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size and shapely, and the lips and chin are well formed. The 

 face is a shorter one than in the next, and the hair is of a 

 much lighter tint. The face is pleasing and attractive, not 

 much unlike, if we remember rightly, one which represented 

 Jenny Lind. 



Lastly, we come to the often copied and well-known portrait 

 at age 46, by Sir F. Burton. In this the nose and face are 

 long, almost suggesting an approach to what is called a horse 

 face. The chin is good, but as the fine forehead is much 

 concealed by folds of hair, the balance of features is not 

 perfect, and the whole result not pleasing. All the three 

 show the eyes light grey or blue. There can be no doubt 

 that George Eliot had a large forehead and a fairly large 

 nose and chin, but further than this these somewhat dis- 

 according portraits do not take us. We must fall back on 

 her father's Roman nose and really beautifully balanced 

 features. 



Mary Somerville's face is a very intellectual one, but a 

 trifle cold as regards mouth and chin. Looking at Mrs. 

 Carter's width of forehead, no one can doubt that she had 

 " skull-room " for many languages and what had been written 

 in them. There is a most pleasant expression on her face, 

 suggesting a genial companion and ready conversation, but 

 her chin is weak and small. Mrs. Browning's face is alive 

 with graceful vigour, and her forehead, as we have already 

 said, is full and round. 



It is held that the heads of women are dolicho-cephaiic 

 (long in proportion to breadth) in larger average than those 

 of men. There is certainly nothing in this collection of 

 portraits which would oppose the supposition that the higher 

 developments of intellect in women, as in men, are usually 

 met with in heads unusually broad. Such an inference must, 

 however, be accepted with some caution. 



