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CHAPTER I. The Bases of Principles of Scientific Physiognomy

Definition ; Lavater’s work ; Theory of Practical and Scientific Physi¬ ognomy ; What it teaches; How the discoveries were made; General laws and principles. The human face the index of all Nature; Three grand divisions—Chemical, Architectural,Mathe¬ matical. Mineral forms. The physical basis of Mind, . . 7

CHAPTER II. The Basic Principles of Form

Rotatory motion the origin of Form ; The movement of the earth has a direct bearing on the form and destiny of created beings. Relation between universal existence and mathematical law. Number the proper index to the volume of Being; The human countenance the index to these laws and principles. The law of Scalenism, or perversion ; Disease a temporary return to abnor mal or perverted types; Straightness of the bones indicates straightness of the mind. The normal factors of Form and Being in Nature, Art, and Science,.27

Chapter III

The Five Organ Systems which Create Form and Character.

All is symbolic in Nature; Form the decisive factor in the interpreta¬ tion of character. The five different organ s}’stems. Form, character, and earliest appearance of cell life in the organiza¬ tion of animal tissue ; The structure of organized bodies, . 59

The Vegetative System,. 67

Characterization of the vegetative adult; The organ systems in the chemical or vegetative division ; Faculties derived from the development of these organs.

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The Thoracic System,.71

Facial signs for the internal organs; Diseases which assail the thoracic system.

Arrangement of the muscles ; Voluntary and involuntary; The varied expressions of the human face due to the muscles; The mechanical and artistic principles included in the action of the muscular system; Faculties that have signs located in the muscular division ; Diseases which assail the muscular sj^stem ;

CHAPTER IV. The Sub-Basic Principles of Physiognomy

Form and Size ; A large head no indication of superior intelligence;

The nose the best indication of power. Quality or mental power;

Fine hair and skin to be considered first. Form; Persons of creative or constructive minds are round in form ; The arch, the curve, the circle, the ovoid, the square, and straight line; Each illustrates different phases of character. Color; The mineral the original source ; Pure air the best cosmetic ; Color and heat synon 3 T mous,.101

The Law of Proportion or Harmonious Development, . . . 131

Proportion a potent factor in determining character; One or more faculties excessive^ developed dominate and influence the action of other faculties; Secretiveness; Cautiousness ; Acquisitiveness.

The basis of all really useful character founded on health; Organic perfection and morality; Precocious children ; Sensi¬ tive, nervous children; Drug medication; Pure air the best; Compensation; The established laws of compensation.

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CHAPTER V. Rationale of Physical Functions and Mental Faculties, and

their Signs in the Face.

The brain not the sole seat of the mind. Hope directly related to the liver. The source of moral power.

Faculties dependent upon it; Analysis of Conscientiousness; Morality dependent on the action of the kidneys; Color-blind¬ ness ; Analysis of Firmness.

Faculties Derived from the Different Systems.

The Intestinal System,.165, 185

Digestion or Alimentiveness ; Mental power of the nerves of the digestive apparatus; Relation of the visceral organs to the brain. Friendship ; Its selfish and unselfish action ; Its connection with and dependence on other faculties: Analysis; The liver as a clearing-house of the entire organism.

The Glandular System, .169

Benevolence; Value of the lips as indicators of pathological and morbid states of the body ; Economy ; The grade of intellectual development shows the kind of economy; Hospitality; Love of Home; Patriotism.

The Reproductive System,.177

Amativeness, or love of the sexes; Its moral and physiological importance should be taught; Love of Y'oung; Mirthfulness* Sanativeness; Pneumativeness.

Hope; Its dependence upon the liver.

The Nerves op the Skin, .190

Modesty; Analysis of the glandular system and olfactory gan¬ glia ; Cautiousness ; The correlation of function with faculty.

The Osseous System,.192

Veneration ; Its connection with the stomach.

The Osseous and Muscular Systems,.194

Executiveness.

