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The Magic of Jewels and Charms
“A Volume of Absorbing Interest.”—N. Y. Sun.
THE CURIOUS LORE OF PRECIOUS STONES
BY GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ,
A.M., Ph.D., D.Sc.

BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR SENTIMENTSAND FOLKLORE, SUPERSTITIONS, SYMBOLISM,MYSTICISM, USE IN PROTECTION, PREVENTION,RELIGION AND DIVINATION, CRYSTAL GAZING,BIRTH-STONES, LUCKY STONES AND TALISMANS,ASTRAL, ZODIACAL, AND PLANETARY

With 86 illustrations in color, doubletone andline. Octavo. Handsome cloth binding, gilttop, in a box. $5.00 net. Carriage charges extra.

This work represents the observations anddiscoveries during twenty-five years of collectingon the part of Dr. Kunz, and will be found ararely interesting galaxy of anecdote, research,and information upon a fascinating subject.

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA

By courtesy of W. Griggs and Sons, Ltd., London.

MODEL OF A HINDU LADY, ILLUSTRATING THE MODE OF WEARING JEWELRY IN NORTH INDIA

From the Journal of Indian Art.

The Magic of Jewels and Charms

BY
GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ
A.M., Ph.D., D.Sc.
WITH 90 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR, DOUBLETONE AND LINE
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. Lippincott Company
COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PRINTED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To the Memory of
THE LATE
PROFESSOR THOMAS EGLESTON, Ph.D., LL. D.

OFFICIER DE LA LÉGION D’HONNEUR AND FOUNDEROF THE SCHOOL OF MINES, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, ANARDENT LOVER OF MINERALS, KEENLY APPRECIATIVEOF PRECIOUS STONES, AND A KINDLY FRIEND OF THEAUTHOR, THIS VOLUM

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