Sporting Society or, Sporting Chat and Sporting Memories, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Sporting Society; or, Sporting Chat and Sporting Memories, Vol. 1 (of 2)

EIGHTY YEARS AGO; or, the Recollections of an Old Army Doctor, his adventures on the fields of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and during the occupation of Paris, 1815. By the late Dr Gibney of Cheltenham. Edited by his son, Major Gibney. 5s. net. Field sports have been generally considered solely in the light of a relaxation from the graver business of life, and have been justified by writers on economics on the ground that some sort of release is required from the imprisoned existence of the man of business, the lawyer, or the politician. Apollo does not always bend his bow, it is said, and timely dissipation is commendable even in the wise; therefore by all means, let the sports which we English love be pursued within legitimate bounds, and up to an extent not forbidden by weightier considerations. But there seems to be somewhat more in field sports than is contained in this criticism. The influence of character on the manner in which sports are pursued is endless, and reciprocally the influence of field sports on character seems to deserve some attention. The best narrator of schoolboy life of the present day has said that, varied as are the characters of boys, so varied are their ways of facing or not facing a "hilly," at football; and one of the greatest observers of character in England has written a most instructive and amusing account of the way in which men enjoy fox-hunting. If, therefore, a man's character and his occupations and tastes exercise a mutual influence upon each other, it follows that while men of different dispositions pursue sports in different ways, the sports also which they do pursue will tell considerably in the development of their natural character. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 40301
Author: Russell, Fox
Release Date: Jul 23, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Russell, Fox
Illustrator: Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886