ceive. We repeat, that although individuals should fear and wish to avoid these calamities, instruction in human nature is so deficient, that it is almost impossible to be certain of doing so; and phrenology alone will supply this deficiency. Relative size of the organs on a scale from 1 to 7. This analysis of character was prepared nearly two years before Mr. Leggett's death. We have two objects in introducing it into the Journal: 1st. It affords learners of the science an opportunity to study the combination of the faculties, and see them applied in delineating the nicer, as well as the more prominent shades of character. 2d. This description is said, by those best acquainted with Mr. Leggett, to be wonderfully correct; and, inasmuch as his character was strikingly marked, its analysis on phrenological principles is so much the more interesting.-ED. Measurements of the Head. From Individuality to Philoprogenitiveness, Destructiveness to Destructiveness, Meatus Auditorius to Firmness, ་ Inches. 7.7 6 6.2 5.2 4.5 This measurement gives a predominance of brain in the region of perceptive intellect, and those faculties giving force of character, ambition, and powers of will and determination. This individual has a full-sized head, and a very active, excitable nind. His physiological organisation is marked with a bilious, sanguine, nervous temperament. His head is very unevenly developed; he has an eccentric mind, having many strong and weak traits of character, the most striking of which are decision, energy, ambition, and critical observing power, with a want of prudence, reserve, respect, and credulity. His strong phrenological developements are Firmness, Combativeness, Approbativeness, and Individuality, all being very large, while Secretiveness, Acquisitiveness, Marvellousness, and Veneration, are small. He lacks consistency of character and uniformity of feeling, because of the unequalised power and influence of the faculties; yet this inequality gives striking peculiarities which make the man, and are too plain to pass unnoticed by the phrenological observer. His very large Combativeness, Firmness, and Individuality, with large Destructiveness, Mirthfulness, and Comparison, in the absence of Secretiveness and Veneration, give him a power of expression which but few men possess. He can be sarcastic in the extreme; and having large Self-esteem, and small Secretiveness and Veneration, his remarks would be without qualification; and having large Conscientiousness, he would regard principles more than party or friends, and would speak his whole mind, let who would oppose him; and having made an assertion, he would withstand all opposition, and go all lengths to support it. It is not in his nature to yield in times of opposition, or manifest timidity or hesitancy in times of danger, for when excited he does not know what danger is. He has both moral and physical courage, which in times of excitement may lead to recklessness, yet has but little faith or confidence in the marvellousness and spiritual, and is seldom troubled with feelings of devotion or respect. Ranks and titles of honour, as such, are of no account to him, and have no influence in biasing his remarks. In fact, he is a real democrat, phrenologically considered. He never stops at trifles, but makes thorough work wherever he begins, and friend or foe shares the same fate, when opposing what he thinks is true. His Firmness is too large, for when acting in connection with Combativeness and Destructiveness, it would have a controlling influence over his judgment, and gives too strong a bias to his feelings. Combativeness is too large, making him too radical, excitable, and forcible. He is too apt to think that others are opposing him; and while defending his opinions, his remarks are liable to be too strong and personal, if not abusive, to exert a healthy influence. Approbativeness has too much influence over the other faculties. He is too ambitious is too anxious to out-say or out-do others, and will exert himself to the utmost to carry the day, and come off conqueror, and ever leaves a stone unturned or a word left out, that would aid him in effecting his plans. He is sincere and honest spoken-could not be a good hypocrite if he should try, for he has no desire to keep things in the dark, and would make but a poor attempt at concealing and representing things as they were not. He is not troubled with diffidence, and has a respect for that only which his judgment sanctions. He never takes any thing for granted, nor does he believe on the authority of others; for having small Marvellousness and Veneration, he cannot place sufficient confidence in others, but must have every thing proved as clear as that two and two make four, before he can believe, especially if the subject be in any way connected with religion. His strongest moral faculties are Benevolence and Conscientiousness. To do good and to do right, to love mercy and deal justly, is his religion. He acts upon the principle that sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof; so that he never borrows trouble or magnifies his enjoy. ments, but takes things as they present themselves. He is no miser -he finds it difficult to keep property. His mind is not on money. making. He had rather not be bothered with the care of it, and is obliged to call to his aid other faculties besides his Acquisitiveness, in order to be prudent in the use of property. His Mirthfulness is large, giving a strong perception of the ludicrous, and disposing him to make many amusing and witty remarks. His jokes, however, are liable to be too practical, personal, and direct, to take well. He is a very great observer of men and things-but few things pass unnoticed-consequently he gets very distinct and definite ideas of what is passing around him. He is decidedly a practical man, and a great utilitarian. nature. His perceptive faculties being larger than his reflective, would make him a greater critic than reasoner, and enable him to criticise and demolish the principles of others, rather than create and sustain original ones. He has a good mechanical eye, and an excellent memory of countenances, of places, of facts, and things of a similar The portion of brain between Ideality and Cautiousness, called Sublimity, is large, and its influence, joined with his temperament, should be marked, if there is any truth in the organ. His reasoning faculties are very active and strongly developed, and his perceptions should be clear, and his remarks forcible, and to the point. He has a fair command of language, yet he uses no more words than are necessary to convey his ideas; he should be more distinguished for condensing his ideas, saying much in a little, than for copiousness of expression. He is original in his manners, yet can act out, imitate, and represent, if he should make the attempt, and is very fond of tragedy-the deeper the better. His knowledge of colours, and of succession of time, is poor. He should be fond of the natural and exact sciences, as well as polite literature. His large Form, Size, Order, Individuality, and Comparison, would make him a critical scholar, and well qualified to read proof sheets. His social feelings are strong; he is quite fond of music, is much interested in friends, is warm hearted, polite, and gallant to the ladies, a devoted companion, an affectionate parent, and a strong partisan. All things considered, this is a very marked head, not because of its greatness, but on account of its many striking peculiarities. ARTICLE VII. PREDOMINANCE OF CERTAIN ORGANS IN THE BRITISH POETS.-NO. 2. In a late American edition of the works of Oliver Goldsmith, edited by Washington Irving, is a fair engraving of the author, by J. B. Longacre, from a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, whose accuracy in likenesses, added to his own intimacy with the poet, induces an entire reliance upon its faithfulness. In this engraving, the os frontis is finely developed. But the attention is chiefly arrested by the extraordinary protrusion of the organ of Locality, whose function, phrenology supposes, imparts the love and desire for travel. Now, if there be any one trait more strongly marked than another, in the author of the "Traveller"-if there be a fact of his personal history more strongly impressed upon the memory of his admirers than another-it is that well-authenticated one of his having actually accomplished the tour of Europe on foot !-of having, in spite of innumerable obstacles, of want of friends, influence, and money, and, as he himself terms it, "want of impudence," gratified the imperious demands of this organ by strolling from one end of Europe to the other, even when a smattering skill upon a flute constituted his principal means of support. That the inconveniences, the countless deprivations, and innumerable mortifications, attendant upon such a vagabond Jife, should have been incurred, and voluntarily incurred, by a man of education and refined taste, by one of his peculiar sensitiveness, is by no means a common occurrence, even among the eccentric class of men to which, as a poet and man of genius, he belongs. So unconquerable was this propensity for wandering, that even after he had attained an enviable rank among the greatest writers of his age, his restlessness, and great anxiety for further travel, formed a prominent feature in his character.-The well-known vanity of the poet may be ascribed to morbid Approbativeness. His selfish faculties, as a class, were rather small; and his utter want of common prudence, is in harmony with the fact. But he also possessed, according to this engraving, strong social feelings; he had much of that organisation which phrenology says creates a love of home, and its kindred pleasures. How, then, it may be inquired, does this agree with the predominance of an opposing faculty? Let the poet himself reconcile the apparent contradiction in the following lines: "In all my wanderings round this world of care, |