Philosophers, poets, teachers and students of human nature have scanned the features, listened to the voice and observed the manners and gestures in order to gain glimpses of the character. The early philosophers Goethe and Lavater, established very interesting principles of character deduction from the handwriting, whereby a few pen strokes would afford glimpses of the person ality and a few written lines material for fuller analysis and deduction. Editors of standard journals have recently directed the attention of the public to this science and awakened an interest in it. In presenting this work to the progressive thinkers of the twentieth century the author has given only established principles that have been personally tested during years of extensive com parison and commends them to the thoughtful individual.