The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-03
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FAMOUS FHssoH ooEBEcToR.

rrrthod. ard Tests OF Forrery-Dtratnfshe1
r.,.rrst OF ssnthcrers OF Noted signatures
=. a,ovn In n Recent Foreign sale.
roxpcs, Aug. e.-The recent trial of Norton
l.. paria with its disRraceful exposures and
a.. .x,,,orIinnry Importance attached to the
daonments purportine to have been stolen from
,ho British Embassy and sold to the French
S 1,,S has revived the rather waning
,ntorost in the equally falsiiled letters and
n,ners which ut various times have played
consplcuous part, II not actually IN history AZ
,aost In contemporary annals and In certain
circles Of society.
onrossed 70 he foreeries or discovered to be
snch. bnt at a given moment they bore char
meter 81 authenticity which In q measure ex-
onerated their dupes. Perhaps none Ut leaes
M erst WAS 40 convincing rs those which
mpletely and successively deceived tho Very
clever member OF the Institute OF France M.
Chnslcs. who was taken in by one OF tne h's'
astute and unprincipled OF forgers' ,.
According to experts. shortsiRhted people are
hetter qualified to detect falsihed wfftipe
thnn those who are gifted with more perfecs
yision: but the faculty Of discern ment Is cbieny
conferred by nature and cannot 90 'uuReu
nv ordinary and invariable rules. Some per-
sons have a diagnosis ms unerring In the
matter Of autographs os the cleverest physi-
clans in cases of Illness Everything 10 clue
them-tnG 1
~ tho ink, the nature OF tho pen. whether
steel or Quill: and as the use OF the former
began at a certain date the employment OF IL
for documents pretending to be OF earlier pro-
Juction has frequently led to detection. Ihs
seals the fashion In which the sheets arc
fastened together. are SO many guides NOS
neglected by the expert.
There Is q vast difference between forgeries
proper and !fac- SMILES; the latter are mucn
nfh0rra
or photographed document may. even aitet
minute examination. be taken as genuine but
there Is material test which invariably proves
ac iS and d"sd drop allowed to the
OF letter, the ink will disappear y II 10 an an
but oy WIN inc. e Formerly to
| duce the latter the genuine document wa
or
r9phy into use Tcdas the art
Of perfection with the assistance OF the heho-
tyFGS s sn naGsns snss q kept at their
court seeretarie les whom they allowed to sign
them al Srssa Tous NV the
Fqe ANA the
th hes we're e called. Toussaint Rose initiated his
masters writing 80 aeoHfateiy that Tho.e iee-
self. could easily be taken as havloG been In
reality pcnned by him. The custom % Keep
XIX snccessors. and was also practised by their
h boxin the the een rSGM
large sums and in that case the real s.gnHtnE,s
s ssne % by By ths secretary This accounts Gr the
humber Of documents still kept In tho archives
MA Napoieon I. refused to conform to this tradt,
so9 by he e sGnsa
or abridged his signature according to the
e eanK o 1ns PfE ii The act greatly.
sangipe from the whole NapeeqHP to bo SagoL.
aaa oT the
OF Parliament. Charles y and Louis Phllpps
Tne 81 Sh hS'
yfsn usas was Whd an
q Kim chs sns tem ne si'e him
letters snPpnsed t to DATE i19% tsS
Slm vein SKILL
by his success he created perfect factory Sna Of
to one osr
Mary Magdaene and Cleopatra and some ne trGm
t. NsI fo ntSs
iaoricaions which Tie old sayant had become
to detss sGmH o.
Vercngetorx wrote OF CGsnr .oan Of Arl ajs
peaed to the ms to and
!. ising thousand crowns to whoever wouio
succeed in sIuarinG the circle. ,,,,,. - .h.
: imaginative vagaries OF Nrain Lucas as mere
ne blind srede lh OF his aT WSc
e" with proancnS; do on1 snS
teenth centuries they were believed genuine;
and long and earnest H, was p EagSd
and Newton as TO whether the former -S or the l
latter had discovered the law OF universal at
doubts as to the authenticity Of the Chasles
collection the later I I ,h he I gre
and shame OF being openly declared dune
!. and Of seeing the years spent in enrlching his
trieI. and punished with the highest penalty
OF the law: NJ. Chasles lost the beat part OF his
hounds in the purchase OF valueess papers;
!. 4 recent sale has gauged pretty accurately eur
Even the signature, OF saints fetched but Little
,G his signature differs from the way we have
= lecome nccu stoned to write mis- name, Tor nc h,
rape cI n' VIII reached the sum 3
50. and c"ntnnsa REQUEST to Henri Nv; nn' b "
Nsx"nass frrGsse wSs sold for ias SRs
TIA Rsss 2r 81 Char
e Is % Louis =. XVI ha 81 Il d9l ihs S hs
!. even Ann Of Austria. Catherine. and Marie d.,
MG SIy Wers s sG e for g is
tho Dauphin Of France. only son OF Louis
t NV. Il Is. Bossuct. 81 3s.; letitia IONA
parte thu mother Of Napoleon l.. & 49,; NINE.
e do Mointenon. 60 Is; the Duke OF Wellington.
rs I'd. B9lzee. &3 Is; There were mahy St an
n among which u curious letter Of Stendahi =;
o the author OF tho Chartre"Se DE- pa'Wn aeoed
= Jan 4, 1908 WAS sold for n3 Us; m nhla
< for such poor results and how happy wpaia
r be we were born without passions 49, iheIe
Ii the women are bought all the men care on.
n Tor driving barga ms II they turn out hadly
Il they become BANKRUPT: II they turn out VOL
ia they live in luxurious dehauchery.' -,
Judging from the HSr.9G" bs ssest ASH
a iusion in the ranks Of the collectors who have
INDUCED II hs hGpe ,hft their ths s
- obstinntc demands would eventually bring
them in large profits nor are theg e. nu.asss Il
- the arts OF Justification and forgery,