CONTENTS
Henry T. Finck
PAGE
Evolution of Romantic Love
1
Cosmic Attraction and Chemical Affinities
3
Flower Love and Beauty
7
Impersonal Affection
11
Personal Affections
16
I.
Love for Animals
16
II.
Maternal Love
19
III.
Paternal Love
20
IV.
Filial Love
22
V.
Brotherly and Sisterly Love
23
VI.
Friendship
24
VII.
Romantic Love
26
Overtones of Love
29
I.
Individual Preference
30
II.
Monopoly or Exclusiveness
30
III.
Jealousy
30
IV.
Coyness
30
V.
Gallantry
31
VI.
Self-Sacrifice
31
VII.
Sympathy
31
VIII.
Pride of Conquest and Possession
31
IX.
Emotional Hyperbole
32
X.
Mixed Moods
32
XI.
Admiration of Personal Beauty
32
Herbert Spencer on Love
33
Love among Animals
33
Courtship
37
(
a
)
Jealousy
39
(
b
)
Coyness
40
(
c
)
Individual Preference
42
(
d
)
Personal Beauty and Sexual Selection
43
(1)
Protective Colours
48
(2)
Warning Colours
48
(3)
Typical Colours
177
Masculine Beauty in Feminine Eyes
178
Conjugal Affection and Romantic Love
180
Romance in Conjugal Love
184
Marriages of Reason or Love Matches?
187
Marriage Hints
189
Old Maids
190
Bachelors
194
Genius and Marriage
197
Genius and Love
201
Genius in Love
204
(1)
Precocity
204
(2)
Ardour
207
(3)
Fickleness
210
(4)
Multiplicity
213
(5)
Fictitiousness
215
Insanity and Love
218
Analogies
218
Erotomania, or Real Love-Sickness
222
The Language of Love
223
I.
Words
223
II.
Facial Expression
224
III.
Caresses
225
Kissing—Past, Present, and Future
227
Among Animals
227
Among Savages
228
Origin of Kissing
229
Ancient Kisses
232
MediÆval Kisses
233
Modern Kisses
234
Love Kisses
235
How to Kiss
237
How to Win Love
238
Brass Buttons
238
Confidence and Boldness
239
Pleasant Associations
240
Perseverance
241
Feigned Indifference
241
Compliments
244
423
High Cheek Bones
423
Colour and Blushes
425
The Ears
429
A Useless Ornament
429
Cosmetics and Fashion
431
Physiognomic Vagaries
433
Noise and Civilisation
434
A Musical Voice
435
The Nose
436
Size and Shape
436
Evolution of the Nose
438
Greek and Hebrew Noses
440
Fashion and Cosmetic Surgery
443
Nose-Breathing and Health
445
Cosmetic Value of Odours
446
The Forehead
448
Beauty and Brain
448
Fashionable Deformity
450
Wrinkles
451
The Complexion
453
White
versus
Black
453
Cosmetic Hints
460
Freckles and Sunshine
462
The Eyes
464
Colour
465
Lustre
469
Form
472
Expression
475
(
a
)
Lustre
476
(
b
)
Colour of Iris
478
(
c
)
Movements of the Iris
479
(
d
)
???”???????”?????Eyeball
480
(
e
)
???”???????”?????Eyelids
482
(
f
)
???”???????”?????Eyebrows
485
Cosmetic Hints
485
The Hair
486
Cause of Man’s Nudity
486
Beards and Moustaches
489
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