The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology

A practical manual teaches how cranial shape and bodily signs are read to indicate mental faculties and temperament, presenting numbered organs, definitions, and seven-degree scales for recording strength. It provides illustrated plates, a character chart, and step-by-step instructions for marking and interpreting measurements, with symbols and numerals to denote relative size. Short explanatory paragraphs link each organ to behaviors and offer directions for cultivating, restraining, or developing faculties in adults and children. The text condenses observations and procedural rules rather than lengthy argument, aims at self-examination and character-recording, and cross-references longer treatments for fuller study.