310 



KNO\A/'LEDGE 



[FEa 3, 1882. 



iinrtncr linn slrcnfftli in tlio miit ; nnil from Aco one other, whotovor 

 thia other may l>o. The la»t two cnses ore, of course, forced Icadii. 



After lendiiiK Ace, from Aco four or more, follow • with lowest, 

 (unless yon lulopt Ornvson's jilnn of i>lttyinK lowest but one if there 

 are more limn four others). After Iciulinft Ace from Ace, Qneon, 

 Knnvo, follow with Queen if you Imve not ni.ire than one sninll one 

 of the suit, otherwise follow with Knnve. When you lend Ace 

 from Aco two others (forced lend) foll.pw with highest. Lend Aco 

 from Ace, Kinp, nnd others, when you Imvo trumped another suit, 

 lest your partner should trump your Kinif, to establish a cross ruff. 



Lead King, from Ace, King, nnd others ; from Kinfr, Queen, 

 and others (umIcsh these others, bcinR more than two, include the 

 Knave) ; from King two others (forced lend), if yon have reason 

 to believe that your partner has strength in the suit ; and from 

 King one other (forced lend), whatever that other may be. 



After leading King from Aco, King, and others, follow with Ace, 

 unless yon hold Knave, in which case you may sometimes — if the 

 .state of the score seems to render it advisable— change suit, that you 

 may bo led up to .ind finesse the Knave. After leading King from 

 King, Queen, and others, if King m.ikcs. follow with small one, 

 unless vou hold Knavo alRO, when follow with Queen (not with 

 small one, because Ace mnv have been held up). When yon lead 

 King from King two others '(forced lead) follow with highest. 



Lead Qncen from Queen, Knave, Ten, with or without others ; 

 from Queen, Knave, and one small one (forced lead) ; from Queen 

 two others, not including Knave (forced lead), if you have reason 

 to believe that your partner has strength in the suit ; and from 

 Queen one another (forced lead) whatever that other may be. 



After leading Qiiecnfrom Queen, Knave, Ten, follow -with Knave, 

 unless you have five or more, when follow with lowest of the 

 Queen, Knave, Ten sequence. After forced lead from Queen two 

 others, if Queen makes, follow with highest. 



Lead Knavo from King, Queen, Knave, and not less than two 

 otherst (not including ten) ; from Knave, ten, nine, with or without 

 others; from Knave .ind two others (forced lead), and from Knave 

 one other (forced lead). 



After leading Knave from King, Queen, Knave, &c., follow with 

 King if yon have two small ones, with Queen if you have more. 

 After leading Knave from Knave, ten, nine, lead ten if there is only 

 one card below the nine, the nine if there are more. After leading 

 Knave from Knave two others, wfeatever they may be, follow with 

 highest. 



Lead Ten from King, Queen, Knave, ten, with or without others ; 

 from King, Knave, ten, with or without others ; from ten two 

 others, or ten one other (forced leads). After leading ten from 

 King, Queen, Knave, ten, follow with King if you have no small 

 cards, other\viso with Knave. -Vfter ten from King, Knave ten, 

 play a small one. After forced lead of ten, play your highest. 



Lead nine from King, Knave, ten, nine ; and in case of forced 

 lead, from nine two others. 



Lead a small card from all suits not considered in the above 

 synopsis. Lead the lowest from four cards, [the lowest but one 

 from five or more (the lowest but two from six or more, if you care 

 to adopt Drayson's rule) ; the highest from three or two small 

 cards. 



Note that it can scarcely ever happen that playing the lowest 

 but one or two for the purpose of indicating length, can be mis- 

 taken by your partner for a forced lead from two or three small 

 cards, or rice verad. 



We have already considered concisely, yet fully, the distinction 

 between trump leads and leads from plain suits (see No. 12). 



Observe that, short as the above synopsis seems, considering the 

 multiplicity of Whist leads as usually presented, it would be very 

 much shorter if it dealt only with original leads. For these one 

 may say that all the beginner need learn is summed up in the 

 following : — 



Lead Ace from .A.ce and four others, following with small one ; 

 and from Ace, Queen, Knave, with or without others, following with 

 Queen, if you have not more than one small one, otherwise with 

 Knave. Lead King from .\ce. King and others following with Ace ; 

 and from King, Queen and others, following with small one. Lead 

 Queen from Queen, Knave, ten, following with Kn.ive, unlcss_ you 

 have five or more, when play lowest of head sequence. Lead Knavo 

 from King, Queen, Knave, and two or more, from Knave, ten, nine, 

 with or without small ones. Lead ten from King, Queen, Knave, 



• When we thus speak of second round, wo do not wish the 

 reader to forget that the first round may show it to be unadvisablc 

 to continue the suit ; it may seem better to leave your own suit 

 and lead your partner's, or to lead trumps, &c. 



