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THE SHORT-HAND OF THE FUTURE. 
 
 BAILY'S 
 
 Facile Sl^ort-l^and 
 Tutor. 
 
 BEING AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF STENOGRAPHIC 
 WRITING, 
 
 OP GREAT SIMPLICITY. WHICH MAY BE EASILY ACQUIRED. 
 AND RAPIDLY WRITTEN 
 
 A COMPLETE MASTERY OF THIS SYSTEM CAN BE 
 ACQUIRED BY A MONTH'S STUDY OF ONE 
 HOUR PER DAY. , 
 
 ITonbon : 
 
 HAMILTON, ADAMS, & Co., 
 
 32, Paternoster Row, E.C. 
 
 mdccclxxj^v. 
 
MERSER & SONS. PRINTERS, 
 370, Kennington Road. 
 
SI ^^9 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 ^T^HE great value of " short-hand writing," as it is popularly 
 termed, as a factor in the daily business of life has been 
 so fully and practically demonstrated, that it would be a sheer 
 waste of time on my part, to dwell upon the many benefits which 
 a knowledge of this useful art is capable of conferring. There 
 are few large business offices in the kingdom connected with apy 
 kind of trade, industry, or profession, where its aid has not been 
 invoked, where it has not become a necessity, and where its 
 absence would not be regarded as an irreparable loss. 
 
 In view of the great importance of this study in. mercantile, 
 literary, and scientific pursuits, no apology can be needed from a 
 short-hand writer of considerable experience, for bringing before 
 the public a system of stenography simple in conception, legible 
 in character, efficient in practice, and capable of being mastered 
 and of being practically available in less time than any other 
 system. 
 
 It is no part of my will or purpose to attempt to disparage the 
 merits of the gigantic system devised by Mr. Isaac Pitman, known 
 as Phonography, the mastery of which means an expenditure 
 
 449566 
 
iv PREFACE. 
 
 of time and labour which many can ill afford to give to its 
 acquisition. This fact greatly handicaps the popularity of this 
 system ; and it is beyond dispute, that at least 75 per cent, of 
 would-be phonographers, after a few days or weeks of irksome 
 and unprofitable labour, give up the study in sheer despair. 
 Mr. Pitman, himself says, in his preface to Progressive Studies, 
 that he has " noticed many instances of failure on the part of 
 individuals to acquire a correct and practical knowledge of it." 
 This state of things should not be. A thoroughly popular system, 
 in addition to its other merits, should be capable of being easily 
 learned, and when it lacks this capability it loses much of its 
 value and utility. Other systems which have sought to meet this 
 want are found in practice to be either lacking in brevity or 
 wanting in perspicuity. The Sloan-Duployan, an adaptation from 
 the French, strikes the observer as being most difficult to read, 
 when rapidly written ; many of the forms being so merged in 
 joining as to appear quite incapable of recognition. 
 
 In the higher literary walks of life ; to the man of sciencfe, 
 to the journalist, to the members of the various professions, to the 
 clergy, and to the student, a knowledge of short-hand is found to 
 be not only a pleasant mental exercise but a valuable means for 
 the saving of time and labour. " In the commercial world a practical 
 knowledge of short-hand has become a necessity, and many an 
 iJDQportant engagement has been lost through the neglect of this 
 important study. The following is one of many similar experiences 
 in life : a young man having finished his scholastic career, and 
 being desirous of entering an office, has obtained by influence an 
 introduction to the junior partner of a City firm. There is no 
 
PREFACE. V 
 
 immediate vacancy, and he finds he has to wait his turn. The 
 day to him so long in coming at length arrives, and in response 
 to a request he attends at an early hour at the City officer, and is 
 ushered into the august presence of one of the senior partners of 
 the firm. The interview is not a long one : a few interrogatories 
 satisfactorily answered, and he is at once informed that his services 
 will be required in a month. The young man elated with his 
 success, is about to take his departure, when he is suddenly con- 
 fronted with the question ; " You write short-hand of course ? " 
 " No," stammers ©ut the unfortunate candidate, " I do not ; but 
 —but — I can learn." The City magnate, not willing to debate 
 the question of the possibility or perhaps not considering the 
 improbability of a person being able to become a short-hand 
 writer in a month, shortly replies : " Yes, do so by all means ; 
 kll our clerks are short-hand writers," It may be needless to pro- 
 long the story : the young man returns home feeling his " bit of 
 luck" considerably damped, but still he i& not easily daunted. 
 He at once buys a Phonographic Teacher^ and applies himself 
 to the endeavour with a courage . and perseverance worthy of a 
 less hopeless task— and what is the result } The end of the 
 month finds him sick at heart at his ill success.^ He has mastered 
 every detail in the Teacher, and can read every word of the story 
 of the little dwarf "Try," and the "Wolf and the Lamb," but 
 alas ! that is all. He is, for all practical purposes, as far off as 
 ever from being a short-hand writer. 
 
