OUR GUEST BOOK 



lady mother "eighty-two years young!" Here is the 

 sprawling record of a seven-year-old genius; here, the 

 close structure of the man of affairs; here, the plain 

 signature of the old school; here, an undecipherable 

 rebus which only the initiated know ; here, the unformed 

 hand of youth; here, the well-knit sign of experience; 

 here, the graceful flowing style; here, the upright, 

 and beyond, the backhand, with all manner of slight 

 differences and variations. The ministerial hand, the 

 medicinal hand, the artistic hand, the archaeological 

 hand, the literary hand, all are here. A chance in- 

 deed to study individuality as expressed in chirography! 

 Many of the names occur over and over again; for this 

 guest book of ours is not only an autograph album 

 but a chronological record often referred to in de- 

 bated questions. 



Our guests, no matter what sex or condition in life, 

 what appearance or temperament, married or single, 

 old, young, or middle-aged (a rapidly disappearing 

 period!), resolve themselves almost immediately into 



two classes; those who do not like the country and 

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