The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all these more important undertakings where mind struggles with mind.


"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841).


The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all...

The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all...

The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all...

The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all...