Walker's Exercises for Ladies

Description

A hilarious Victorian book of exercises 'calculated to preserve and improve beauty' For ladies leading sedentary lives, Donald Walker has just the pep talk you need. If you haven't yet discovered the vast array of benefits that arise from physical exertion, then let Walker be your guide. As well as helping to prolong life and improve its happiness, active exercises can help you to achieve a beauty of form, elegant air and graceful manners. Through a combination of ladylike exercises such as dancing and dumb-bells, you can become the envy of all ladies. Tips include- - The posture and deportment that will enhance beauty - The correct manner of curtsy and what to do with one's hands when in company - Dangerous activities to avoid, from badminton to billiards Lavishly illustrated throughout, this guide has been brought back to life so that modern ladies can exercise the Victorian way.

Donald Walker was a Victorian author of several books, including Walker's Manly Exercises and Exercises for Ladies. He helped to introduce British society to an unfamiliar topic in the early nineteenth century- physical education.