and hoops and half full and double lines of Pitman's system and thosc based upon it, render correct writing and facile reading all but impossible. It is also worthy of notice that in Stenotype there are fewer grammalogues and abbreviations to be memorized. Two pages of the alphabet embrace the entire system. All the excrcises in the present work can be read by an ordinary student in less than two weeks. All the Author asks of a candid Public is to give the work a fair trial, paying no attention to advertise- ments which, in numerous instances, are laudatory or condemnatory, according to the amount expended.
If Stenotype had no other advantage but that of being a time-saver to type-setting nachincs, a "reading-made-casy" to Editors, Lawyers and Clergymen, the invention would be a welcome assistant. For dictation and verbatim reporting, Stenotype en- hances the merits of the typewriter, and makes fast writing and correct reading a pleasant exercise. It would almost be a miracle to have schools and colleges Unlike most shorthand manuals that merely give lessons adapted to each particular chapter of rules and exceptions, the present work gives a varied selection, including worls and phrases that are stumbling blocks to all reporters. All the exercises are written in what reporters call the reporting," without wasting time by the so-called corresponding style.
As the air-castles of youthful ambition are gradually disappearing, the Author, now in the evening of his declining years, avers that for no earthly consideration could he be induced to offer a worthless or superficial device to an intelligent English-speak- ing people. Moreover, English-speaking people are not easily imposed upon. HIence, if any one comes forward and proves that what is claimed in the title page of this booklet is groundless assumption, the Author will be among the first to consign Steno- type to wholesale cremation.
part with their remunerative pet systems for some time to come. Before Stenotype becomes a literary and financial success, a little reserved patience will be necessary. But exhaustive labor and fertile brains are eventually sure to appreciate a system which relieves the student from heavy and light strokes and frees him from hooks and loops. Old Jumping Jack-in-the-box, now above, now below, and again upon the line, is fully emancipated. He needs but tap the keys and Stenotypy will do the rest.
Note:—In preparing this edition the Author is pleased to acknowledge valuable suggestions by the Bishop of Denver, Right Rev. N. Matz, D. D.
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