Excerpt from Practical Shorthand: A Complete and Systematic Exposition of Phonography, Based on the Pitmanic Alphabet We have endeavored to make a complete book, mechanic ally as nearly perfect as possible, scientifically accurate in all its technical statements of principles, and at the same time, to present those principles so plainly as to smooth the way to an easy and progressive mastery of the science, from its simplest elements to the most complex forms used by expert writers. This book is the result of many years' actual experience in teaching and reporting. We are confident its simple and direct methods will make better stenographers, effect a great saving of time and effort on the part of both teacher and stu dent, and render quite unnecessary the enormous outlay of study and blind practice required by the older books. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

Excerpt from Isaac Pitman's Shorthand Instructor: A Complete Exposition of Isaac Pitman's System of Phonography In the numerous editions of Phonography published in succeeding years, many improvements were introduced. These were the fruit of long and varied stenographie experiments, and of the valuable criticism and experience of large numbers of expert writers of the system who had applied it to work of every description. No other system of shorthand designed for the English language has been subjected to tests so prolonged, so diverse, and so severe as those which Pitman's Shorthand - as the system is now generally styled - has undergone during the last seventy-six years, with the result that it has been most successfully adapted to the practical requirements of all classes of shorthand writers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.