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THE STRAND MAGAZINE.

that the fingers grasp a pair of compasses, the original of those which appear in the bronze at Plymouth.


Lady Blessington's hand.

Reverting to the ladies again, interest will, no doubt, centre upon the hand of the celebrated Lady Blessington, accounted the wittiest hostess of her day; and not least attractive will appear Mrs. Carlyle's and those of Mrs. Thornycroft and the celebrated Madame Tussaud. The wife of the Chelsea sage was herself, as is known, an authoress of no mean repute.


Mrs. Carlyle's hand.
Mrs. Thornycroft's hand.
Mme. Tussaud's hand.
Mr. Bancroft's hand.

A comparison of the hand of Mr. Bancroft with that of Mr. Irving, given last month, will prove interesting, if not instructive.

It has been said that the hands of Carlyle are characteristic; that they possess, with those of Wilkie Collins, the merit of being precisely the sort of hands one would expect

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