I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years hasbrought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interestingand somewhat singular set of men, of whom as yet nothing that I know of has everbeen written: -I mean the law-copyists or scriveners. I have known very many ofthem, professionally and privately, and if I pleased, could relate divers histories, atwhich good-natured gentlemen might smile, and...