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It is remarkable that whereas for other games such as cricket, tennis, golf, there are text-books and disquisitions innumerable for the guidance of the novice, very little in the way of connected tratment has been attempted for bowls, so that the ambitious aspirant at the game has nothing to guide his faltering steps, except spasmodic articles published here and there.

The book's title is a little misleading in that 'delivery' is just one of three sections, subdivided as follows:

• Section I - Choice of Bowls (width between the discs; material; size and weight; bias; four bowls alike)
• Section II - Delivery (grip; stance; balance or poise; swing; release; follow through; follow up)
• Section III - Different Types of Shots (drawing shot; yard-over shot; trail; running shot; drive)

The words 'The Bowlers' Handbook No.1' are included intriguingly on the front cover and the first page of the preliminary matter, but there is no clue as to their significance. Perhaps we will never know.