etic, reliable nature.

A very thin hand denotes a restless energetic disposition, but one that
is given to worry, and fretting and is generally discontented.

A thin hand that feels listless in one's grasp denotes a weak
constitution that has only sufficient energy to live.

A cold, clammy hand is also a sign of poor health, but generally that of
a very sensitive and nervous person.

A person who keeps his hands closed while talking, is distrustful in his
nature, has little self-reliance and can seldom be relied on by others.

A man or woman who gives a good firm grasp of the hand, is
self-confident, energetic, and generally reliable.

When all the fingers (especially if the fingers be long) are seen always
clinging, sticking, as it were, or folding over one another it denotes
very doubtful qualities in the nature of their possessor and a decided
tendency towards thieving and general lack of moral principal.

Remember that the hands _are the immediate servants or instruments of the
brain_. There are more motive and sensory nerves from the brain to the
hand than to any other portion of the body and, whether sleeping or
waking, they continually and unconsciously reflect the thought and
character of the mind or soul of the individual.

It will, then, be seen from these observations that without looking at
the lines of the hand, one may be able to obtain certain details of
character that are more trustworthy than those given by the face, and
that these rules, if followed, should be of the greatest assistance and
value to people in all walks of life.

Many of these observations are further amplified in subsequent chapters
of this work. There is not a single one of these rules that has not been
proved by me in my long professional career, and knowing that they will
bear the strictest inquiry and observation, it gives me pleasure now to
offer them to the readers of the American Edition of _Palmistry for All_.

CHEIRO.

LONDON.

INTRODUCTION

It was on July 21, 1894, that I had the honour of meeting Lord Kitchener
and getting the autographed impression of his right hand, which I now
publish for the first time as frontispiece to this volume. The day I had
this interview, Lord Kitchener, or, as he was then, Major-General
Kitchener, was at the War Office, and to take this impression had to use
the paper on his table, and, strangely enough, the impr