+ In our last we inadvertently >vrote " with or without other.''," 

 instead of " not less than two others." 



ten, nnd from King, Knavo, ten, with or without others, l/vfkd nine 

 from King, Knave, ten, nine. In other ca«es lead s low one, the 

 lowest if you have only four card*, the lowest but ono if you have 

 more. 



Let the learner combine with this the general mle, that if he i* 

 obliged to lead from a weak suit, he always plays the best card of 

 it, unless he has either Ace, Kiag, or Queen, with two small ones. 

 He now knows nearly all that he need know about leading from 

 plain suits. .\ll that he need at first notice about leading from 

 trumps, is, that ho can more safely play a waiting game in that 

 suit, as his good cards in it cannot be lost by trumping ; olso that 

 he must consider ihe trump card. The ploy in trumps is also apt 

 to be modified by considerations depending on the state of the score, 

 the position of the cards in other hands, and so forth. 



WmsT PaonLEM. — For the study of advanced Whist players we 

 give the following from the "Westminster Papers " : — 



Z tarns up Spade 7. A leads. 



/■ Spadeg. — Ten, nine, six, five. 

 B's hand. ] Hearts.-Ace Queen, four, two. 

 ) Diamonds. — Queen, sii. 

 (. Clubs. — Ace, ten, eight. 



After these four tricks, B can place every card left in the players' 

 hands, if they all play according to the rules usoally followed. 

 Show how he can do this. 



NOTICES. 



The Publishers beg to flnnoonce that in future MoDthlv Parts of K90Wi>El>6B 

 will be issued. The following can now be had :— 

 Pabt I.— (November, 1881.) Containing the first four numbers. Price lOd. Poet-, 



free, Is. 

 Paht II.— (December, 3881.) Containing fire nombers. Price Is. Post-) 



18. 2d. 



Paet III. — (Januarr, 1883.) Containing four numbers. Price lOd. Po«t^ 

 free. Is. 



The Back Namhers of KsowxEnoB, with the eiception of No. 2 (Xov. 11, 1881), 

 and No. 3 (Nov. 18. I*t8l). are in print, and can be obtained from all booksellen 

 and newBacente, or direct from the Publishers. Should any difficulty arisej in^ 

 obtaininf: the paper, an appUcation to the Publishers is respectfully requested. 



Subscribers wishing to complete their sets are advised to make early applicstiOB 

 to the Publiehers, as no further reprints will be ordered. 



TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIOX. 



The terms of Annual Subscription to Knowlbdgb are as foUows : — 



6. d. 



To any address in the Tnited Kingdom 10 10 



To the Continent, Australia, New Zealand, South A^ca, Canada, 



and the United Stales of America 13 



To the East Indies, China, &c. {vid Brindisi) 15 2 



All subscriptions are payable in advance. 



P. O. Orders and cheques should be made parable to the Publishers, MsssBS. 

 WrMAN & Sons, Londou, at the High Holbom District Po8t-o65ce. 



OFFICE: 74 & 75, GREAT QUEEN STREET, LONDON, W.O 

 Contents o/* Knowledge Xo. 13. 



PI OS 



Hyacinth Bulbs. By Grant Allen 2til 

 Brain Troubles : Partial Loss of 



Speech 262 



Dr. .T. W. Draper. By the Editor. 



(Wiih a Portrait.) 263 



The ftreat Prramid. By the Editor 



{muftrated) 265 



The True Story of the Moon 263 



Babylonian Discoveries. BvaMom- 

 of the Society of " Biblical 



'49 



Artificial Indigo . 



Science and Religion Wk 



C0BBESPO]n)B7('CB : —Chinese Calcu- 

 lation— Mind [Doctors— Sea Ser- 

 pent or Seaweed ?— Marine Boilers 

 — Intelligence in Animals — Elec- 

 trical Images — Mortality from 

 Cancer— Arranged Squares, Ac.272-S78 



Qu ■ 



Repliei 



Archirology 268 Answers to Correspondents . _ 



Inteliigonce "of the House Martin. ' Notes on Art and Science 181 



Bv Henry J. Slack 269 Our Mathematical Column . 



Intelligence in Animals 269 Our Chess Column 



Ghosts. By Andrew Wilson 269 Our Whist Column 



Poyn's EiTHACT is'a certain cure for Rheumatism and Ooat. 

 Pond's Extract is a certain cure for Utemorrhoids. 

 Pond's Extract is a certain cure for Neuralgic pains. 

 Pond's Extract will heal Burns and Wounds. 

 Pond's Extract will cure Sprains and Bruises. 



Sold by all Chemists. Get the gestiijie. 



