[70] Turnbuch für Schulen als Anleitung für den Turnunterricht durch die Lehrer der Schulen, von Adolf Spiess. Basel, Schweighauser’sche Buchhandlung. Two volumes, as follows: I. Theil: Die Uebungen für die Altersstufe vom sechsten bis zehnten Jahre bei Knaben und Mädchen, 1847; second, “vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage, besorgt von J. C. Lion,” in 1880. II. Theil: Die Uebungen für die Altersstufe vom zehnten bis sechszehnten Jahre bei Knaben und Mädchen 1851; second edition, as above (Basel, Benno Schwabe), in 1889. [71] Gustav Nyblæus, then teacher of gymnastics at the University of Lund, but afterwards Director of the Central Institute (Royal Normal School of Gymnastics) in Stockholm. [72] The father of Spiess had begun to play the organ for church services at the age of nine, and in his school at Offenbach paid particular attention to instruction in singing. Adolf himself learned to play the violin and the pianoforte, and his strong boyish voice developed into a beautiful tenor. He was made an honorary member of the Swiss _Musikverein_ in 1838, sang solo parts from the oratorios of Spohr and Neuhaus in the presence of the composers at a musical festival in Lucerne, and the tenor solos in Mendelssohn’s “St. Paul” at Zurich, and took the title role in Handel’s “Samson” at the national musical festival in Basel in the summer of 1840. It was at his suggestion that Max Schneckenburger wrote “Die Wacht am Rhein” that same year, and when it was read to a little company gathered in the Burgdorf “Stadthaus” Spiess was the first to sing it, to an accompaniment which he improvised on the pianoforte. [73] Spiess committed to Karl Wassmannsdorff, his friend and associate for two years in Basel, the preparation of his material on _Reigen_ for publication. See “Reigen und Liederreigen für das Schulturnen aus dem Nachlasse von Adolf Spiess. Mit einer Einleitung, erklärenden Anmerkungen und einer Anzahl von Liedern herausgegeben von Dr. K. Wassmannsdorff.” Frankfurt a. M., J. D. Sauerländer’s Verlag, 1869. A second “verbesserte und mit einem Anhange ‘Gang- und Hüpfarten für das Mädchenturnen’ vermehrte Auflage” was published in 1885. CHAPTER XIII. PHYSICAL TRAINING IN THE PRUSSIAN SCHOOLS.