This novel, the plot of which is of an entirely occult character, is
dedicated by permission to Mrs. Annie Besant, who has written to the
author specially complimenting him on the merits and interest of his
new romance.
"Those who like occult romances will find in this novel enough
weirdness to keep their flesh creeping for days."--_Madame._
_Now Ready. Of all Libraries and Bookshops_
A HUMAN DOCUMENT OF ABSORBING INTEREST
=CHEIRO'S MEMOIRS.= An account of the Strange Career of the
celebrated Reader of Hands. Including interviews with King Edward
VII., W. E. Gladstone, C. S. Parnell, H. M. Stanley, Mdme. Sarah
Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, Prof. Max Müller, Blanche Roosevelt, The
Comte de Paris, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Russell of Killowen,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Mrs. Langtry, "Mark Twain," W. T. Stead, and
others. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 240 pp., 22 Full-page Illustrations,
gilt tops. Price =7s. 6d.= net.
_SOME PRESS OPINIONS_
"Fascinating reading from cover to cover."--_Referee._
"Read Cheiro's Memoirs. Their lure is exceedingly powerful."--_Sketch._
"Will be found of more than ordinary interest."--_Globe._
"The whole book teems with interest."--_Tatler._
"One of _the_ books of the year, and provides more interesting reading
to the square inch than any 'story of a life' that we have picked up
this season."--_Modern Society._
"There will be plenty of people to enjoy the entertainment of the
record."--_Daily Telegraph._
"An intensely interesting book."--_Liverpool Post._
"There is not a slow page in the book."--_Sunday Times._
"He leaves us at the end with no doubt of his abilities and
achievements."--_Morning Leader._
=CHEIRO'S LANGUAGE OF THE HAND.= A Complete Practical Work on the
Sciences of Cheirognomy and Cheiromancy, containing the System,
Rules and Experience of Cheiro. 55 Full-page Illustrations and over
200 Engravings of Lines, Mounts and Marks. Drawings of the Seven
Types by THEO DORÉ. Fourteenth Edition, 10-1/4 in. × 8-1/4 in.,
Artistically designed, Black and White Cover, gilt tops. Price
=10s. 6d.= net. This book contains numerous reproductions of Famous
Hands, also Normal and Abnormal Hands, taken from Life, including:--
The hands of Madame Sarah Bernhardt, Mark Twain, Madame Nordica,
Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Mr. W. T. Stead, The Right Honourable Joseph
Chamberlain, The Right Hon. Austen Chamberlain, Mrs. Annie Besant, Lord
Leighton, Lord Avebury, The Countess of Aberdeen, Sir Edwin Arnold,
Lord Russell of Killowen, The Swami Vivekananda, Rev. C. H. Parkhurst,
D.D., Lady Lindsay, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Lady Henry Somerset, The Right
Honourable A. J. Balfour, Madame Melba, Lord Charles Beresford, Mr.
William Whiteley, General Sir Redvers Buller, Rev. Minot J. Savage, and
H. N. Higginbotham (President World's Fair).
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