Nowadays, he has declared, girls are no longer pretty-they are beautiful; and as Mr. Galton, the anthropometrical expert, himself admits, they, even more than the rest of mankind, have certainly grown taller.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
anthropometrical authorities have not as yet agreed upon any upward limit for such a class, but for our present purposes it may be convenient to say that any race in which the average male stature does not exceed four feet nine inches-that is, the average height of a boy of about twelve years of age-may fairly be described as pigmy.
"A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients"
Edward Tyson
That at thirteen, girls now-a-days are taller and heavier than boys of the same age has been established by the anthropometrical Committee of the British Association.
"Feminism and Sex-Extinction"
Arabella Kenealy