Life in Victorian London

Life in Victorian London
Fictions and Forms of Revolution: London 1848
Showing posts with label phrenology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phrenology. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Definitions in Phrenology


How do you interpret this article from the London Pioneer? How is it defining phrenology? To what type of audience might these descriptions appeal? Is this meant to be humorous or not? If so, in what way might they be funny? Alternatively, is this article meant to be useful, parsing and explaining a "scientific" method of character analysis in a way that would be useful for the average person?