ABSTRACT
Whist, the venerable parent of all card games played with the full pack, the cards ranking from Ace high to Deuce low, scoring being by tricks and honours—or by tricks only—and one suit being trumps, is still very widely played in spite of the vast, and comparatively modern popularity of Auction and Contract—to sby nothing of “Solo.” At the clubs and in the family circle it still finds a following; while, were it not for the variety known as “Progressive Whist,” organizing secretaries of charities up and down the country would have an even harder time of it in raising funds than they have at present. We, therefore, especially as the only legitimate descendant of the original “Hoyle,” which was first published by Edmond, of that name, in 1742, and was confined to Whist, make no apology for still placing it in the forefront of Hoyle's Games Modernized.
