Originally published in 1894. PREFACE: To the lawyer having on trial a case in which the charge of forgery forms a feature, a knowledge of the facts relating to forged writings, and their production becomes very important. One understanding the causes conditioning the appearances of genuine, as contrasted with those of simulated writing, is better enabled to try a case of this kind intelligently than another, who has not a knowledge of these facts at his disposal. While it is not necessary that council or attorneys should become experts in handwriting to properly conduct trials of this kind, such of them as are acquainted with the authoritative experiences of those who have made such matters a subject of study are better fitted to examine witnesses in a manner to make there evidence more clearly understood than others who do not have this qualification.....Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expe