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Taken alone, we should not deem ourselves authorized to pronounce ex cathedra upon character from a view of the nose. Napoleon himself was misled in one instance, despite his sanguine reflections concerning le grand nez. We know a gentleman with a probosis of the Wellington class -- a magnificent curve at the bridge -- who is distinguished for gentleness and reserve. So, too, we know a little woman whose nose points well toward heaven, yet her courage and spirit are unbounded -- as an ugly brute of a husband knows to his often defeat.

We will confess that one can predicate not a little of the nature from the revelation of a nose, and when we take into account what is seen thereat of those qualities of temperament and habit that texture and color of skin may involve. The impressions of time furnish very safe clues, but mainly as to acquired mannerisms. These may be grafted upon original qualities of mind; but, for ourselves, before we would affect the wisdom of a physiognomical Solon, we should like to have the opportunity to inspect the head of an individual before pronouncing upon the peculiarities that distinguish his conduct.

A straight nose, of good length, symmetrically turned at the angles, not adorned at the end with a knob or bulge, is ordinarily associated with a fairly symmetrical face and head. We are inclined, in such a case, to look for a well-developed sincipital region, a good intellectual development, and a mould in general that intimates an heredity of good class. There are elements of delicacy and refinement in such a type. Referring back to the first sketch of this number, the, nose of Miss Keller furnishes a study. Should we not expect an outline in her case marked rather by a convexity than a concavity, to correspond well with that outline of the crown? Yet there is natural refinement in that organization, and exceptional capabilities of intellectual and esthetic culture; then why such nose marks? One will say that the physical inheritance is indicated thus. Without doubt, and we venture to say that the outline is that of a mixed heredity rather than an expression of derived form from one parent. As the girl grows older there will occur alterations in the outline; probably it will level up, and the slightly bulbous lip be quite lost in the matured feature of complete womanhood.