When college students held a leather-bound picture book to record the comments of their teachers and peers, hoping to record their friendship and mood at that time. At that time, students were traveling when they graduated, and a handwritten reference book was not only of practical value, but also a pleasant emotional pastime. Then, autograph books entered the European living room. With the progress of book printing and binding at the end of the 19th century, autograph books became affordable, so it became popular and became a "craze".