Self-will; Credenciveness ; Uses of this faculty. Calculation ;

Music; All art is founded on a circle or sections of it; Analysis of Music; Language; Shown by a high quality of the muscular system; Musical qualities observed in language.

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The Osseous and Nervous Systems, - . 199

Observation.

The Muscular and Brain Systems,.200

Memory of Events ; A faculty of the five systems of functions ;

A great memory only is no indication of intellect or wisdom ; Memory depends upon a healthy condition of the body; Weight; A high development of the muscular system a power¬ ful ally to art; Locality; Large in those whose muscular sys¬ tem is supreme.

The Glandular and Arterial Systems,.206

Analysis of color.

The Brain and Nerve System,. 209, 233

Mental order; Physical order. Intuition ; A true and distinct sense; Division of the nervous system into two parts; De¬ scription of the powers and action of these two departments of the brain system ; Organs and functions from which the mental faculties derive their powers.

The Five Superior Systems,. . .210

Time; Lacking where the vegetative system predominates;

Time as well as Order one of the leading characteristics of the bony system.

The Brain System,.221

Comparison; Causality; Reason ; Development of reasoning faculties among the masses; Children should be drilled in logical reasoning.

Chapter VI

Theories of the Mode of Action of Certain Traits.

Analysis of Amativeness; Should be judged by the adjoining facial signs. Analysis of Jealousy ; The result of one of three causes. Analysis of Revenge. Analysis of Secretiveness ; Intended by Nature to conceal the lack of some other facult}^. Theory of Suspicion. Analysis of Anger, Will, and Temper; A dark man has the strongest temper; Its effect on the system; Self-will the basis of Anger and Temper ; What true religion consists of. Analysis of Selfishness ; Two distinct and opposite methods of action; Caused by an insufficient development of the glandular system. Self-conceit; Egotism. Analysis of Scorn and Con¬ tempt. Analysis of Enthusiasm; Faculty that leads to great efforts. Analysis of Laziness ; Obstinacy ; Contrariness ; Physiognomy teaches that all defects can be remedied, to a large extent,.239

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Chapter I

The Three Natural and Primitive Divisions of the Face Created by the Mouth, the Nose, and the Eyes.

The mouth; The centre of the most primitive system of function.

The nose; Represents the mental powers. The eyes; Repre¬ sent the muscular development of the entire body. Facial signs of the physiological organs and functions. Digestion, or Alimentiveness. Location of the signs for the visceral organs. Physiognomy properly a part of medical science. The glands.

The reproductive system. Lactation. The kidneys ; Conscien¬ tiousness dependent on this’system. Method of localizing the higher developments of the body; The lungs and heart; The Liver ; The stomach. The muscular or motive system ; The eye; Motion; Vision; Hearing. The osseous system; Denoted by the bones of the eyebrow. The brain and nerve s}^stem ; Train¬ ing the feeble-minded and imbecile ; The sense of touch, . . 273

Mental Signs of Character in the Face,.287

Five practical subdivisions ; The width and length of the face ;

The nose high and broad the entire length a good sign ; The lower part of the forehead and eyebrows an important part to consider; Great size of the forehead no criterion of mentality ;

Local signs for the mental faculties; Summary to the five prac¬ tical subdivisions of the face.

Chapter II

Location and Description of Signs of Character in the Face.

Fifty separate and distinct faculties described; The adaptability of the human mind; Man does not possess a greater number of mental faculties than woman; Gestures significant in disclos¬ ing character; The face an exact register of all mental facul¬ ties and bodily functions and conditions,. 297

Definition; An excess and deficiency of this faculty; Facial and bodily signs ; The color of the face an indication of the general integrity of a person ; Bodily signs of Conscientious¬ ness ; Description of Conscientiousness; Conscientiousness large where the bony system predominates.

