Show psychology OF THE KISS learned english has ha DI D aided vided osculation into two distinct classes in a learned disquisition on kisses sir ray lankester divides them into inte two iwo classes ane 40 e class takes take the form of nose nogo rubbing each kiss giver rubbing his nose aga against inist that of mhd th other the second und kind which it is that familiar to us consists tn in pressing the lips against the lips skin ot 01 hair of another individual and making a short quick inspiration resulting tn in a more or less audible sound both kinds are really ot of the nature of anif fling tho the active effort to smell emell or ex ell alore by the olfactory sense tin the kissing ot of one another by grownup grown up men was abandoned in this country in the eighteenth century but we have most of us witnessed it abroad and perhaps been unexpectedly subjected to the process as I 1 once wits by an affectionate colleague the tha russians are the most profuse and indiscriminate of european peoples in their kissing hissing I 1 have seen been a russian about to go on a journey devoured by the kisses of his relations and household retainers male and female |