Principles and Methods of Physical Education and Hygiene

1916. Third impression. xix, 400pp., a 4 page catalogue and 29 figures within the text. This book starts with a brief History of Physical Education by Professor James Welton, and the author of the main part of this work on physical education and hygiene, W.P. Welpton, was Master of Method in the University of Leeds. The book was also issued without the chapters on Hygiene, under the title Physical Education. The book includes chapters on The Physical Basis of Life, The Nervous System, The Organic Life of the Body, Fatigue, Exercise and Growth of the Body, Cleanliness, Fresh Air, The Care of the Eye, and Abnormalities. The book is bound in the original dark green cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling on the boards. The front board is slightly warped and there is a hole in the cloth about 1 1/2" from the bottom of the spine. The contents are tight and clean although a few of the first 60 or so pages have pencil notes or lines drawn on the fore margin. There is no inscription.…