A signature, being written with a pen, requires that the forgery should also be written with a pen, a process demanding very special skill and, after all, never resulting in an absolute facsimile.

They were the servants of two masters, also twins and the exact facsimiles of each other.

Autographic facsimiles for visiting cards are affectations in any persons but those who are personally remarkable for talent, and whose autographs, or facsimiles of them, would be prized as curiosities.

A card bearing the autographic signature of Agnes Strickland or Mary Somerville, though only a lithographic facsimile, would have a certain interest; whereas the signature of Jane Smith would be not only valueless; but would make the owner ridiculous.

In an accompanying note he wrote that the seal was a careful facsimile of the one which an ancestor of his had affixed to the death-warrant of Charles I. He seemed to take pride in the fact that his forbear had borne a part in the ancient Non-conformist strivings.

"He is making an enlarged facsimile of one of the thumb-prints on bromide paper and a negative of the same size in case we want the print repeated.

Each number lavishly and beautifully illustrated and accompanied by large full-size design Supplements and exquisite facsimiles of oil and water color paintings. $4.00 a Year. $2.00 for Six Months.

I have been able to supplement the materials in my own collection by numerous facsimiles taken direct from a priceless store of Dickens-MSS.