HOW TO GET STRONG

AND KEEP STRONG

WITH CHAPTERS ON

ROWING AND SWIMMING, FAT, AGE, AND THE WAIST

BY

RICHARD A. PROCTOR

'Jin'yus! Jin'yus!

Tak' care o' your carkus!'-CHARLES READE

"Tis mighty plain

That the weakes' place mus' stan' the strain ;

'N the way t' fix it, as I maintain,

Is only jest

T' make that place as strong as the rest'-WENDELL HOLMES

LONDON

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET

1889

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