Definition; What an excess or deficiency causes; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Firmness ; A receding chin an in¬ dication of weakness ; The signs for Firmness observed all over the individual.

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Definition ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Economy ;

A normal degree of Economy indicates a normal or balanced condition of mind; Acquisitiveness not Economy.

Definition ; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Love of Home ; This trait should be cultivated in children.

Facial and bodily signs; Definition of Patriotism.

Definition ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Benevo¬ lence; Faculties in combination modify and influence this trait; Difference between benevolence and friendship.

Definition ; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty indi¬ cates ; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Bibativeness; Situation of this sign most suggestive; Indicates the func¬ tional purity of the entire organism.

Alimentiveness, or Digestion,. 348

Definition; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Alimentive¬ ness ; The mouth by its shape and color gives the general tone or grade of the individual.

Definition ; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Amative¬ ness; Training in sexual morality; Works that all young people should read; Signs for emotional traits found in the glands and muscles, not the bones.

Definition; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty may lead to; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Love of

Young; Should be balanced by reason and justice; Does not necessarily impart a tone of kindness to the individual.

Definition ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description ; Mental uses of Mirthfulness.

Definition; What an excess or deficiency indicates; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Approbativeness; Essential to the success of some people.

Definition ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Friendship; Selfish and unselfish friendship ; Friendship with fine inherited quality show T s a strong, magnetic nature; Diverse manifesta¬ tions of Friendship.

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Hospitality,.

Definition ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Hospitality.

Pneumativeness,.

Definition ; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty may lead to; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Pneumative¬ ness ; The most essential factor is pure air; Manifestations of Pneumativeness; Acuteness of scent; Great energy of mind and body.

Glandular and Arterial System.

• •••••*••••• Definition ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Color ; A high cultivation of the color-sense a religious duty; Aids toward cultivating this sense ; What the color of the face reveals ; Color-blindness.

Sanativeness, ..

Definition; What a deficiency of this faculty leads to ; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Sanativeness; One of the normal and primitive functions ; Magnetic healers; The faculty of Sanativeness should be large in physicians; Longevity of life; Facial signs that a good surgeon or physician should possess.

Definition ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Self-esteem ; Its relation to other faculties ; Self-assertion and Positiveness; The combination of Self-esteem with other faculties; What a short upper lip denotes.

Modesty,.. . . .

Definition ; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Modesty ; Blushing ; Downcast looks not an indication of Modesty; Shy¬ ness sometimes spelt “ slyness.”

Definition; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty leads to ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Force ; Possessors of round muscles are the most vigorous; Children should be thoroughly trained in gymnastics; Force gives to the voice clearness and resonance ; Color of great service in determining what degree of force will be exhibited.

Resistance,.

Definition ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Resistance ; Sometimes takes the form of combativeness or contrariness; Mental resistance.

Secretiveness,.

Definition ; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty leads to; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Secretiveness ; Physiological peculiarities of secretive men; What deficiency of faculties Secretiveness indicates ; This faculty large in priests and physicians ; Characteristics of Secretiveness,

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Definition ; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty leads to ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Cautiousness ; The nose the principal sign; Its connection with other faculties.

Definition ; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty leads to ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Hope ; Hygienic remarks ; Its connection w r itli and indication of the general con¬ dition of the internal organs ; Temporary disorders of the liver;

A clear, fresh-colored complexion.

Definition; What a deficiency of this faculty indicates ; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Analysis; The capacity for analyzing ; Large in all talented persons; Of great help in the investigation of human character; Must be judged in combina¬ tion with other faculties.

Definition ; What a deficiency of this faculty indicates; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Mental Imitation; What is the basis of supply of Mental Imitation ; All features subject to the modifying action of the law of Quality; Signs for literary and artistic faculties grouped about the tip of the nose; Nosology ; Normal uses of Imitation.

