Bibliography on Historical Phrenology
Graphic of a Bust and Tools Used in Phrenology 
This is just a sampling of the many works written on phrenology in the 19th Century.  Many can be found in the rare book section of a college library and some can be found on the web.
 
Capen, Nahum.  "Reminiscence of Dr. Spurzheim and George Combe."  New York:
     Fowler and Wells, 1881.

Combe, George.  "The Constitution of Man Considered in Relation to External
     Objects."  Boston:  Lewis & Sampson, 1844.

Combe, Andrew.  "Observations on Mental Development." Delman, NY:
     Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1972.

Fowler, O.S.  "New Illustrated Self Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology." New
     York: Fowler and Wells, 1859.

Fowler, O.S.  "Religion, Natural, and Revealed."  New York: Fowler and Wells, 1854?.

Merton, Holmes Whitter.  "Descriptive Mentality From the Head, Face, and Hand."
     Philadelphia: D. McMay, 1899.

Sizer, Nelson and H.S. Drayton.  "Heads and Faces, and How to Study Them."  New
     York: Fowler and Wells, 1888.


These are two other books written in the twentieth century covering phrenology:  

 
Colbert, James.  A Measure of Perfection: Phrenology and Fine Arts in America.
      Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1997.

Davies, John Dunn.  "Phrenology: Fad and Science; a 19th Century American
     Crusade."  New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995.
 


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