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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 351
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On Scientific Physical Training And Rati...
" scien tilat t ific p cleanliness hysical training the , avoidance " by nieans of of unheal strict th attentio attitudes n to y
ven tight dress , , wrongly-shaped , shoes , & c . ; and finally by the , t prac dua here tomical tice are of m u and rat systems p ional hysiolog gymnas of ical gymnas tics princi , t that ics ples there , is " , for gymnastics , is says and can , " based be thoug onl on h y
any , and one The rational system tLing system thus and . " advocated the advantages is that of offered the Swedish hy the pa _" t free riot
exercises poe " , he devised , and which have been adopted with highly successful resul , ts by both the Swedish and Prussian
tha are mil t it easil ary they afford thori unders tes suitable , tood as the and exercise bes executed t basis for every and soldierl part being of y training the performed frame , are ;
y , tha equall ent t irel y y adap withou ted t to apparatu either sex s , , involv and t e no author expence rightl . y They observes are
firs " t If think we wish of their to have mothers strong , who 1 soldiers have , t sailors he difficul , and t working and responsible men , we task must of
rearing them in infancy and childhood . " With regard to schoolmistresses too , he observes that
" These ' most important persons ought to be well-informed in all matters concerning resent 40 the er cen heal t die th and before the t he hysical training letion of t of he the fifth young , of while whom of the at compyear
remaining pp 60 if boys , at the age of 20 at least 22 are unfit , for military work service , If or railway schoolmistress employment ; were and if well girls instructed , at least in 30 these are unfi subjects t for hard she
t bein urn g . w ill ce be nt every re wives acting and on mo an thers average there number would be of som 50 or e hop 60 g e that s , w in ho the in , t next heir
and or th t i rd t e en very eration Eng , th lish e frui woman ts of , scien would tific he ph the ysical officer under training of ten health would cent in , be her visible own ,
house , and that the rejection of recruits would be , per . " search Dr . Hoth of a makes rofession another would remark do well , t which o note young observan * women tl . in It y
is that p " The ation society to for those the who employm wish ent and of seek women for emp , has loyment a large which field is of health female y , occupopen
usefuland will be remunerative , because educated teachers of physical to training the , dancing are wanted academy ; many , would families be glad who to do avail not themselves wish to send of the their services children of such female teachers . "
Notices Of Books. 351
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 351
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1864, page 351, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011864/page/63/
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