BY WILLIAM BLAIKTE 



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



Numerous Portraits. New and Enlarged Edition from New 



Plates. Post 8vo, Ornamented Cloth, $1 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 Education, 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 

 eyes 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 

 enthusiastic 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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