Complete Guide to the Art of Writing Short-Hand

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Another objection attributable to the various publications designed for self-instruction is, that the rules and directions, intended as a guide to the Learner, are very seldom express ed in terms sufficiently clear to be comprehended, except by those already acquainted with the Art. In removing these objections, the Author hopes his efforts have not been altogether unsuccessful. To remedy them he has introduced a complete course of exercises, as practised by pupils who put themselves under his instruction; embracing in each from fifty to two hundred examples for the student's practice, and accompanied by such explanations, as he has deemed necessary to render the whole easy to be understood. The third and greatest evil which has been so universally adopted in all former systems of Stenography with which the Author has become acquainted (about fifty in number) is that of representing the vowels and diphthongs, by the use of dots, commas, 40.