Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Palmistry or cheiromancy: A brief résumé of the history of the study of hands ; The line of head or the indications of the mentality ; The line of life and its variations ; The line of destiny or fate ; The line of the sun ; The line of heart as indicating the affectionate and emotional nature ; The line of health or the hepatica ; The minor lines of the hands ; Different classes of lines ; How to tell time and dates -- Part II. Cheirognomy or the shapes of the hands and fingers: The study of the shape of the hand ; The thumb ; The fingers ; The nails of the hand ; The mounts of the hand ; Advice to the student.

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