Definition; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty leads to; Facial and bodily signs; Description of the faculty of Sublimity; Mental phase of Sublimity; This faculty an attri¬ bute of old and perfected races ; Largely observed in the faces of the Hebrews ; Prominent Hebrews; Sublimity in combi¬ nation with other faculties.

Definition ; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty indi¬ cates ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Ideality; Physi¬ ological base of Ideality; Great diversities of degree of this faculty exhibited; Natural allies and assistants of Idealit\ r ;

The dimpled chin.

Definition ; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty indi¬ cates ; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Human Nature;

The beneficial uses of the faculty of Human Nature.

Acquisitiveness,..

Definition; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Acquisi¬ tiveness ; Should be judged in combination with other faculties ;

The outline of each feature and limb reveals the entire man ; Acquisitiveness useful in connection with literary pursuits.

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Definition ; What a deficiency of this faculty indicates ; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Constructiveness; Physio¬ logical and anatomical description of the base of each separate and mental manifestation; A predominance of the muscular system necessary in all artistic pursuits ; Analyze the combina¬ tions of systems of functions observed in each individual; With a knowledge of physiognomy a knave cannot be mistaken for an honest man; Combination of Constructiveness with other faculties.

Definition ; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty indi¬ cates ; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Veneration;

Large where the bony system predominates; Exhibited in vary¬ ing degrees and in diverse ways ; The “ scooped ” or pug nose;

The uses of Veneration ; Natural religion.

Definition ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Executive¬ ness ; Its relationship to the stomach ; All power not in the brain; Different forms of Executiveness ; A vigorous thoracic system a great adjunct.

Definition; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty indi¬ cates ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Self-will; This faculty sometimes necessary to make other traits conspicuous ; Secondary signs of Self-will ; Distinction between Self-will and Firmness ; Self-will, where deficient, can be cultivated by gym¬ nastic exercises.

Definition; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty causes; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Credencive¬ ness ; This faculty universal; Its uses in the artistic line; The best use of Credenciveness ; Rationale of Credenciveness.

Definition; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Prescience;

Its action best observed in aged persons ; The possession of the Prescient faculty gives a love and desire for a future life; Manifestations of Prescience different in each individual.

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CHAPTER II.

(Continued.)

The Practical Division of the Face.

A consideration of tlie practical or mechanical group of faculties;

Bones of the skull and face changed by a regular law of development, ..........

Definition; What a deficiency in Form indicates; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Form ; The basis of all trades and professions ; The art of spelling depends upon the development of this faculty; Chess-players large in form and size.

Definition ; What a deficiency in size indicates; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Size; Impossibility of judging the shape and size of the brain by an external examination ;

The uses of this faculty in conjunction with others.

Observation,.

Definition ; What a deficiency of this faculty indicates; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Observation; Persons with excessive Credenciveness never develop this sign; Attention must be paid to the peculiar expression of the e 3 'e; Animal observation.

Memory of Events,.

Definition ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Memory ; Analysis of the Memory; How to strengthen this faculty; Dif¬ ferent kinds of Memory ; Memory is not wisdom; Disorders that this faculty is subject to.

Definition ; What a deficiency of this faculty indicates ; Facial and bodily signs; General and diffused through the muscular system; Description of Locality; Surgeons and anatomists require a fine development of this faculty; How children can be taught to develop it; The study of physiognomy one of great interest to children.

The Muscular System—Weight,. 643

Definition; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty indi¬ cates ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Weight; Its uses in every-day life.

Definition; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Language;

A combination of several faculties; Color has a controllinoinfluence upon Language; Analysis of this faculty; How the degrees of force of Language are revealed.

Definition; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Music; Round, muscular persons make the best musicians; Curves one

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of the elements of sound ; Tlie eye and ear; Connection of this faculty with Amativeness ; The entire system must be built upon the curved or arched pattern; Round form denotes harmoniouslyconstructed organism ; Childish capriciousness of great singers;

Other faculties necessary to make the perfect musical structure.