 In this system I have made it a point to admit nothing wpich 
 would not be of practical vifiue to the learner, and nothing wjaich 
 would but tend to divert his attention and retard hti^ pro- 
 
vi PREFACE. 
 
 gress. No attempt at a phonetic classification of the letters has 
 been attempted, and the consonants, both of light and heavy 
 sound have been made to assume light characters. This in the 
 eyes of " Phonographers " may seem an outrage to scientific form 
 and public sentiment.. Be that as it may, nothing could 
 exceed the simplicity of the arrangement here adopted. A dis- 
 tinct and convenient form for joining has been given to each 
 letter, and these forms have been chosen only after a considerable 
 amount of experience has shown their practicability. 
 
 I am far ftpm saying that this system in its present form is 
 perfect in its development, but what I ^nhesitatwgly affirm is that 
 no system so simple in its construction (consequently so easily 
 acquired) and ensuring in practice so great a brevity in the 
 writing of words, has ever before been brought before the public. 
 
 I think any(Hie who has given attention to the subject, must 
 endcMTse the opinion so well expressed by Mr. Everett (himself the 
 author of a system of Short-hand) as to what are the 
 essentials of a good system of Short-hand writing. These he 
 considers should be — ^first, legibility, then rapidity, and finally, 
 elegance. As to the requisites for legibility, be says : — " From 
 " the profeseonal point of view the great requisite is that every 
 " word shall be distinguislied frmn €very other with which it is at 
 " all fikely to clash. From the popular point of view there is the 
 ''further requisite that the spelling shall be so full as not to 
 " involve teborioas puzzling in passing from the meagre skeleton 
 " to the fuJl-fledged word." 
 
PREFACE. vii 
 
 I know of no system which fulfils these conditions to so 
 great an extent as the present system ; and a good illustration 
 of this individuality of outline will be found by the reader in the 
 Exercise on page 22. 
 
 Oh the subject of the brevity and efficiency of this system 
 I have little to say : a simple glance through its pages will 
 disclose the practical arrangement of its parts, and a closer and 
 more matured acquaintance with it by study will reveal the great 
 brevity, completeness, and efficiency of the system as a whole. 
 
 The system will speedily reveal its own merits. Its details 
 can be acquired in a month or less with no other assistance than 
 the instructions here given, by any student giving to its study one 
 hour daily ; and a month's writing from dictation will ensure the 
 ability to follow a slow speaker ; after which, with practice, an 
 increase of speed will be a matter of easy attainment. 
 
 W. R. B. 
 60, Br9ok Greeny London, W. 
 
 *^* Arrangements are being mad* for establishing Classes of Instruction 
 both in the Metropolis and the Provinces : and persons desirous of 
 opening up new centres, as veil as students requiring personal 
 tuition, should communicate directly with the Author, wh4> "^ill be 
 happy to afford them every facility for the purpose in view. 
 
FIRST HINTS. 
 
 INTRODUCTORY.— in few studies perhaps is greater care 
 required at the outset than in that of stenographic writing. 
 It is necessary that every form should be carefully traced, as in 
 drawing, in a ruled book with pen or pencil, many times, until the 
 whole of the forms have been indelibly impressed upon the mind, 
 and can be neatly and unhesitatingly made. Accuracy of form 
 is a sine qua non in Short-hand writing, and therefore particular 
 attention should be paid to the size, slope, and character, of each 
 form. No attempt to write rapidly should be attempted until after 
 the student has acquired a perfect knowledge of the whole system 
 as developed in this treatise. 
 
 The student's first step is to make himself master of the 
 consonant forms on page 9. 
 
 The whole of the consonant characters will be seen to con- 
 sist of light strokes, and (with the exception of s, y and z) are of 
 uniform size ; g and j, which are often sounded alike, are repre- 
 sented by the same forms. 
 
 All the perpendicular and sloping consonants, with the excep- 
 tion of w, are made d9wnwards, that is to say, when standing 
 alone they are commenced above, and allowed to terminate on the 
 Kne ; the horizontal consonants are made from left to right. 
 
