Percy Adolphus Vaile 
Soul of Golf 

First published in 1912. 17 black-and-white illustrations. According to the Preface: ’It is frequently and emphatically asserted by reviewers of golf books that golf cannot be learned from a book. If they would add ’in a room’ they would be very near the truth–but not quite. It would be quite possible for an intelligent man with a special faculty for games, a good book on golf, and a properly equipped practising-room to start his golfing career with a game equal to a single figure handicap.’