Note 27 — Chapter X · THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN GERMANY.
Reading edition
“Spiele zur Uebung und Erholung des Körpers und Geistes, für die Jugend, ihre Erzieher und alle Freunde unschuldiger Jugendfreuden. Gesammelt und praktisch bearbeitet von GutsMuths, Erzieher zu Schnepfenthal. Mit einem Titelkupfer und sechzehn kleinen Rissen.” Schnepfenthal, Verlag der Buchhandlung der Erziehungsanstalt, 1796.
A second edition of the “Spiele” appeared in 1796, and a third in 1802; a fourth, revised and with a new introduction by F. W. Klumpp, in 1845; and a fifth, sixth, and seventh, revised by O. Schettler, with Klumpp’s additions and 33 woodcuts, in 1878, 1884, and 1885. An eighth edition, edited by Dr. J. C. Lion, was published at Hof (Rudolf Lion) in 1893, and a ninth at the same place in 1914, “neu bearbeitet von Georg Thiele.”
Danish translations of the “Spiele” were published as follows; R. Nyerup, “Beskrivelse over nogle Lege,” in Borgervennen 1800 nos. 41-44, 1801 nos. 11 and 12, and 1802 no. 4; and Jo. Werfel, “Nyeste Samling af gymnastiske Lege, Selskabslege og Julelege, til Tidsfordriv og Fornöjelse. Efter Gutsmuths,” Copenhagen 1801 (The same book was published again in Copenhagen in 1802 under the title: “Walter og hans Elever i deres Fritimer.”).