Excerpt from The Art of Base Ball Batting

The great sale following the publication of No. 1 of Spalding's Hand Book Series on "The Art of Pitching, " has led to the prompt issue of No. 2 of the series, which is a companion work on "The Art of Batting, " in which are presented interesting chapters on what may be termed the science of the art, which are accompanied by explanatory diagrams, and engravings illustrative of the different positions taken in batting. This second work will shortly be followed by a third book, on "Base Running and Fielding, " which will complete a very interesting and instructive series of handbooks on the four departments of the national game. While all of these books are especially adapted for the use of the professional class of the exemplars of base ball, they will be found equally useful and interesting to the amateur branch of the fraternity, who form the large majority of the votaries of the game. The low price of each work places them at the command of all, and the result cannot but be greatly advantageous to the growth of the game toward the point of perfect play in its several departments.

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