A short treatise on the game of whist : containing the laws of the game ; and also some rules, whereby a beginner may, with due attention to them, attain to the playing it well ; calculations for those who will bet the odds on any points of the score of the game then playing and depending ; cases stated, to shew what may be effected by a very good player in critical parts of the game ; references to cases, viz., at the end of the rule you are directed to find them ; calculations, directing with moral certainty how to play well any hand or game, by shewing the chances of your partner's having 1, 2, or 3 certain cards ; with variety of cases added in the appendix /