 The following are made both upwards and downwards : R, 
 /, », and s, as convenience serves. When alone, these characters 
 should always be made downwards. 
 
 The double consonants ng and mp or mb are made one-third 
 larger than the consonants N and M. 
 
 In joining ch^ sh, th, and kw to other consonants, the large 
 circle can be written on either side, as most convenient. 
 
 Lkttkrs Omitted. — It will be seen that c, q and x have been 
 omitted from the list : c has the soft sound of s, or the hard sound 
 of k, and is written as sounded. Q, sounded as kw, has a form 
 alloCted to it among the double consonants on page 9; x, has 
 the sound of eks. 
 
 Repetition of a straight line consonant is shown by donbliog 
 its length. That ef a curve, by repeating it thus : dd, ( ff. 
 
B.O. Bifjlii 
 
 Li W! m 
 
 9 
 
 THE CONSONANTS, 
 
 B D F G H J 
 
 ) - ( ^ -^ ^ 
 
 K L M N P R 
 
 \ r ^ J - / 
 
 s 
 
 T 
 
 
 V 
 
 W(up) 
 
 Y 
 
 z 
 
 / 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 / 
 
 c^ 
 
 <N 
 
 CH 
 
 
 SH 
 
 •TH 
 
 KW 
 
 
 TW 
 
 in church. 
 
 
 shall 
 
 thy 
 
 quite 
 
 
 between 
 
 \ 
 
 
 1 
 
 NG 
 
 J 
 
 1 
 
 MP or MB 
 
 z' 
 
 \ 
 d 
 
 as in 
 
 ring. 
 
 
 lamp, lumber 
 
 
 
 EXERCISE 1. 
 
 SHOWING THB MANNER OF fU T W THE CONSONANTS. 
 
 Each set of characters should be made in its entirety before 
 lifting the pencil. 
 
 * The sound of Tk in /W^A, breath, etc., is expressed by writing this 
 character above the line. 
 
lO 
 
 Next in importance to a thorough acquaintance with the- 
 consonants is a knowledge of 
 
 THE VOWELS and their Sounds. 
 
 All words are to be written phonetically, or in other words as 
 sounded : cat is written kat ; city, sity ; black, blak, etc., etc. 
 
 All silent and redundant letters are omitted, and only those 
 letters used which are necessary to convey the sound ; meant 
 becomes phonetically^ wf«/ / fight, _/f/; right, rij ; though, tho\ 
 etc., etc. 
 
 Vowels which play an important part in the formation of 
 words, have both open and close sounds. The open sound of a 
 is met with in mate as distinguished from the close sound of a in 
 mat ; e has an open sound in meet distinguished from e in met ; 
 ;■ has the open diphthongal sound in might and the close sound 
 in mit ; o the open sound in note as differing from the close 
 sounded o in not ; u in tube and u in tub. The sound of ah in 
 father ; au in caught (written kawt) ; oo in fool, and oo in foot. 
 
 In stenography, the full use of vowels is not only unnecessary 
 but inconsistent with rapid writing. Vowels may sometimes be 
 altogether omitted without detracting but little from the legibility 
 of the word of which they form a part; as for example, srtn 
 points unmistakably to the word certain, mthd to method, strngth 
 to strength, brgn to bargain, Bljm to Belgium, xlnt or (e)kslnt 
 excellent, etc. In actual reporting work but few vowels are used, 
 and one of the early duties of the short-hand student is to practice 
 the habit (for it is an acquired habit) of divesting Nvords of all 
 vowels that are not absolutely necessary for the identity of the 
 wor 1, and casting aside at the same time all silent consonants, 
 and any others that may be readily dispensed with. 
 
 THE VOWEL FORMS. 
 
 The disjoined vowel forms consist of a series of ticks written 
 in three positions, as shown on pages ii, 12, and 13. 
 
II 
 
 CLOSE-SOUNDED VOWELS. 
 
 BEFORE CONSONANTS. 
 
 The dotted lines are only placed to show the three positions 
 in which the ticks are written. 
 
 o^ 
 
 / 
 / 
 / 
 
 Examples. 
 
 A ') ab ! — add 
 
 K ^ egg /' ell 
 
 ./ 
 
 am 
 
 err 
 
 y* an / 
 
 are 
 
 7 ebb o-i- said 
 
 I* / ill J in -<^ ink J it .( if 
 
 i — odd y on / or \ off '\ sock 
 
 u ^-ly up V us y sun mt^ ugly 
 
 oo > sook «— ^soup ij soon ,1 soot 
 
 * This vowel also gives the sound of finals in city, pretty, mighty, etc. 
 
