f any month, especially in the
months of July, August, and January, will find the following years of
their lives the most eventful:

2d, 7th, 11th, 16th, 20th, 25th, 29th, 34th, 38th, 43d, 47th,
56th, 61st, 65th, 70th, 74th, and 79th.

Those born on the 8th, 17th, and 26th of any month, but more especially
in the months of January, February, July, and August, will find the
following years of their lives the most eventful:

8th, 17th, 26th, 35th, 44th, 53d, 62d, 71st, and 80th.

Those born on the 9th, 18th, and 27th of any month, but more especially
in the months of April, October, and November, will find the following
years of their lives the most eventful:

9th, 18th, 27th, 36th, 45th, 54th, 63d, 72d, and 81st.

This curious system it will be seen has embraced every day of every month
that people can be born on. It is based on a strange law of periodicity
that after years of study I have found extremely accurate and wonderful
in its meaning.

PART II--CHEIROGNOMY

OR

THE SCIENCE OF INTERPRETING THE SHAPE OF HANDS

CHAPTER I

THE STUDY OF THE SHAPE OF THE HAND

We now leave the domain of what must be considered Palmistry, the study
of the Lines of the Palm--or Cheiromancy, as it was called by the Greeks
from the word [Greek: cheir], the hand, and proceed to consider the
meanings that can be derived from the shapes of the hands, fingers, etc.,
which is called Cheirognomy.

These two studies may be taken up separately, but by a knowledge of both
the student will be doubly armed, especially in the reading of character.

To a judge of horseflesh the limbs of the horse give him such a fund of
information as to the animals' breed, training, etc., that it enables him
to draw conclusions that he could not otherwise obtain.

In the same way the shape of the hand gives an enormous wealth of
information as to breed and peculiarities of human beings.

In a book of this nature I shall be able to give only the leading traits
denoted by each type, but if readers wish to carry out this study
further, I must refer them to my larger works on the subject, in which
the shapes of the hands are described in the fullest detail.

The most casual observation of character as shown by the formation of
hands will soon convince any person of the value of this study. Even in
itself it possesses the most far-reaching possibilities in helping to a
clear understanding of the difference that exists in race