FF, The cerebellum, allotted to Amativeness and Procreation AA, The anterior lobe-Intellectual Faculties.

DD, The middle lobe-Animal Propensities.

BB, The posterior lobe-Domestic Propensities.

TESTIMONIALS

FROM DISTINGUISHED MEN IN FAVOR OF

PHRENOLOGY.

"It is eminently, we think, the system of mental philosophy for the unlearned man, because it is much less abstract than any other. In perusing the account which it gives of the mind and its parts, ordinary people feel, for the first time in their attempts at psychological investigation, that they have ground whereon to rest the soles of their feet. Thus, supposing the observations made with regard to the connection of certain manifestations of thought and feeling with certain parts of the brain to be untrue, there is still a distinct value in Phrenology, as an extensively available means of studying mind. We deem it right, at the same time, to mention that Phrenology appears to us as beforehand likely to be true, in as far as it assigns a natural basis to mind; while we are equally sensible that its leading doctrines have acquired a title to a very respectful attention, from the support given to them by a vast amount of careful observation, and the strikingly enlightened and philanthropic aims for which many of its supporters have become remarkable."-Robert Chambers.

"Were I at this moment offered the wealth of India on condition of Phrenology being blotted from my mind for ever, I should scorn the gift; nay, were the wealth of the world placed in one hand, and Phrenology in the other, and orders issued for me to choose one, Phrenology, without a moment's hesitation, would be preferred."-George Combe.

"It is my decided opinion, that he who teaches and trains upon phrenological principles, will experience a constantly increasing attachment to his profession, will invariably secure the affectionate esteem of his pupils, and will, as a necessary consequence, succeed in giving them a thorough EDUCATION, moral, intellectual, and physical. I write this from several years extensive experience.

"In history, the use of Phrenology is truly valuable, and, 1 may add, in everything else."-A. J. Dorsey.

DR. GALL, the founder of Phrenology, was born in Germany in the year 1758. His parents being professors of the Roman Catholic religion had intended him for the service of that church; but his natural disposition was averse to such a course, and having become early interested in medical studies, he preferred to engage in that profession. His youth was spent in acquiring a knowledge of the elementary branches of science and literature. He was passionately fond of the studies of nature, and frequently resorted to the country and the forests to make observations on butterflies, insects, birds, and other tribes of the animal kingdom. This spirit of inquiry was undoubtedly the key which opened up to him the way to his future discoveries. Gall had observed that those scholars with whom he found the greatest difficulty in competing in verbal memory, were distinguished for large prominent eyes. He made very

extensive observations on this point and was finally led to suspect that there must be some necessary connection between memory for words and the size and projection of the eye. Afterwards, while engaged in medical studies, he found that, though the structure and functions of every other organ of the human body were understood by anatomists and physiologists, those of the brain were enveloped in the greatest mystery. He found on examination also that the notions of philosophers respecting the faculties or powers of the mind were of the most vague, indefinite and unsatisfactory nature. And after the most extensive observation and research, Gall was led to believe that the brain was the organ of the mind, and moreover, that it was composed of a congeries of organs, and, that the mind consisted of a corresponding number of faculties, which has since been thoroughly tested, and most conclusively demonstrated, by observation and experiment. Nor does the writer know of a single individual who has examined the science, who pretends to disbelieve in its most beautiful principles.

Gall's head, as will be seen by the engraving, is truly magnificent; and his countenance, dress, and manners, with the depth, profoundness, liberality, and simplicity of his remarks, prove to you that he is a philosopher-a perfect gentlemanand a kind-hearted friend.-From the Biography of Dr. Gall.

JASPER G. SPURZHEIM.

(SEE FRONTISPIECE.)

DR. SPURZHEIM was born at Treves, in Germany, in the year 1776. He was associated with Dr. Gall for a number of years, and became equally distinguished on account of his great natural talent and moral worth. And although he was not the original discoverer of Phrenology, yet he made several important additions to the number of organs discovered by Dr. Gall. Dr. Spurzheim has also written several large volumes on the application of this science to various subjects, which have placed his name among the greatest scholars of the age.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

The following are a few of the favorable notices which this work has received, nor has it been in any degree overrated. Indeed it would be impossible for any individual to properly represent it. It must be read and studied to be appreciated.

"To persons engaged in the important and responsible duties of education, it is, perhaps, of greater value than that of any other similar work in print."-Boston Mirror.

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We regard this volume as one of the most important that has been offered to the public for many years. Small though it be, it is full of sound doctrine and practical wisdom. Every page is pregnant with instruction of solemn import; and we would that it were the text-book, the great and sovereign guide, of every male and female in the country with whom rests the responsibility of rearing or educating a child.”—Bost. Med. and Surg. Jour.

“An invaluable treatise, from the pen of one who, probably, is more intimately acquainted with human nature than any man living. It is full of interest."-N. Y. Mirror.

"We do not consider a person well qualified to discharge the important duty of a teacher, who is not familiar with the principles this work contains."-London Spectator.

"A more valuable literary production has never before been presented to the public."-Edinburgh Phrenological Journal.

"This excellent work should be in the hands of every individual. No one can read a page of it without being improved thereby."-Common School Advocate.

"We have examined this work critically, for the purpose of ascertaining how far its principles are capable of being applied to the proper government and training of children, and find that it begins at the beginning, or rather, with infancy, and goes through childhood up to manhood and old age, developing, by a gradual process, the entire constitution of man. A more interesting and useful work has not been written. It contains all the instruction necessary for parent or teacher to properly govern and instruct themselves and the young."-Instructor.

"It is worth its weight in gold."-Evening Gazette.