Contract Bridge - Blue Book [antikvár]

By Hubert Phillips It is a privilege to be invited to introduce Mr. Ely Culbertson to a British public. He, who has bestowed his own imprimatur upon the books of so many others, stands in no real need of a sponsor; but the opportunity, which this preface affords, of saying something of Culbertson's contributions to the theory and practiee of Contract, is one that ought not to be missed. It would perhaps be true to say that, six months ago, the name of Culbertson was known in this country to two classes of Bridge players only: those who had read, in vaxious textbooks, the acknowledgements made to his labours by almost every writer of standing, and those who had come under the spell of his influence in his admirable magaziné, the Bridge World. It would certainly be true to say that his name to-day is known in this country where"ver Bridge is played. This change has been brought about-swiftly and dramatically- by the visit to England of Mr. Culbertson's championship Bridge four. Fresh from their triumphs in America, where they had held their own against the repeated onslaughts of other teams, they sailed for this country in September. Within a month they had encountered, and had decisively beaten, two of the strongest teams that England could produce. Their