Palmistry for All is a practical guide to reading hands, written by the early 20th-century palmist Cheiro. It explains how to interpret the lines, mounts, and shape of the hand to understand character and temperament. Listeners interested in divination and historical self-help will find it an accessible introduction to the subject.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
The Author Very Faithfully yours, Cheiro PALMISTRY FOR ALL CONTAINING NEW INFORMATION ON THE STUDY OF THE HAND NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED BY CHEIRO WITH A PREFACE TO AMERICAN READERS AND WITH UPWARDS OF SIXTY ILLUSTRATIONS G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK LONDON COPYRIGHT, 1916 BY G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS Published, May, 1916 Twenty-second Impression Made in the United States of America PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION There is no country in the world where the "study of character" is more indulged in than in the United States of America. During my many visits there I could not help remarking how even the "hardest headed" business men used any form of this study that they could get hold of to help them in their business dealings with other men and also in endeavouring to ascertain the character of their clerks and employees. In looking over the records of my career I find that in the course of my visits to America I gave private lessons to the heads of two hundred and seventy business establishments in New York, one hundred and thirty-five in
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