Lanterna Rally

Author: George Walpole

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-05

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781333848200

Excerpt from A Text-Book of Shorthand The publication of this little volume is not planned, in any way, as a commercial adventure, to be pushed with all the resources of the publisher. The present issue is a small one, of two hundred and fifty copies, intended mainly for presentation to my professional colleagues in this country and in America, and to a few of those friends on the Continent who have overwhelmed me with their hospitality at various International Shorthand Congresses it may, I hope, secure some critical review in the Press some copies may find a place in public and private libraries or collections. In the circumstances, I do not think I need offer apology for the rather unusually intimate tone of this Preface. The system is presented as compiled, by a practical Shorthand Writer, for the use of those who desire to become practical Shorthand Writers. Its general idea may be illustrated by the quotation of a passage from an article I wrote in a Shorthand magazine, as far back as I895 1 The great vice of the few systems I know is the absence of joinable vowels. I think the inventor of a really good practical system will begin at the other end of the stick. Former authors seem to have taken the various materials at their command, and allocated the best outlines to the most frequently recurring consonants, the vowels being provided for out of what remained The coming author will give of his best to the vowels. 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.