New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . rceptive region. Bruneisreflective faculties were also wellmanifested, indicating the pro-found thinker. His Construc-tiveness was very large anddealt with mechanical affairs,while ihat of Thackeray revealeditself in the structure of his lit-erary compositions. He was kindand well disposed to his fellow-men, but had not so much of thefeeling of good-fellowship asThackeray, nor was he so fondof good living. Brunei exhibitsin his head and face the scient
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . rceptive region. Bruneisreflective faculties were also wellmanifested, indicating the pro-found thinker. His Construc-tiveness was very large anddealt with mechanical affairs,while ihat of Thackeray revealeditself in the structure of his lit-erary compositions. He was kindand well disposed to his fellow-men, but had not so much of thefeeling of good-fellowship asThackeray, nor was he so fondof good living. Brunei exhibitsin his head and face the scientiflcscholar, the deep thinker, and Fig. looi.—Mark i. Bhunel.*examiner of physical laws. Like Thackeray, he had strongsocial tendencies, but they were more of the retired home forehead was very high, much surpassing Thackeraysin that respect, evincing his strong natural disposition to plangreat enterprises and superintend measures of a broad andcomprehensive character. We could not ascribe to such anintellect insignificant or mean projects, but would rather expecthis undertakings to be so vast as to appear even Sir Mark Isambart Brunei was born at Haqueville, nearRougn. France,April 25, 1769. He was educated in Rouen, and at the age of seventeenentered the French merchant service and made several voyages to theWest Indies. His constructive talent was remarkable. On board ship hemade nautical instruments and a piano-forte. In 1798 he left France onaccount of some political difficulty and came to New York Here he en-gaged in architecture and engineering, and was employed in the survey forthe Champlain Canal. After a few years residence in America he returnedto Europe, where he made several improvements in naval work specially associated with his name is the tunnel under the ThamesKiver, about two miles below London Bridge, which is considered a triumphof engineering skill. He died December 12, 1849. 696 CHAKACTER-READING THE TRAITOR. T
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