 Before upward r, /, and n it will sometimes be found more 
 convenient to suit the direction of the vowels o, u, and oo, to the 
 slope of the consonant, 
 
 Circle S. 
 
 In addition to the stroke form ^ S may conveniently be 
 
 represented by a small circle, thus : e , which, written at the 
 
 top of a consonant, precedes it, as f si, and when at the bottom 
 
 is read after it, as i ts. Whenever possible, it should be 
 
 written on the right hand side of straight line consonants, and 
 
 inside of curves, thus : ^ sv, C fs, but it will sometiines 
 
 be found necessary to put it on the outside of an angle, thus : » - 
 
 To express a vowel bda»«^ b, as m «rA/ er after S atthe«nd of » 
 word, as in policy, the stroke S must be used. 
 
la 
 
 AFTER CONSONANTS. 
 
 The dotted lines only mark the three positions of the ticks 
 in relation to any consonant. 
 
 Examples, 
 
 Top A.. lap C back )^ rack <^' slack ^ lack ^ 
 
 T^xdui, E ._ web <^ feeg \ leg (^ sell -C neck ^ 
 
 :B.tl»fn. » ;_ Up (S dip -O' rib < rick / sick \ 
 
 j^n-\ lock (A knob / bob ) sop ,^1^ rock <:^ 
 
 u I / ov \ •buck ) sum ^ dug -7->> rug /' sup «ii^ 
 
 00/ .n \ soon >^ *book ^ loop (^ rook / look /^ 
 
 * It may sometimes be more convenient to place a vowel 
 before the second consonant instead of after the first, as seen 
 above in hook, buck, etc. 
 
 EXERCISE t. . 
 
. '3 
 
 OPEN-SOUNDED VOWELS. 
 
 The fonns used for expressing the open-sonnded vowels, differ 
 only from those nsed to denote the close-sounded vowels, in being 
 heavy. 
 
 BEFORE CONSONANTS. 
 
 Examples. 
 
 - A ! — aid ?— \ aim ^—^ ape ^ age / air 
 
 - E "V eve ^ seen ^ eke A, seek *f seal 
 
 - AH ^^ alms (sounded ahms) r^ psalms (sounded sahms) 
 /o / oar \ oak ^_ ode J own *{. oats 
 
 / Au t . awed y sought (sounded saut) ,j_L:. sawed 
 
 / oo (see examples of 00 coming after consonants). 
 U in Cabe, etc., takes the same form as oo. 
 
 AFTER CONSONANTS. 
 
 Examples. 
 - A ,/^ lake ^"\ make ^^ gape -p-^'^ dame 
 
 _ E __ — ^deep (j^ sleep ^^ week jT kneel 
 
 _ AH i— 'balm V->J calm ^ laugh (sounded lahf) 
 
 / o ,^-^,r'mole '\ soak '^^ smoke S. folk 
 
 / AU k talk <i^ walk )' baulk "T) daub 
 
 / oo [^, few — ^ do ^% woo ^ loose 
 
 The direction of the vowels o, au, oo or u may be ch^iged to 
 meet the convenience of the consonant forms of r, upward ly 
 and n, as seen in preceding page. 
 
14 
 
 EXERCISE 3. 
 
 ^' r ) )■ I c c ^ _^^ 
 
 LOGOGRAMS, ' 
 
 (ist List.) 
 
 The following brief signs, for frequently recurring words, 
 should be committed to memory. When once thoroughly learned 
 continued practice in writing will not admit of their being 
 easily forgotten. 
 
 A dotted line shows the forms that are to be written above 
 the linCo 
 
 A, an — 
 
 have 
 
 V 
 
 of 
 
 /" 
 
 when 
 
 «i 
 
 and y 
 
 I 
 
 ■^-/ 
 
 on 
 
 1 
 
 will 
 
 r 
 
 are / 
 
 IS ' 
 
 
 
 the 
 
 / 
 
 you 
 
 (.) 
 
 as /. 
 
 it 
 
 
 to 
 
 \ 
 
 your 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 EXERCISE 
 
 4. 
 
 
 
 
 To be copied carefully into the student's exercise book, 
 leaving a line blank between each line of short-lfand, for the 
 transcriptioti. 
 
«5 
 EXERCISE 5. 
 
 To he written in short-hand. 
 
