IN presenting this volume to the public, I crave their kind indulgence for all its imperfections, asking them only to reserve their opinion of it until they have carefully read from cover to cover. I have tried to express myself as clearly and simply as possible, and I think that, if the pictures are studied attentively in the sequence in which they are placed (not looked at haphazard), my readers will find that Palmistry is a Science, though as yet an inexact one, and meant, if interpreted rightly, to be a guide and assistance to us on our journey through life.