Publisher's Synopsis
Physiognomy and Palmistry have received much attention from students during the past few years, and to Prof. Merton's admirably arranged books on these subjects is this largely due. In Descriptive Mentality special attention is paid to the art of reading the face and hand, through the aid of nearly six hundred illustrations. The author's aim seems to be to teach his readers physiognomy and palmistry, and not merely to print a biography of well-known faces without even an analysis of the features. The book is equally well adapted to giving recreative enjoyment to those who do not care to make these arts a serious study. Some very original and interesting statements are made concerning the Line of Marriage, Fate and Destiny as shown in the hand. The work treats each feature of the face and line of the hand as having groups of faculty signs that appear strong or weak in proportion to the mental impulses that govern them.
-Metaphysical Magazine: A Monthly Review of the Occult Sciences [1899]
