CHAPTER XVI

TALES TOLD BY HANDWRITING

Telling the Nationality, Sex and Age of Anyone Who Executes Handwriting--Americans and Their Style of Writing--How English, German, and French Write--Gobert, the French Expert, and How He Saved Dreyfus--Miser Paine and His Millions Saved by an Expert--Writing with Invisible Ink--Professor Braylant's Secret Writing Without Ink--Professor Gross Discovers a Simple Secret Writing Method With a Piece of Pointed Hardwood--A System Extensively Used--Studying the Handwriting of Authors--How to Determine a Person's Character and Disposition by Handwriting