Click on the link to read the entire review; it's a badly-scanned PDF file, but readable if you don't mind cocking your head over to one side a bit. Worth it, though.
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Check this one out while you're at it:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9505E3DF1E3AE733A25753C2A9649D946797D6CF
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JIU JITSU.; Three Books on Japanese Physical Training for Men, Women, and Children.*
June 18, 1904, Saturday
Section: REVIEW OF BOOKS, Page BR410, 991 words
THESE three books all develop the principles of the Japanese system of physical training known as "Jiu Jitsu," an "exhilarating, life-giving work," as the author expresses it, the most wonderful system of all that exist in building up a perfect, healthy body -a body capable of undergoing a strain that would seem incredible to a Caucasian.
Check this one out while you're at it:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9505E3DF1E3AE733A25753C2A9649D946797D6CF
ENGLISH EXPERT SHOWS NEW JIU-JITSU PHASE; Produces Anaesthesia Instantaneously by Pressure on Nerves. RESTORATION IN SAME WAY Practices Before Private Assemblage at Dr. Thomas's Residence, Rendering Physician Unconscious.