Mr. Robert Sandek (whose two considerable volumes on Graphology were
reviewed in.the Spectator of September 14th, 1929) contributes an introduction to Your Character from Your Handwriting, by Mr. C. Harry Brooks (Allen and Unwin. 3s. 8d.). This is certainly the best short book we have read on an interesting and perhaps important subject, which has claimed, amongst its amateurs, such great names as Robert Browning, Disraeli, and Sir Walter Scott. Mr. Brooks points out that if we were buying a car, a glance at the coachwork and a trial run would hardly be enough to bring out our cheque book and pen : we should want to make a close inspection and to compare its value with that of other makes. "But when it comes to making a friend or engaging an employee, we go on relying for the most part on the same old intuitions which have deceived us in the past." No fantastic statements as to the infallibility of "the new graphology" are made, however ; indeed, Mr. Brooks is careful to point out that handwriting is only one indication out of many that reveal the state of a subject's health and disposition.
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