This volume contains the issues of Sandow's Magazine of Physical culture from January 1900 to June 1900. Eugen Sandow was a great amateur and professional athlete. He devoted a large portion of his life to helping the would-be athlete and all who desired to attain perfect health, increased strength and full development of their physical frame. Sample contents: Wonderful Record of Physical Endurance; Swedish Diving; Hurling, the National Game of Ireland; Hair Culture, Its Helps and Hindrances; Rational Riding for Women; Work and Old Age; Something About Criminals; Branding a Thief; Evolution of Indian Club Swinging; Beast Versus Man; A Few Practical Hints on Self Defense; Physical Training of Girls; Effect of Thought on the Body; and much more. Copiously illustrated throughout.
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DEFINITIONS are at the best of times apt to be unsatisfactory, and therefore I do not intend to define with unimpeachable accuracy the meaning either of the world "athlete" or of "sportsman." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new forester, double contraction, high animal spirits, physical culture, narrow shoe, challenge cup Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Grove House, Crystal Palace, Tottenham House, Lord Hawke, City of London, Lord Roberts, Extra Prize Bronze Medal, Grand Duke, Hans Schlick, Great Britain, Major Childe, West Indian, Cambridge University, Holborn Circus, Little Woolley, Senior Cup, Aston Villa, George Westwood, Second Prize Silver Medal, Sir Henry, West End, West Indies, Albert Hall, Black Eagle New!
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DEFINITIONS are at the best of times apt to be unsatisfactory, and therefore I do not intend to define with unimpeachable accuracy the meaning either of the world "athlete" or of "sportsman." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new forester, double contraction, high animal spirits, physical culture, narrow shoe, challenge cup Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Grove House, Crystal Palace, Tottenham House, Lord Hawke, City of London, Lord Roberts, Extra Prize Bronze Medal, Grand Duke, Hans Schlick, Great Britain, Major Childe, West Indian, Cambridge University, Holborn Circus, Little Woolley, Senior Cup, Aston Villa, George Westwood, Second Prize Silver Medal, Sir Henry, West End, West Indies, Albert Hall, Black Eagle New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Surprise Me!
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- The Human Body by Joan Western in Front Matter
- Physical Culture: A Novel by Hillary Johnson in Front Matter
- Prince of Wales by John Williams on page 56
- The Jungle Book (Puffin Story Books) by Rudyard Kipling on page 62
- Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity (Routledge Studies in Cultural History, 1) by Paul Johnson in Front Matter
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