Front matter
Reading edition
BY
WILLIAM BLAIKIE

NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS FRANKLIN SQUARE 1883.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
TO
ARCHIBALD MACLAREN
WHO HAS PROBABLY DONE MORE THAN ANY ONE ELSE NOW LIVING TO POINT OUT THE BENEFITS RESULTING FROM RATIONAL PHYSICAL EXERCISE, AND HOW TO ATTAIN THOSE BENEFITS
THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY
Dedicated