The Mathematical Division of the Face.

Faculties which assist the mathematical computation and demonstra¬ tion found in the upper division of the face, .... 680

Definition ; Comprised in the five systems of functions ; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty indicates ; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Time; Kinds of time inherent in the thoracic system; In the osseous system ; In the muscular system; In the vegetative system ; Elements of Time; Its con¬ nection and operation with other faculties ; Motion the basis of Time.

Order, Mental and Physical, .695

Definition of Mental Order; Facial and bodily signs; Descrip¬ tion of Mental Order; Physical Order; Squareness of the bones an indication; Different kinds of Order; A necessary and natural ally to other faculties; Exhibited by animals and insects.

Definition ; Facial and bodily signs ; Description of Calculation;

The base of everything mathematical or numerical; Persons of large and sound reasoning powers possess sound and strong bodies ; Its cultivation in children.

Definition ; What an excess or deficiency of this faculty leads to; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Causality ; Mere questioning not true investigation ; The value of Causality governed by the surrounding faculties.

Definition ; What a deficiency of this faculty indicates ; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Comparison; The natural ally and companion of certain faculties; Inductive reasoning.

Definition; How this faculty can be cultivated ; Facial and bodily signs; Description of Intuition; A separate faculty from human nature; Cause and base of Intuition; Women as a class possess a more general endowment of this trait than men; The investigation of human nature greatly aided by In¬ tuition ; Children, as a rule, possess a high development of this faculty ; Intuitional genius of animals.

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CHAPTER III. The Human Face in Outline, Motion, Feature, Expression

and Color.

Every form in Nature reveals its own history; The muscular mechanism of the face; The osseous formation; The nervous distribution of the same ; The glandular formation of the face ;

The outline exhibited by each separate being and epitome of the entire character; The superior power of the face as a revealer of character to that of the skull; Geometrical forms of the face ;

Five general outlines of the face, caused by shape and degree of activity of the internal organs,. 749

Motions and Form,.757

Motion also reveals the mind of the individual; Natural ges¬ tures strongly indicative of character; Congenital or profes¬ sional criminals use very few gestures; Movements of the mouth; Differences in the form of the internal organs; Basic elements of form as exhibited in the features.

The Chin,.769

The signs of the chin ; Three general forms of the chin—the globose, the oval, and the square; The three positions of the chin; Forms of the centre of the chin ; Three general classes of character; Dimpled chins; Forms of the chin; The effemi¬ nate chin.

The Jaw,.791

Forms of the jaw; The upper and the lower; The embryotic lower ; The infantile jaw ; A dyspeptic jaw ; The weak, or nega¬ tive ; The consumptive jaw; The crafty and witty jaw; The curved, or artistic ; The dramatic jaw ; The square jaw—moral, mechanical, scientific; The angular, or contrary jaw; Prog¬ nathous jaw ; Prognathism of the upper jaw.

The Lips,.. 795

The signs in the lips; The movements of the mouth, lips, and adjacent parts highly significant of character; The lower lip;

The embryonic lower lip; The infantile lower; The gustatory lip; The sociable lip; The linguistic lower lip; The witty lower lip; The benevolent or sympathetic lower lip; The secretive lower lip; The criminal lower lip; Crookedness of the muscles indicates crookedness of the language; The undeveloped lower lip ; The stupid lower lip ; The destructive lower ; Visions of the lower lip ; The embryonic upper; The undeveloped upper ; The philoprogenitive upper lip; The modest upper; The imitative upper lip; The secretive upper lip; The self-estimative upper lip ; The amative upper ; The normal upper lip ; The mirthful upper lip.