 The skies in smoke decay. Rocks fall to dust. The wheel 
 of life rolls on. Mock no one. I love to le^m. You are lucky, 
 but you lack wisdom. I will have the dog when you like. You 
 are to obey. Be just. I will keep you in the way. 
 
 EXERCISE 6. 
 
 Duplicate Forms for H aiad W. 
 
 H may be expressed by a small tick and circle made thus : \ ^ 
 
 which joins toy, r, /, m, p, v, and «, as : A harm, ^ whole, 
 
 H before a double Consonant takes -the fefm of ^ tick only. 
 
 W may often be conveniently written by one or other of the 
 
 foUowmg forms « v^ as : ^ women, j wig, "-, — widow. 
 

 i6 
 
 COALESCENT FoRMS. 
 
 
 
 The coalesence of certain consonants in a great number of 
 
 words has suggested the use of the following complete series of 
 modifications of and additions to the primary consonant forms. 
 
 All consonants] {but H*, s, wf, y and z) undergo the 
 
 changes 
 
 here 
 
 
 applied to B. 
 
 
 
 Consonants made upward do not thicken. 
 
 
 
 Consonant* thus 
 modified give the 
 additions of 
 
 Examples : 
 
 
 
 N ) 
 
 main /j-^ vain V^ gain ~V 
 
 lane 
 
 r- 
 
 Ns :) 
 
 pence n.j' offence K. immense ^ 
 
 dens€ 
 
 1 
 
 NT ^ 
 
 mental <^ paint ,v-P faint t 
 
 gaunt 
 
 ^' 
 
 R ) 
 
 pray ^ grey ^S" dray — 
 
 spray 
 
 ^ 
 
 Rs 3 
 
 prays ^ phrase C traits L 
 
 dress 
 
 _o 
 
 Rt a 
 
 mart ^ sport ,<p cart SL 
 
 dart 
 
 _o 
 
 Rns J 
 
 prance s^ trance \ France ^ 
 
 deliverance 
 
 Rnt) > 
 RndJ ^ 
 
 friend V print ^-^ grant ^ 
 
 — ' 3^ 
 ground "^ 
 
 T a 
 
 nettle ^ debt -^ little ^ 
 
 mettle 
 
 ^ 
 
 D ) 
 
 middle --/'laid r led r- 
 
 speed 
 
 <<• 
 1 
 
 Dr \ } 
 Thr) 
 
 matter x-^^ father ^/ leader 6" 
 
 better 
 
 )- 
 
 L ^ 
 
 fable C" marble <j) stable ^"' 
 
 noble 
 
 r 
 
 *H 
 
 t 
 
 Tr is also used initially, 
 thickens for N, and halves for R. T, and D only. 
 W is only modified to give R, Rs, T,Tk etc. 
 The double consonants do not modify for L. 
 R does not halve to give the addition of R, 
 
 

 
 17 
 
 
 
 
 
 EXERCISE 7. 
 
 
 table 
 
 c 
 
 presence 
 
 y 
 
 messenger 
 
 money 
 
 V 
 
 absence 
 
 'J 
 
 depend 
 
 neighbour 
 
 r 
 
 brick 
 
 I 
 
 boat 
 
 mantle 
 
 -rr 
 
 risk 
 
 1 
 
 float 
 
 defend 
 
 ^ 
 
 define 
 
 c 
 
 determine 
 
 nonsensical ^ 
 
 A 
 
 great 
 
 1> 
 
 fruit 
 
 entertain S^^ 
 abandon 
 
 i 
 
 payable ' a 
 level ^ 
 
 baker 
 
 debtor 
 
 indeed 
 
 pertain 
 
 abstain 
 
 fortify 
 
 civil 
 
 lend 
 
 bend 
 
 interest 
 
 -1 
 
 « 
 
 \ 
 
 t 
 
 i 
 
 f 
 
 clear 
 
 proper 
 
 fetter 
 
 better 
 
 trap 
 
 trade 
 
 devote 
 
 met 
 
 metal 
 
 lever 
 
 > 
 
 k 
 
 ^i_/ 
 
 
 1 
 
 a' 
 
 believer r' 
 particular ^y^ 
 retard /Y~ 
 
 4 
 
 mcrease 
 
 jerk 
 
 mother 
 
 spark 
 
 volume 
 
 typical 
 
 Levitical 
 
 detain 
 
 retain 
 
 circuit 
 
 scarcely 
 
 rebel 
 
 trader 
 
 cedar 
 
 speaker 
 
 ■I 
 
 \ 
 
 <^ 
 
 L 
 
 U 
 
 A 
 % 
 
 L 
 
i8 
 
 NuTKS ON THX COALESCENT FoRMS. (p. 1 6.) 
 N. 
 
