Introduction

1 A Defence of Palmistry

2 Of the Shapes of Hands and Fingers

3 The Elementary, or Lowest Type

4 The Square Hand and its Sub-Divisions

The Square Hand with Short Square Fingers.

The Square Hand with Long Square Fingers.

The Square Hand with Knotty Fingers.

The Square Hand with Spatulate Fingers.

The Square Hand with Conic Fingers.

The Square Hand with Psychic Fingers.

The Square Hand with Mixed Fingers.

5 The Spatulate Hand

6 The Philosophic Hand

7 The Conic Hand

8 The Psychic Hand

9 The Mixed Hand

10 The Thumb

The Supple-jointed Thumb.

The Firm-jointed Thumb.

The Second Phalange.

11 The Joints of the Fingers

12 The Fingers

The Length of the Fingers in Relations to One Anoth

13 The Palm, and the Large and Small Hands

Large and Small Hands.

14 The Nails

Long Nails in Relation to Health.

Short Nails in Relations to Health.

Disposition as Shown by the Nails.

15 The Hair on the Hands

A suggested Theory

16 The Mounts, their position and their meanings

The Mount of Mars.

The Mount of Jupiter.

The Mount of Saturn.

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