Intensity of motion; Analysis of the voice; Reveals the domi¬ nant system or systems of the organism; Peculiarities of voice of those in whom the thoracic system is dominant—the vegeta-

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tive system, the muscular system; The clearer the voice, the clearer the mind ; Lisping tones betray a want of balanced judg¬ ment ; Impediment to perfect articulation; Evolution of language in connection with evolution of the voice; Harsh voices ; Unconscious imitation ; Elocutionary exercises ; A man capable of emitting sound independent of the organs of speech ; Comparison of the tones of the different races of civilization.

The line of closure; Analyzing a mouth; The graminivorous mouth ; The singing mouth ; The artistic mouth ; The conver¬ sational and oratorical mouth; The meditative mouth; The common-sense mouth; The orderly mouth; The economical mouth; The destructive or carnivorous mouth; Criminal mouths.

General remarks; The two divisions of the cheeks; The em¬ bryonic ; The globose, or infantile; The gluttonous; Oval or artistic cheek; The rectangular or conscientious cheek; The dimpled or beautiful cheek ; The concave, or consumptive ; The dyspeptic; The criminal; Normal upper cheek; Abnormal form of cheeks.

The evolution of the nose; The physiology of the nose; The anatomical formation of the nose; Table of elements to be considered in relation to the nose; General remarks; Lower division—artistic and literary; Middle division—constructive;

Upper division—executive ; The three general outlines of the nostrils; The form or outline of the nose; The three basilar forms of the nose; The concave or immature nose of the adult, negative character; Embryotic type; Infantoid type;

Idiotic type ; Snub type ; Pup type ; Retroussee type ; Sing¬ ing type ; Straight class—passive character; Poetic type; Artistic type; Literary type; Critic’s type; Philosophic type ; Dramatic type ; Constructive type ; Athletic types ; Convex class—osseous system dominant—positive character; Argumentative type; Commercial type; Melancholy type; Dishonest type; Scientific type; Mechanic type; Abnormal type.

The forms of the eye; The three general forms of the e}^; Artistic type; Reflective type; The agreeable eye; The lin¬ guistic eye; Politic eye; Untruthful eye; Upward oblique; Double obliquity; Observing eyelid; Licentious and un¬ principled form; Secretive and acquisitive eye ; Truthful eye; Normal eye ; Abnormal type; The size of the eye ; Expres¬ sion of the eye ; Artistic expression ; Observant expression ; Magnetic expression ; Brutal expression ; Gluttonous expres¬ sion ; Shallow and passionate expression; Nictitating fold.

The Eyelashes,.969

The interciliary space; Artistic interciliary space; Super¬ stitious type.

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Normal position of the inner termini; The conceited brow;

The observing eyebrow; The credulous eyebrow; Position of the middle of the brows—the impractical brow; The artistic brow ; Position of the outer termini—the arithmetical brow ;

The deceptive eyebrow ; The aesthetic e3^ebrow ; The inventive eyebrow; The vital eyebrow; The delicate eyebrow; Move¬ ments of the brows; The colors of the eyebrow.

The practical forehead; The projecting forehead; Infantile forehead ; The mechanical forehead ; The artistic forehead ;

The scientific and mechanical forehead.

The Head,.993

The evolution of the hair; The quality or texture of the hair;

The quantity of the hair; The various colors of the hair;

The remedy for gray hair; Various sorts of curly hair; Straight hair; Cause and cure for baldness ; The beard ; The texture of the beard.

The significations of the forms of the ear; The position of the ear; Defective positions; The external and internal ear;

The three divisions of the ear; The color of the ear; The forms of the ear; The musical ear; The unmusical ear; The oratorical ear; The commercial ear; Generous versus stingy ear; The courageous ear; The timid ear; The linguistic ear;

The refined ear; The unrefined ear; The abnormal ear.

The lines of the face ; The wrinkles of the face ; The wrinkles in the chin; The wrinkles in the lower cheeks; Wrinkles of the lower lip ; Wrinkles about the e} 7 es ; Mirthful wrinkles at the outer corners of the e3^es; Wrinkles under the eyes; Wrinkles on the forehead; Wrinkles of the neck; General wrinkles.

