his 

 partner with the Ace, so that yet 

 another card of re-entry is re- 



10 winning cards to 

 in doubt he leads a 

 old - fashioned rnle 

 hich has two meanings, and is 

 ily taken with the 



! 10 



H3 



II S 



1. A shows his strongest suit, 

 leading correctly. But then 



2. A leads trumps, having 

 strength in all the plain suits. 



3. B returns the highest of two 

 left, so that 



4. After this round A knows the 

 . Queen to be with 1'. Z discards 



from his worthless Clubs. 

 5. Y leads a strengthening Heart. B properly covers, for what- 

 ever the new school may say to the contrary the rule until recently 

 followed, to cover an honour with an honour second hand, is much 



!i, 10. A-B make two tricks in Clubs. 



11. Force out the trump Queen, and 



12, 13. A-B make five by cards and the game. 



A Difficult Pkoblesi.— In Drayson's " Art of Practical Whist" 

 an illustrative case from actual play is thus introduced, p. 102; — 

 " King is turned on your left, and your partner has shown by 

 previous play that he holds Ace, Knave ; three cards, trumps, are 

 in each hand." The problem is to determine how, when one trump 

 only has been played, it can possibly be known from previous play 

 that partner holds Ace, Knave ! For my own part, I give it up. 



Messhs. U.^ki'erA- BKiiTHERs.of Ncw York, have, wB see, published 

 an American edition of Miss Ada Ballin's admirable translation of 

 Professor Darmesteter's work on " The Mahdi, Past and Present," 

 which wo reviewed on p. 528. 



Lord Joh.n Manners stated in the House of Commons on Monday, 

 that the new telegraph tariff will, as we anticipated, come into 

 operation on Oct. 1. 



The Swan Electric Company has commenced an action against 

 Messrs. Wocdhouse & Hawson for infringement of their patents. 

 The action is down for hearing, and will probably be tried in 

 November. 



The second annual report of the directors of the Edison and 

 Swan United Electric Light Company, Limited, for the year ending 

 June 30, 1885, states that the accounts show a protit of £12,354. 

 The directors hope to transfer the lamp manufactory from New- 

 castle to London in the coming autumn. The lamp factory at 

 Newcastle has been working to its utmost capacity. The returuB 

 from the Admiralty and other customers as to the duration of 

 life of the lamps supplied by the company are very satisfactory. 



Mr. K.. A. Proctor's Lecture Tour. 



Suljecti: 



1. LIFE OF WORLDS 4. THE PLANETS 



2. THE SUN 5. COMETS AND METEORS 



3. THE MOON 6. THE STAR DEPTHS 



Each Lecture is profusely illustrated. 



Arrangements are now being made for the delivery of Lectures 

 by Mr. Proctorfrom August onwards. Conimunications respecting 

 terms and vacant dates should be addressed to the Manager of the 

 Tour, Mr. JOHN STUART, Royal Concert Hall, St. Leonards-on- 

 Sea. 



Aug. 11, 12, Worthing; Aug. 13, 14, 18, Brighton; Aug. 20, 

 21, Eastbourne ; Aug. 17, 19, 22, Tunbridge Wells ; Aug. 25, 26, 

 Folkestone ; Aug. 27, 28, Matlock-Bath ; Aug. 29, 31, Burton-on- 

 Trent. 



Sept. 1, Burton-on-Trent ; Sept. 2, 8, 11, 15, Y'ork ; Sept. 3, 4, 

 BridUngtou ; Sept. 7, 9, 10, Scarborough ; Sept. 14, 15, 21, 22, 

 Harrogate; Sept. 17, 18, Whitby ; Sept. 24, 25, Ilkley; Sept. 28, 

 29, Derby. 



Oct. 31, Marlborough College. 



■ " -uley; Nov. 9, Stafford; Nov. 12, Middlesbrough; 



Nov. 



■, Darw 



Dec. 7, 8, 9, Croydon ; Dec. 16, 17, IS, 19, Leamington. 



Jan. 12, Hull. 



Feb. 3, Alexandria; Feb. 10, Walsall j Feb. 18, 25, London 



Contents of No. 196. 



Mysleries snd Moralities. III. By Gtassip. By Richard A. Proc 



Edward Clodd 83 Reviews 



Notes on Mapping. (//(«».) By , Face of the Sky. By F.H.A. 



g the Con. 

 ',.) °ByH 

 M.Bartholdi „ 



