On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:51:36 -0700 (PDT), Ron Johnson
wrote:

On Mar 10, 5:23 pm, Steve Grant wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 16:47:29 -0700 (PDT), Andrew
wrote:

Watson wrote the first declarer play manual that was thorough and
error-free.

Riiiiight.

Would you accept "no howlers". I mean I know I've read a few
"improvement on Watson" articles, but I can't think of any
that correct a huge error.

All right. "No howlers" is a fair characterization. In any event,
"error-free" represents an impossibly high standard, one which I'm not
sure *any* bridge book has ever attained.

This is a mild hijack, not truly responsive to OP's assertion, but I
confess to a bias against Watson's book. His prose strikes me as
entirely turgid, something I would never inflict on a student.