THE PRINCIPAL ADVANTAGES OF SHORTHAND ARE SECURED WITH THE WHOLE Methodically Arranged and Amply Illustrated: WITH DIRECTIONS FOR CORRECTING THE PRESS, AND WITH KEYS TO THE EXERCISES, EMBRACING REMARKS UPON THE MEAN RERUM, THE MOST USEFUL MODES OF READING, IM- WITH PRESENTATION OF PARTIAL PHONOGRAPHY. TO WHICH ARE ADDED SEVERAL APPENDIXES PERTAINING TO PHONOTYPY AND PHONOGRAPHY. BY ANDREW J. GRAHAM, AUTHOR OF THE STANDARD-PHONOGRAPHIC SERIES, EDITOR OF THE "To save time is to lengthen life." NEW YORK: ANDREW J. GRAHAM & CO., 1135 BROADWAY. 1908. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, BY ANDREW J. GRAHAM, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, BY ANDREW J. GRAHAM, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, in Washington, D. C. ITO SECURE THE TREATISE ON PARTIAL PHONOGRAPHY AND THE COMBINATION OF THE SAME WITH BRIEF LONGHAND.] PREFACE. THE causes that led to the formation of the system of contractions here presented are stated in subsequent pages. There has been, at least, an earnest endeavor to make it accord not only with certain principles of legibility and speed, which have been thoroughly tested in the best system of shorthand ever devised, but also with the principles of abbreviation (developed in this work) which have heretofore been confidently relied upon by the literary public; and it is felt entirely unnecessary to crave for it the lenient exercise of judgment and criticism, since much rigid testing of it by practice has induced the belief that the system will improve in the estimation of writers in the proportion that a practical knowledge of it is attained. There is nothing abstruse pertaining to the system-nothing which can not be easily learned and readily reduced to practice. Its three styles are three progressive developments of the same principles-corresponding to three different classes of uses. Each style is amply illustrated by Exercises, which should be perused till familiarity with the appearance of words as contracted is attained. This injunction should be faithfully heeded by all who wish to reap the full benefits of the system. The Exercises, besides serving as exercise in Brief Longhand, will, perhaps, furnish their readers with useful subjects for thought. Every reader seeking the means of intellectual improvement will thankfully accept the suggestions of the Exercises entitled, "How to Acquire Ease and Correctness in Composition," "Authorship," "Reading to Purpose," and "Common-Placing." The article on "Mental Machinery," from the Tribune, is worthy the serious consideration of every educationist. 25X317 The chapter treating of Proof-Reading will doubtless be acceptable to all who have occasion to correct the press. This chapter and the Table of Common Abbreviations make this treatise a complete work of reference in respect of all the more general contractions employed in the language. Contractions for each special class of subjects may be devised, to any desirable extent, in accordance with the principles specified in the chapter entitled General Principles of Contraction. The remarks concerning the abbreviation of the forms of letters will be found to contain suggestions which may be acted upon, with great advantage, in the uncontracted style of writing. That this work may conspire with other causes in giving the human race opportunities for Spiritual Culture, and for the attainment of that rare, but desirable, Spiritual Freedom so beautifully described in the remarks quoted in this work from the writings of the noble and sweetminded Channing, is the earnest prayer of the Author. In this New Edition there has been added a treatise on Partial Phonography, showing the pupil how to increase the ease and speed of writing, by using as arbitrary expedients some of the more frequently-used word-signs and contractions of Standard Phonography. The Author's invention, Stereography, enables him, in this new chapter, to exemplify Brief Longhand writing with fac-similes of actual writing. ANDREW J. GRAHAM. NEW YORK, PHONETIC DEPOT, DECEMBER, 1879. INDEX. NOTE. The figures refer to the page. Ap. Appendix. Abbreviated Letters.. Abbreviations, Common, Table of.. Advantages of Knowledge. Affix-Signs, List of.. Angelo, Michael, Anecdote of.. Authorship. Autobiography, Uses of.. Cautions Common Abbreviations, Table of. Common Placing, Directions for Composition, How to Acquire Ease and Correctness in. 56 50 24 33 25 44 70 13, 50 50 41 14 50 49 22 49 25 11 56 36 13 14-16 63 36 24 44 64 14 15 41 29 74 30 15 70 64 87 15, 44 24 |