 It will be seen that the added n, given by thickening a con- 
 sonant, is read a/ier the consonant thickened, as? ( /n, not nf. 
 A vowel placed on the right hand side of a thickened consonant 
 is read between the consonant and the added n, which is final, as 
 X" gain, ) obtain, etc. Words in which a vowel follows the 
 », as in many, tiny, etc., the consonant outline for n must be used, 
 as : "^ many, • V tiny. 
 
 The R given by halving a consonant is read after the 
 consonant halved ; for instance, pr -^ not rp. 
 
 A vowel written on the right hand side of a shortened form 
 is read after the added r, as ^-^ P^^ay, not pare, j— dray, not 
 dare. 
 
 If it be desired to interpose a vowel sound between the 
 consonant and its added r, as in /air, tare, thus making the r 
 final, this is done by striking the vowel form through, as t 
 /air, T tare, etc. A vowel cannot be expressed after a conso- 
 nant halved to give r ; for instance, though we may write 6ar 
 thus ^ barrow must be written )^ . The shortened r form 
 should not be used when the same consonant follows the r, as 
 kirk, which should be written thus : V^ 
 
 T and D. 
 
 These additions are final, being read after the consonants 
 ni6dified to represent them, as f» mate, -p- made, ^ pate, 
 ^ paid, '—* amid. 
 
 These do not take a vowel after them, and words such as 
 pity, tidy, mighty, etc., must be written thus ; ^ [^ ^ . 
 
 S following a consonant modified to give the addition of t 
 must be represented by the stroke s, thus : rz( mats. 
 
19 
 
 TR, 
 
 Is final, as ^ voter, /a/^r, when written at the end 
 of a consonant, but is read initially when placed at the top of a 
 consonant form, as A truck, y train^ etc. No vowel can 
 precede this form. 
 
 L. 
 A marked vowel sound cannot be expressed between a con- 
 sonant and this added l, which is only used in such words as 
 ^ P^^y> "^ g<i^^fy 9 rabble, ^ possible, etc. 
 
 LOGOGRAMS. 
 
 (2nd List.) 
 
 all 
 
 .-.. 
 
 has 
 
 / 
 
 Mr. 
 
 r^ 
 
 my 
 
 ^ 
 
 aw« 
 
 / 
 
 in 
 
 J 
 
 Miss 
 
 /~T> 
 
 no 
 
 z 
 
 but 
 
 a 
 
 may 
 
 c::. 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 ^-y 
 
 not 
 
 ^ 
 
 for 
 
 c 
 
 me 
 
 ^ 
 
 more 
 
 '-^ 
 
 we 
 
 ^ 
 
 from 
 
 ( 
 
 each 
 
 \ 
 
 much 
 
 ^ 
 
 with 
 
 / 
 
 DIPHTHONGS. 
 
 The diphthongs are represented by the following forms, 
 disjoined from the consonant characters : — 
 
 I ^^ OI f OU y IO,E0 / EA -/ YE > WI V 
 
 as in bite coy now . neoplasm idea idiom swivel 
 
 EXERCISE 8. 
 
 To be carefully cc^ied into the students' ^ercise book and 
 transcribed. 
 
 ' ^ -'V , A 'I ' f . 
 
20 
 
 ^SV and ^x. 
 
 Si is represented both initially and finally but not medially, 
 thus : — 9 f 
 
 first. 
 
 S/, at the end of a halved consonant, is written thus : ^ 
 
 stave 
 
 \ 
 
 most „,-^ 
 
 justly 
 
 >- 
 
 & is written thus — 
 
 /» / as 
 
 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 ^-ar 
 
 passes NV- 
 EXERCISE 9. 
 
 cases 
 
 ^. 
 
 never 
 
 ^ 
 
 justify ' 
 
 stand 
 
 X 
 
 proceed 
 
 ,^ 
 
 leases ' /^ 
 
 stack 
 
 -\ 
 
 broke 
 
 < 
 
 casts Y 
 
 list 
 
 c 
 
 sincere 
 
 / 
 
 idea -^ 
 
 desist 
 
 ' •/ 
 
 most 
 
 r* 
 
 folio (a 
 
 resist 
 
 ^ 
 
 mostly 
 
 n- 
 
 decHne Y 
 
 intense 
 
 i 
 
 grasses 
 
 "y 
 
 partner \^ 
 
 repeal 
 
 ^ 
 
 lasses 
 
 r 
 
 rest /' 
 
 reveal 
 
 ^ 
 
 The Double Consonaots, ch, si, M^ and kw undergo the same 
 modifications as the Single Consonants on .page 16. Ng and m^ 
 thicken to give the addition of ^/ as Angr,/''''^mpr. Tto 
 thickens to give the addition of N ; as" 9f twenty. 
 
