Instructions in All Kinds of Gymnastic Exercises (extract)

P R E F AC E . The education of youth is naturally di­ vided into two parts—mental and physical. In England, the attention of thosewho have the superintendence of education, has been entirely confined to the former; the latter has been left to chance and the natural ne­ cessity for exertion which characterizes the human body in the early stages of life. The importanceof exercise is universallyallowed, but no attempts have hitherto been made to reduceit to any system, or subject it to the guidance of experience and judgment. The modes of exercise, such as games, plays, &c..