From Occipital spine to Individuality, Concentrativeness to Comparison, Cautiousness to Cautiousness, Meatus auditorius to Benevolence, 1. Amativeness, large. 2. Philoprogenitiveness, large. 3. Concentrativeness, large. 4. Adhesiveness, large. 5. Combativeness, large. 6. Destructiveness, large. 9. Constructiveness, rather large. 13. Benevolence, rather large. 19. Ideality, full. 20. Wit, rather full. 7 inches. 71% 31/1 4 5 51% 5/2 4 5 "The head is large, and the organs of the propensities are considerably developed, which indicate power. The organs of the faculties which give the social affections are large; so that, while there will be the elements of a good hater or a formidable enemy, there will be also the constituent feelings of a warm and excellent friend. The combination of Concentrativeness, Love of Approbation, Conscientiousness, and Intellect generally, will give a philosophic character to the mind, and fit the individual for comprehending and applying principle in all his undertakings. The distinguishing characteristic, however, is his talent for art. The combination of Secretiveness, Form, Size, and Imitation, with Individuality and Comparison, should give him the tact of combining expression of character with great truth and accuracy in the details of his work. At his time of life it is probable that the talent will have shewn itself in cutting or clipping figures of animals, men, &c. Colouring is also fully developed, and he might succeed as a painter; but his power of colouring will not be equal to his power of drawing and giving expression." Many of our readers have probably seen Master Hubard; as he has practised his art, in the way of public exhibition, in the principal cities of England and Scotland, and is now, we believe, in Dublin. He clips in paper profile-likenesses of those who visit his gallery, at the charges of one shilling each for half-lengths, and five shillings for whole-lengths; and the walls of his exhibition-room are hung round with many beautiful specimens of his skill. "The Western Luminary" gives the following account of him and of some of his productions:-" Little Hubard's talents were discovered at nearly six years of age. He had been with his parents to the village-church, and was observed to be remarkably attentive during the service. They were pleased at such an early appearance of devotion, and, wishing to see it continued, made no remarks to him respecting it. Great, however, was their surprise shortly after his return home, to observe their pious boy cutting pictures from a sheet of blank paper; and how much was that surprise increased, when they saw the most striking likenesses of their minister, his pulpit, and his precentor. "Nature had so strongly spoken out in this instance, that she could not be mistaken. His talent was encouraged, until he arrived at that acmé of perfection in which we now behold him, and which we shall endeavour to give a more vivid and detailed view of, by describing the various figures in the Exhibition-Room. "The Duke of York.—One of the best likenesses of this princely personage we have ever seen: he is beautifully bronzed. "Going to the Races.-A very long picture, with some hundreds of figures. One or two of the sketches conceived with great fidelity, and executed with great effect. A dandizette trying to save her bonnet, and a dandy thrown from his balance, very picturesque. A horse stopping to drink, and being kindly inclined, giving his rider a drink too, sans ceremonie, happily imagined. Bear-dancers, and monkey on bruin's back, highly ludicrous. "Children. Both very beautiful. The child putting a flower into a basket, simple and natural. a fawn with a ribband, most playful. fun, the child of innocence. The girl leading The fawn is full of This is the most "The Glasgow Catholic Chapel. astonishing performance of the whole. shading, save the white upon the black, it presents the most beautiful perspective, the most exquisite symmetry, and the most faithful outline of that fine specimen of modern architecture we ever saw we could gaze an hour, and yet not be satiated." To convey an idea of Master Hubard's rapidity and dexterity of workmanship, we select the following description. from the letter of a correspondent:" I went to Glasgow one day ignorant of this boy's existence. It happened that I had two or three hours to wait there for a gentleman, who was to return with me to and I was really at a loss how to occupy the time. Accident carried me to Master Hubard's exhibition-room, and I assure you that, in my life, I never was so much surprised and pleased with any exhibition; never at least with one of that sort. The boy's talent is, in my humble opinion, truly astonishing. To view it to advantage you should, as I did, see him (to use a happy enough expression of a newspaper-writer) despatch 300 victims at an average of 20 seconds each. It was a Saturday, and said to be his last day. Men, women, and children of all sorts and sizes passed in review before the little conjurer, and were committed to paper, with this extraordinary celerity. I took my turn, and was scarcely seated on the stool when I was to be displaced by another. Hubard asked me, do you