Chapter 5

Discerning of ingenerate abilities 25
Measure of ripeness in soul or body 26
Three Powers: Perception, Memory, Judgment 27
Morals the care of Parents and Teachers 28
Instruction before Grammar Age. Reading 29
Reading English before Latin 30
Rote for Youth: Reason for Years. English 31
Writing invented before Reading 32
Skill in Writing: its value for the child 33
Write English hand first. Drawing 34
Value of Drawing. Painting? 35
Music 36
Music good for mind and body 37
Objections to Music answered 38
For child reading, writing, drawing, music 39

CHAPTER 6——

Training needed for both body and mind 40
Bodily exercise needed by student 41
Exercise and health 42
What is health and sickness? 43
Dangers to health of the body 44
Use of exercise The Student 45
Parents’ and Masters’ parts 46
Parts of the body and their train 47
Heart, liver, brain, &c. 48
Exercises for the various parts 49

CHAPTER 7——

Four Points to be treated of 50

CHAPTER 8——

Exercise athletical 51
Exercise martial 52
Exercise for health 53

CHAPTER 9——

The particular exercises chosen 54
Defence of the choice 55

CHAPTER 10——

Loud speaking 55
Good effects of loud speaking 56
Cautions in loud speaking 57
Recitations 58

CHAPTER 11——

Music and health 59
Music and health 60

CHAPTER 12——

Reading aloud 60
Reading aloud approved by Ancients 61
Soft Reading 62

CHAPTER 13——

Talking 62

CHAPTER 14——

Laughing. Weeping 63
Laughing and weeping as exercises 64
Weeping no Exercise 66
Keep the Young in awe 67

CHAPTER 15——

Soundness of Wind 68
Use of holding the Breath 69
Effects of holding the Breath 70
Cautions 71

CHAPTER 16——

Defence of Dancing 72
Dancing: its use and misuse 73
Kinds and causes of Dancing 74
Ancient and modern Dancing 75

CHAPTER 17——

Kinds of Wrestling 76
Cautions to Wrestlers 77

CHAPTER 18——

Kinds of Fencing. The Ancients 78
Counsels for Fencing 79

CHAPTER 19——

Tops ancient and modern 80
Use both Hands alike. Plato quoted 81

CHAPTER 20——

Walking commonest and best for health 82
Kinds of Walking 83
Kinds of Walking and their effects 84
Walking up and down hill, &c. 86
Choice of place: by the sea, &c. 87
Times of Walking 88

CHAPTER 21——

Running, its importance 89
Vehement Running unhealthy 90
Moderate Running. Running backwards, &c. 91

CHAPTER 22——

Of Leaping 92
Kinds of Leaping. Spartan women 93
Leaping. Skipping 94

CHAPTER 23——

Of Swimming 94
Swimming: where best 95
Swimming in salt water 96

CHAPTER 24——

Riding, ancient and modern 97
Trotting: Ambling: Posting 98

CHAPTER 25——

Hunting combines all exercises 99
Hunting on horseback and on foot 100

CHAPTER 26——

Shooting practised in Islands 101
Archery _v._ Hunting. Ascham 102
Prince Arthur’s Knights 103

CHAPTER 27——

Ball games ancient and modern. Handball 104
Handball and Football 105
Football and Armball 106
Why some classic games are left out 107

CHAPTER 28——

Rules must vary in practice 108

CHAPTER 29——

Galen’s triple division 109

CHAPTER 30——

Diseases are of three kinds 110
When exercise helps in disease 111
Exercises for the weak and old 112
Exercise according to state of the body 113

CHAPTER 31——

Place for exercise 114
Pure air 115

CHAPTER 32——

Time of exercise 115
Times according to Hippocrates, &c. 116
Time for exercise and meals 117
Morning best 118

CHAPTER 33——

Limits in exercise 118
Limits. Strong and weak. Old and young 119
Time of year. Condition of the body 120
Kind of life 121

CHAPTER 34——

Rubbing the body 122
Practice of the Ancients 123

CHAPTER 35——

Same trainer for body and mind 124
The Divine and the Physician 125
Against specialising 126
Trainer to magnify his office 127
Praise of health. Trainer’s knowledge 128
Physician the Trainer’s Friend 129
Importance of Groundwork 130
Discretion in applying Knowledge 131
Art general; Discretion particular 132

CHAPTER 36——

Boys and girls. Boys first 133
Train tests wit. Is school for all? 134
Danger from too many learned 135
This danger universally admitted 136
Evils from too few learned. Choice 137
Sorting of wits. Dangers from misplacement 138
Reading and writing for all. Rich and poor scholars 139
Middle sort best for learning 140
School not for all. Choosing 141