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MANUAL OF HANDWRITING
1880 "Character indicated in Handwriting." Baughan. London. 8vo. One hundred Autographs with notes and explanations.
1880 "Practical Penmanship," or how to acquire a good Handwriting. W. D. Prior. London. 8vo. Numerous illustrations, examples, and practices. Hints on Position and Desk with a few remarks on Ornamental Writing.
1882 "Penmanship." C. H. Mitchell. London. 8vo. 38 pp. Introduction; Attitude; Holding the Pen; Appendices A to E (plates of Models).
1886 "Guide to Beautiful Handwriting." J. Barter. London. 8vo. 48 pp. A series of copies in plain and ornamental writing, each copy being preceded by directions, concluding with some specimens of flourishing.
1887 "A Manual of Handwriting." F. Betteridge. Bradford. 4to. 55pp. "prepared for Junior teachers." A course of 19 lessons with notes; also remarks on Desks, Postures, German Time-writing and Capitals. Copiously illustrated.
1887 "According to Cocker." The progress of Penmanship from the earliest times, with upwards of twenty illustrative examples from "Penna Volans," and other old works on the subject. By W. Anderson Smith. There are nearly 30 pages of text giving the barest outline of the progress of Penmanship, and six of those 30 pages deal exclusively with the incidents of Cocker's career.
1888 "Writing and How to Teach it." J. C. Sharp, M. A. London. 8vo. One hundred short lessons for the guidance of teachers; diagrams, of copies and errors, accompany each lesson.
1888 "Writing Simplified." Freeman. London. 8vo. Thirty pages of plates and some text in which a new longhand alphabet is given, also a style of shorthand with observations on parallel symbols of Holy Writ.
1889 "Rapid Writer, Own Instructor." D. Dixon. Preston. 8vo. 40 pp. A collection of Alphabets, Headlines and Specimens of flourishing, with general hints and instructions.
1889 "Prize Specimens of Handwriting." London. 12mo. Being the four £5 prize specimens and others (thirty-two in all) gaining special distinction in the Competition offered by "Tit Bits." It is worthy of note that both (and the only) ladies gaining the £5 prizes were Vertical Writers.
1891 "Art of Handwriting and how it should be taught." Hughes, London. A collection of some 14 full-page engravings, and other diagrams, with about 32 pages of text. "Specially prepared for the use of pupils, teachers, and students in training colleges."