Dimples,.1042

Signification of dimples; Dimples in the chin; Dimples in the cheeks.

The physiognomical significance of the teeth ; Animal t3^pes of the teeth.

The Gums,.1050

The Tongue,

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Physiognomy of Smiles and Laughter,. 1054

The wilful neck.

The construction and divisions of the hand; The position of the hand ; The lines of the hand ; The vegetative or infantoid hand; Muscular class of hands; Muscular class No. II (round muscles); The osseous class (square bones); Brain class;

Mixed hands; Beautiful hands; Texture of the hand; The color of the hand.

The Nails, ....

The color of the nails.

Chapter IV

Signs of Health and Disease, Strength and Weakness, Beauty and Ugliness, in the Human Face and Body.

Signs of strength; Compression of the female waist; Signs of beauty in woman; The facial features as revelators of strength and beauty; The nose, the chin, cheeks, and lips;

The complexion ; Use of stimulants ; Disease of the eyes ; The forehead ; Bilateral symmetry of the face ; The thorough-bred ;

What are the indications of a thorough-bred person; How to reduce the size without losing strength,.1085

CHAPTER V. Choice of Vocations

The Combinations of Faculties for Trades and Professions, . 1111

The method to pursue in reading character; The combination of systems and faculties suitable for a hotel or boarding house keeper; The combination of systems and faculties required for a mechanic ; The combination of systems and faculties required for a printer; The systems and faculties essential to a dress¬ maker or designer of women’s fashions; The systems and faculties required by a cook; The combination of systems and faculties required for a farmer; The combination of sys¬ tems and faculties required for an engineer; The system and xxiv CONTENTS.

faculties essential to merchants; The systems and faculties required for a speculator; The systems and faculties essential for a painter; Systems and faculties essential to a pktyer; The faculties necessary to a tragedian ; The systems and faculties essential to a comedian; The systems and faculties essential to a society belle ; The systems and faculties necessary for an opera-singer ; The systems and faculties requisite for a musical composer; The systems and faculties essential to a sculptor; The systems and faculties required by a physician; The systems and faculties required for a surgeon; Other classes of surgeons ; The systems and faculties essential to the orator ; The electric class of orators; Magnetic class of orators; The systems and faculties essential to a clergyman ; The systems and faculties essential to a lawyer; The systems and faculties essential to an inventor; The systems and faculties needed b}^ a commander; The systems and faculties necessaiy to a scientist; The systems and faculties required by a civil engineer; The systems and faculties required by a banker; The systems and faculties required by a philanthropist; The systems and faculties neces¬ sary to a philologist; The s 3 r stems and faculties essential to an editor ; The systems and faculties required by a writer of fiction ; The systems and faculties required by a statesman.

Conclusion,.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Fig. 1. The Grand Divisions or the Face.15

“ 3. A Non-Nucleated Cell, the Protamceba Primitiva.63

“ 4. Native Australians,.65

“ 6. Vegetative Infant,.67

“ 7. Vegetative Man,.67

“ 8. Thomas H. Benton,.. 72

“ 9. Herr Fleischman,.75

“ 10. Andrew Jackson,.84

“ 11. Herbert Spencer,.94

“ 12. The Natural and Primitive Divisions of the Face.273

“ 13. The Practical Subdivisions of the Face.275

“ 14. Location of the Signs for the Visceral Organs.277

“ 15. Local Signs for the Mental Faculties,.288

“ 16. George Washington.304

“ 17. Charlotte Cushman,.' 305

“ 18. Anna Dickinson,.314

“ 19. George Washington (profile),.315

“ 21. Benjamin Franklin,.319

“ 23. James Fenimore Cooper,.327

“ 24. Mad. Marie Jeanne Piiillipon Roland.330

“ 25. Thomas Starr King,.331

“ 26. Lady Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts Bartlett-Coutts, . . . 336