 Words of 2 syllables ending with a dracending straight line 
 Consonant da not modify 'He first Consonant to give jT, i?/, and 
 Ni, but are written thus ; )' better, not y ; ) carter, not /^ ; 
 s.^^ painter, not '/^ , and thus clashing with the Double Con- 
 sonants 1* avoided 
 
2! 
 
 ADDITIONAL VOWEL TABLE. 
 
 The following system of vowel representation by which the 
 forms for the vowels a e i o and u may be written in conjunction 
 with the consonants will be found invaluable in rapid writing, and 
 supplies a want which has been much felt by writers of some 
 other systems. To be able to mark the initial vowel in such words 
 as add, attempt, affect, effect, attack, appeal, appal, and 
 a tfiousand others "without lifting the pen or pencil and to be 
 enabled to give, by the insertion of a joined vowel, an individuality 
 to widely differing words having the same consonants^ is a gain 
 which the student will not fj^il to appreciate 
 
 Examples of joined vowels to straight line consonants. 
 
 A 
 
 
 s 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 o 
 
 
 u' 
 
 at 
 
 ( 
 
 et 
 
 ' 
 
 ' it 
 
 1 
 
 ot 
 
 T 
 
 ut 
 
 ta 
 
 f 
 
 te 
 
 r 
 
 ti 
 
 f 
 
 to 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 U 
 
 I 
 
 te 
 
 (, 
 
 or 
 ti 
 
 
 to 
 
 L 
 
 
 ad 
 
 — 
 
 ed 
 
 f 
 
 id 
 
 -- 
 
 od 
 
 e. 
 
 u< 
 
 da 
 
 
 de 
 
 
 di 
 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 Examples of joined vowels to curve line consonants. 
 A E I o 
 
 fa . C fe C fi C fo C 
 
 or 
 fa ( fe (j fi C fo 6 
 
 To express a vowel before a curve line consonant, the same 
 forms are used above the Hne, thus : ^■.... over, .O... am, 
 
 i^' any. 
 
 •U is only used initially. 
 
 Jt)ined vowels are thus positioned to show when a vowt^ 
 comes between a consonant and its added r and when not :— 
 C far, ^ par, (> fray, ^^pray, etc. 
 
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 23 
 
 
 
 
 
 LOGOGRAMS. 
 
 
 
 
 (3rd List.) 
 
 
 by 
 
 ) 
 
 give 
 
 ■> 
 
 how 
 
 can 
 
 \ 
 
 given 
 
 "> 
 
 member ^'-^ 
 
 cannot 
 
 \> 
 
 glad 
 
 ^ 
 
 that I 
 
 come 
 
 \ 
 
 had 
 
 
 
 them 
 
 could 
 
 \ 
 
 he 
 
 ^ 
 
 their, there 0- 
 
 daj 
 
 
 
 him 
 
 i^^ 
 
 these ,^,— r 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 hope 
 
 ^^ 
 
 this a-' 
 
 Rules to be observed for giving Distinctive Forms, or 
 Positions to Words containing the same Consonants. 
 
 I. Words commencing with a vowel may, for the sake of 
 distinction, be written above the line, thus : .j.. age, .,... q/iar, 
 alms, .^.. ark, >.. alone. .... 
 
 IL Words commencing and ending with a consonant sound 
 may be written on the line, as : >Y P^^^^ r rail, 
 gale, fare, etc. 
 
 in. In words commencing with a consonant, and ending 
 with a vowel, the final vowel should be added, as : ^ pillow, 
 ^—■^ morrow, V/^ Tory, 1 tobacco, etc. 
 
 apple 
 arch 
 
 offer 
 
 operator 
 
 affect 
 
 applause 
 
 often 
 
 Adam 
 
 
 EXERCISE 
 
 10. 
 
 
 pail 
 reach 
 
 1 
 
 ( 
 
 fair 
 
 G 
 
 JM 
 
 porter 
 
 <ar 
 
 ■^ 
 
 fact 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 plays 
 fail 
 
 
 ~C^— 
 
 door 
 
 -^ 
 
 pillow 
 
 ^ 
 
 rely 
 
 A 
 
 Tory 
 
 l> 
 
 sorrow 
 
 / 
 
 factory 
 
 V 
 
 policy 
 
 ,T 
 
 fully 
 
 > 
 
 below 
 
 y. 
 
