Language: EnglishPages: 490 (1254 B/W Illustrations)PrefaceAMONG the tens of thousands of readers who have given such a pleasant welcome to my syndicate articles and to my elementary work entitled "PRACTICAL PALMISTR Y," a large number have done me the honor of communicating with me with a view of increasing their knowledge of this most fascinating science. Many have even visited me and requested me to give them personal and exhaustive instruction in Palmistry. I finally decided, a year ago, to Comply with these solicitations. and have devoted a few hours, every day, to the teaching of the science rendered famous in this XX. Century by the splendidly successful efforts of Desbarrolles and d'Arpentigny. Class after class attended my studio and received favorably whatever conscientious instruction my twenty-nine years of chirosophic studies entitled me to give them. Typewritten copies of these lessons were distributed to the pupils, and gradually modified so as to suit almost any fair grade of intellect They have now grown to the size of a two-volume manual, and having stood well the test of actual and widely approved teaching, they are presented to the public at large with large additions, modifications and improvements and with over 1,254 illustrations, especially drawn for this work.As a patient and painstaking instructor-and I may claim that much without fear of contradiction-I have aimed at the following results, which I failed to see realized in any book on Palmistry published to this day:I. Clearness and absence of useless theorizing.2. System and thoroughly logical classification.3. Completeness. In this respect I may be allowed to state that the present book contains between nm and ten times more reliable observations than any work eve - from Amzon