This is a recent development of the grand old game of Whist. Though
differing widely in many particulars from its prototype, it is still
essentially Whist, the innovations, while introducing a new speculative
element, affording even larger opportunities for the exercise of the
judgment and skill which Whist proper demands; and the best proof of its
merit lies in the fact that even by the "old stagers" of the London clubs
it is now generally played in preference to the classic game.
The main elements of novelty in Bridge, as distinguished from Whist, may be
classed under the following heads:--