jioW TO J^EAD jChARACTER 



A New Illustkated Hand-Bonk of Piuienology and Pht« 



siooNOiiT, for tbo iise of Students and Examiners; vdth 



a Descriptive Chart for marking, and upwards 



of 170 Engravings. By Samuel K Wells, 



heavy muslin, $1.25; in paper, $1.00. 



FOWLER & WELLS, Publishers, 

 753 Broadway, Nev/ York. 



One who "wishes to get a practical knowledge of Phrenology and 

 Physiogomy in the shortest possibh^ time, and without burdening 

 his mind with theoretical speculations, will find this just the work he 

 needs. So far as any book can give him the instruction he requireg, 

 this will do it : and so clear are its explanations, and so full, complete, 

 and efftotive its illustrations, that the lack of an oral teacher will 

 seem but a slight drawback. It begins at the beginning ; describee 

 the brain and the skull; illustrates the temperaments; shows how 

 the organs are grouped together in the cranium : points out the loca- 

 tion and *unction of each organ, with the corresponding physiog- 

 nomical signs; gives practical direction for the cultivation or ro- 

 Btraint, as may be necessary, of each organ ; explains fully the '' Art 

 of Character Reading," showing how to proceed in an examination, 

 how to find the organs, how to distinguish the temperaments and 

 other physiological conditions, and how to " take the measure " of 

 each man, woman and child, so as to estimate correctly the mental and 

 physical status of every subject examined. The practical applica- 

 tion of the whole to the affairs of life — matrimony, education, busl 

 ness, etc.— is then pointed out; objections answered ; and the mental 

 organization required in each trade and profession described- A fcli 

 Descriptive Chart for the marking of character is added. The work 

 is thorough, methodical, carefully considered in every part; and at 

 the same time simple, concise, popular in style, and adapted to the 

 comprehension of everybody who can read the English language. It 

 does not claim to be exhaustive ; but we can confidently assert that 

 BO much truly useful matter on the subjects treated, with so many 

 fine illustrations, cfui nowhere else be found in the same compaas Mr 

 toT so Bmall a -pncb. Just the tlung for Students and Examiners. 



