As a supplement to the previous chapter it may be stated here, in answer to many inquiries, that my own measurements, etc., at the present time are as set forth below. The first edition of the book was written rather hurriedly, and consequently one or two trifling inaccuracies crept in. These are now corrected:—

Age32years.
Weight14stone 6lbs.
Height5feet 9¼ inches.
Neck18inches.
Chest48”
Chest expanded62”
Waist30”
Hips42”
Thigh26”
Knee14”
Calf18”
Ankle8½”
Upper arm19½”
Forearm16½”
Wrist7½”

My strength, it may be added, is steadily increasing. If some one had told me two years ago that I should be able to perform the feats of strength that I now accomplish I would not have believed it. I feel sure, moreover, that in the natural course of things, my strength will continue to increase. With careful training the bodily strength ought to increase steadily until the forty-fifth year is reached.

The above appeared in the first edition. Pupils will be glad to hear that my belief has been fully justified, and that even since the book was first published, some eighteen months ago, there has been a very material increase in my strength.

THE THEORY
OF
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
BY
THOMAS CHESTERTON,

Organizing Teacher of Physical Education to the London School Board.
LATE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR AT THE ALDERSHOT GYMNASIUM.
Author of Manual of Drill & Physical Exercises, &c., &c.
First-Class (Advanced) Certificates for Physiology and Hygiene from the
Science Department, South Kensington.
Founder of the British College of Physical Education.

WITH A PREFACE BY
COLONEL G. M. ONSLOW,
Late Inspector of Military Gymnasia in Great Britain.
Examiner in Physical Education to the School Board for London.