choose to have two or one, sir? (he cuts the paper double), those who took the two copies paying an additional sixpence. Now, as to the accuracy of these outlines, I watched him attentively for at least an hour, comparing a multitude of his copies with the originals, and it struck me that many of them were very faithful and spirited likenesses. With others (my own among the number) I was not so well satisfied; but I ascribed their defects to no deficiency of talent in the artist, but to the ridiculous rapidity with which he worked. I resolved, therefore, to try him again in my own person, at a full-length (the others were busts), if he would agree to do it. Most willingly, sir, when the crowd is gone,' was his answer. When the crowd did go, it was threatening to get dark, and no time was to be lost for my execution. I stood on the floor in a fixed and condemned attitude. The day being cold, I happened to wear a dress lined and edged with fur, cut in the German or Polish fashion-such a coat, in short, as I should prefer for a portrait, though certainly I had not put it on for Master Hubard; but being on, I considered that the unusual shape, the folds, the collar, and edging of fur, presented a very fair trial of his skill. Before letting him begin I took out of my pocket the busts he had done of me an hour before, and said, Be so good, Master Hubard, as to look at these, and see if you are yourself perfectly satisfied with the likeness so far as it goes.' looked at them for a moment, and replied, No, sir, I am not; I will make the next much better. I have made the upper-lip too prominent,' &c. &c. Well, in five minutes exactly, my execution was over; the sentence of pillory and dissection with scissors being completed. He "The opinion of every one to whom I shewed it was, that a more spirited and faithful outline in profile could not possibly be made. One person at- said, 'He has caught your very air. He had altered the position, and the in which I held my hat at the moment; which shewed great readiness, as he did not desire me to change my position." way We have heard it observed, that the present exceeded in extravagance all the cases of the Phrenologists; for that here they had found an organ for paper-clipping! This remark is so truly puerile, that we should not have noticed it, except to say that the talent is by no means rare, in an inferior degree, and that, in the works on Phrenology it is repeatedly mentioned, and ascribed to the faculties which predominate in Master Hubard. We have met with several instances of it in Edinburgh, and one, in particular, was adverted to in an article on Constructiveness in our last Number. On another occasion, we happened to remark a great development of Constructiveness, Form, and Imitation, in the head of a child of seven years, and asked if he was not fond of drawing, or clipping or cutting figures. His father produced a portfolio of his productions; among which was a regiment of Highlanders, then in town, cut in all the varieties of costume, from the drum-boy to the .colonel on horseback. The great source of Hubard's ex 1 cellence is the peculiar combination of Form, Size, Individuality, Constructiveness, Secretiveness, Ideality, and Imitation, all well developed. We have seen many instances in which one or two of these organs were larger; but have never met with one in which they were all so large. The case confirms strikingly the doctrine long since laid down in the systems of Phrenology, that Secretiveness and Imitation give expression in the fine arts. It is easy to account for the assertions of the opponents in regard to this boy. They look for the "bump," to use their own expression, although they have been told very frequently that it is the size of an organ, in length and breadth, from the medulla oblongata, which indicates the power of the faculty, and that where several contiguous organs are all large, there can be no projecting eminences. Accordingly, in Hubard, the superciliary ridge projects in an unusual degree beyond the cheek-bones, and this indicates a great development of the whole organs there situated; but not one of them presents the appearance of a swell. In the next place, Benevolence is large, and Imitation is nearly equal with it, and no bump is found there; but in those in whom Benevolence is large and Imitation small, a sloping surface is felt in the situation of the latter organ, instead of a full and flat configuration as in Hubard. COMPARATIVE INFLUENCE OF NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE FORMATION OF HUMAN CHARACTER. Mr OWEN has promulgated a doctrine which he denominates "The Science of the Influence of Circumstances in forming the Human Character ;" and to arrive at an enlightened judgment of its merits, it is necessary to take a comprehensive view of the natural constitution of the human mind, and of the modifications of which it is susceptible. Before the discovery of phrenology, no adequate By George Combe.-Vol. i. No. 2, p. 218. + It is proper to mention, that we submitted the following observations to a zealous and able advocate of Mr Owen's views, and that he has favoured us with his corrections and remarks, which we print |