How to Read Character in Handwriting. By Henry Frith. (Ward,
Lock, and Co.)—Even those who look askance at graphology will find this " grammar" of the subject to be very readable, and even curiously fascinating. It seems, at least at first sight, to offer a royal road to a discovery of character. Thus, we are asked to accept such datements as that cruelty, like coarseness, is . "evidenced in a thick writing ;" that "anger is indicated by tho thickly barred' t's,' while the more selfishly upright writing shows want of consideration for others ; " that "the person (male or female) who crushes down the bar upon the letters is extremely despotic, and if the writing be angular, thereby indicating temper, tho chances are that the individual is not a desirable home companion." Whatever may be thought of general rules, a good deal of interest attaches to the signatures of individuals. Mr. Frith has exhibited much enterprise and industry in collecting such, and unquestionably the deductions as to characters which are drawn from them are characterised, to say the least, by ingenuity. Graphology is not quite an established science as yet, but it is unquestionably an established amusement, and long may it remain in this condition ! Mr. Frith's crisp little volume ought to be popular in all circles where character-study is cultivated—but not to excess.
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