Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 — Autographs

FOOTNOTES:

[105] A small volume which I met with at Paris, entitled "L'Art de juger du Caractere des Hommes sur leurs Ecritures," is curious for its illustrations, consisting of _twenty-four plates, exhibiting fac-similes of the writing of eminent and other persons_, correctly taken from the original autographs.

Since this period both France and Germany have produced many books devoted to the use of the curious in autographs.

In our own country J. T.

Smith published a curious collection of fac-similes of letters, chiefly from literary characters.

[106] It will be of interest to the reader to note the names of these poets in the consecutive order they are alluded to.

They are Scott, Byron, Rogers, Moore, and Campbell.

[107] He was also the tutor of Lady Jane Grey, and the author of one of our earliest and best works on education.

[108] Since this article was written, Nichols has published a cleverly-executed series of autographs of royal, noble, and illustrious persons of Great Britain, in which the reader may study the accuracy of the criticism above given.