By WI LLIAM BL AIKTE 



HOW TO GET STRONG, AND HOW TO STAY SO. With 



Numerous Portraits. New and Enlarged Edition from New 



Plates. Post 8vo, Ornamented Cloth, $l 00 net. Postage 



extra. 



I owe a great deal to your writings, for they have been among 

 the causes that made me realize the importance of proper 

 bodily development. — THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 



Unquestionably a great work. — Philadelphia Item. 



Few more inspiring books than this have ever been written. 

 — Boston Herald. 



There is not a dull page in this admirable book. ... It 

 is worthy of a place in every home. — Professor JOHN R. SAM- 

 PEY, in Louisville Baptist Argus. 



No one is better qualified to write upon this subject. — 

 Journal of Educatio7i, Boston. 



A knowledge of its precepts will not raise the dead, but it 

 will keep many a man from joining the great majority too 

 soon. — Independent, New York. 



It is a thoroughly up-to-date book. We very sincerely rec- 

 ommend this wise, helpful, and hope-giving book. — Saturday 

 Evening Gazette, Boston. 



A book that has already added thousands of years to the 

 lives of its readers, and that will surely continue to open the 

 ej^es of all who read it. — Sports Afield, Chicago. 



It did more than any other book, perhaps, to awaken interest 

 in the benefits of physical culture. — Watchman, Boston. 



Mr. Blaikie's book on " How to Get Strong " has remained the 

 standard work on athletic training for health. — N. Y. World. 



In a manner far more comprehensive than the ordinary 

 writer on this topic ventures upon. — Indianapolis Journal. 



How to Get Strong " has a great many hints for simple 

 home exercises and hygienic habits which any one would 

 be the better for adopting. — Chicago Standard. 



He who reads and practises what he reads in Mr. Blaikie's 

 book will feel an enduring debt of gratitude to him for his 

 enthusiavstic but well-considered words. — Hartford Post. 



It is a thoroughly sensible book of high value. Athletes 

 will welcome it heartily, and men and women can learn from 

 it how to acquire health, strength, and power of endurance. — 

 Presbyterian Review, Toronto. 



A book that should be in every home. — Mothers' Journal, 

 New Haven. 



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