LOGOGRAMS. 
 (4th and final List.) 
 
 behold ) if ( onwards ^ very v^ 
 
 beyond ^ important ^ — >, opportunity >^ was fs 
 
 Dr. — improvement ^^-^^ owe ',_ what f» 
 
 dtfficuit-ty ( information ^ other '^*- which <\ 
 
 either o- large-r C vhing y who „ 
 
 ever, every '^ next >/ those '^_ within o — 
 
 forwards ( notwithstanding J/ upwards ^-% without ] 
 
 frequently 'p number ^ us o would n 
 
 PREFIXES. 
 Con and com initially take the form of a small tick preceding, 
 thus : \3 connect, .J command. Medially, con and com are 
 understood by disjoining the first syllable thus : -^-^yincomparabhy 
 /6 reconcile. 
 
 Inter, Intro, is denoted by nt joined thus : '^ interview, 
 
 introduce. cA-e 
 Mag, magna, maomi, by mn joined, as : ^^ magnificent, 
 '^ magnanimous. 
 
 Under, by nd joined, as V understood, .A undergo. 
 
 AFFIXES. 
 
 Ality, alty, ility, arity, etc., are represented by striking 
 the consonant preceding, through the form, as : *^ penalty, 
 regularity, C- punctuality. ^-^ 
 
 FuL and fully, by / joined to words of more than one 
 syllabic, as : 2^ harmful, X beautiful. 
 
 Graph-ic-y, etc., as/: ^^ lithograph, >\. biography. 
 
 Ik» and ings, by fma^. ticks, thus : "^ going, _— / doings. 
 Kt by doubling all curves but M and N. 
 
»4 
 
 ? 
 
 argument, ^V ■''"/*" 
 
 Ment, by a final dot, thus 
 plemenl% 
 
 Self, selves, by a small circle, o disjoined, as : <t-^ 
 thyself, v« yourselves. 
 
 Ship and Shire, by sh disjoined, as : leadership. ^9 
 
 TiON', finally, thus • Y action, \ actions,. etc. When 
 not final, t ion is written in full, 
 
 Stion prefixes stroke s to the above form, thus : L 
 pAysiciOfl. 
 
 PUNCTUATION. 
 
 The same Punctuation marks may be used as in ordinary 
 writing and printing (with the exception of the dash, which takes 
 the form of a wavy line, thus -x^^^ ), without in any way inter- 
 fering with the short-hand signs. Proper Names of persons and 
 places should hav^ a small cross written beneath them, thus 
 /2. London .^"i William Jones. 
 
 PHRASEOGPAMS 
 
 as m 
 
 as is 
 
 And a u 
 
 And of >» 
 
 And the > " as may 
 
 And you > as of 
 
 I am pleased -^ — \'' 
 
 I am in receipt of ■*^'i 
 
 your letter 
 
 I hope /'^-^ 
 
 I hope you are well ^^"^ 
 
 I shall be . ^ 
 
 / 
 
 as the 
 on a 
 OR the 
 to the 
 
 I wish 
 
 In a 
 
 In the 
 
 It has 
 
 It is 
 
 ^ 
 
 I will 
 
 -glad 
 
 ( 
 
 > 
 
 f 
 
 J 
 
 i rr 
 
 Truly yours -^^ 
 Yours very truly ^V 
 Yours faithfully y\i__ 
 
 Concluding Remarks. — The student having now obtained a full 
 knowledge of the art of Short-hand Writing, as developed in this treatise, 
 should allow no day to pass without practice ; and the best practice 
 undoubtedly is, to get someone to dictate a series of letters (real 
 or imaginary), or to read aloud slowly a passage from some work, 
 which may be so chosen as to make the task an agreeable one for both 
 parties. The student must be careful that a desire to write quickly at the 
 outset, does not engender a careless and slovenly style of writing, which it 
 will be afterwards difficult to overcome. He must carefully transcribe 
 all his Short-hand notes, mark his errors, and correct them, remembering 
 always, that, if he would succeed, his motto must be — 
 " Practice and perseverance." 
 
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