Excerpt from Gaskell's Guide to Writing, Pen-Flourishing, Lettering, Business Letter-Writing, Etc: With Photo-Engraved Specimens From the Leading Penmen of America and Europe; Portraits and Sketches of American Penmen; Selections for Autograph and Writing Albums, EtcPeirce is the son of an honest farmer near South Charles town, Clark County, Ohio, where he was born, in 1847.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.