Palmistry for All
CONTAINING NEW INFORMATION ON THE STUDY OF THE HAND NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED
WITH A PREFACE TO AMERICAN READERS AND WITH UPWARDS OF SIXTY ILLUSTRATIONS
G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK LONDON
COPYRIGHT, 1916 BY G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
Published, May, 1916
Twenty-second Impression
Made in the United States of America
There is no country in the world where the study of character is more indulged in than in the United States of America. During my many visits there I could not help remarking how even the hardest headed business men used any form of this study that they could get hold of to help them in their business dealings with other men and also in endeavouring to ascertain the character of their clerks and employees.
In looking over the records of my career I find that in the course of my visits to America I gave private lessons to the heads of two hundred and seventy business establishments in New York, one hundred and thirty-five in Boston, and three hundred and forty-two in Chicago.
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TO THE AMERICAN EDITION
RULES FOR RAPID OBSERVATION
THE FINGERS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY
CHARACTER SHOWN BY THE THUMB
HANDS, HARD AND SOFT
A BRIEF RÉSUMÉ OF THE HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF HANDS THROUGH THE CENTURIES TO THE PRESENT DAY
THE LINE OF HEAD OR THE INDICATIONS OF THE MENTALITY
THE LINE OF HEAD AND ITS VARIATIONS
THE LINE OF HEAD JOINED TO THE LINE OF LIFE
THE LINE OF HEAD SEPARATED FROM THE LINE OF LIFE
THE LINE OF HEAD AND ITS SECONDARY SIGNS
CHANGES IN THE LINE OF HEAD
CROSSES AND SQUARES IN CONNECTION WITH THE LINE OF HEAD
DOUBLE LINES OF HEAD
THE LINE OF HEAD ON THE SEVEN TYPES OF HANDS
THE LINE OF LIFE AND ITS VARIATIONS
THE LINE OF LIFE
ASCENDING LINES
THE LINE OF MARS OR INNER LIFE LINE
THE LINE OF DESTINY OR FATE
RISING FROM THE LINE OF LIFE
RISING FROM THE WRIST
RISING FROM THE MOUNT OF THE MOON
RISING FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE PALM
INFLUENCE LINES
DOUBLE LINES OF FATE
THE LINE OF THE SUN
THE LINE OF HEART AS INDICATING THE AFFECTIONATE AND EMOTIONAL NATURE
SIGNS RELATING TO MARRIAGE
INFLUENCE LINES TO THE FATE LINE ON THE MOUNT OF VENUS, AND OTHER SIGNS WHICH ALSO HAVE A MEANING IN CONNECTION WITH MARRIAGE
INFLUENCE LINES ON THE MOUNT OF VENUS
LINES DENOTING CHILDREN, THEIR SEX, AND OTHER MATTERS CONCERNING THEM
THE LINE OF HEALTH OR THE HEPATICA
THE GIRDLE OF VENUS, THE RING OF SATURN, AND THE BRACELETS
THE RING OF SATURN
THE BRACELETS
THE LINE OF INTUITION AND THE VIA LASCIVA
THE VIA LASCIVA
"LA CROIX MYSTIQUE", THE RING OF SOLOMON
THE RING OF SOLOMON
TRAVELS, VOYAGES AND ACCIDENTS
ACCIDENTS
THE ISLAND, THE CIRCLE, THE SPOT, AND THE GRILLE
THE CIRCLE
THE SPOT
THE GRILLE
THE STAR, THE CROSS, THE SQUARE
THE CROSS
THE SQUARE
DIFFERENT CLASSES OF LINES
RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS
THE GREAT TRIANGLE AND THE QUADRANGLE
THE QUADRANGLE
HOW TO TELL TIME AND DATES OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE
CHAPTER I
THE STUDY OF THE SHAPE OF THE HAND
THE SQUARE TYPE
THE SPATULATE HAND
THE PHILOSOPHIC HAND
THE CONIC OR ARTISTIC HAND
THE PSYCHIC OR IDEALISTIC HAND
THE MIXED HAND
THE THUMB
THE NAILS OF THE HAND
LONG NAILS
SHORT NAILS
LONG NARROW NAILS
FLAT NAILS
THE MOONS OF THE NAILS
THE MOUNTS OF THE HAND AND THEIR MEANING
THE MOUNT OF MARS
THE FIRST MOUNT OF MARS
THE SECOND MOUNT OF MARS
THE MOUNT OF JUPITER AND ITS MEANING
HEALTH
THE MOUNT OF JUPITER (NEGATIVE)
HEALTH
THE MOUNT OF SATURN AND ITS MEANING
HEALTH
THE MOUNT OF SATURN (NEGATIVE)
HEALTH
THE MOUNT OF THE SUN AND ITS MEANING
HEALTH
MOUNT OF THE SUN (NEGATIVE)
HEALTH
THE MOUNT OF MERCURY AND ITS MEANING
THE MOUNT OF MERCURY (POSITIVE)
HEALTH
THE MOUNT OF MERCURY (NEGATIVE)
HEALTH
THE MOUNT OF THE MOON AND ITS MEANING
HEALTH
THE MOUNT OF THE MOON (NEGATIVE)
HEALTH
THE MOUNT OF VENUS AND ITS MEANING
HEALTH
THE MOUNT OF VENUS (NEGATIVE)
HEALTH
ADVICE TO THE STUDENT. THE BEST MEANS TO MAKE CASTS OR TAKE IMPRESSIONS OF THE HANDS