BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND . ?& THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES S> BY HENRY EDWARD BYRNE TYLER, TEXAS SEVENTH EDITION BYRNE PUBLISHING COMPANY TYLER, TEXAS COPYRIGHTED 189? BY HENRY EDWARD BYRNE COPYRIGHTED 1900 BY HENRY EDWARD BYRNE COPYRIGHTED 1902 BY HENRY EDWARD BYRNE COPYRIGHTED 1903 BY HENRY EDWARD BYRNE COPYRIGHTED 1905 BY HENRY EDWARD BYRNE COPYRIGHTED 1912 BY HENRY EDWARD BYRNE All Rights Reserved BYRNE PUBLISHING COMPANY TYLER, TEXAS PREFACE I m 25 No apology need be offered for this, the seventh edition of Byrne Simplified Shorthand. The history of the pist proves that the wonderful simplicity, legibility, and rapidity of the J? system is highly appreciated. m By the discovery of new principles, never before used, the 5 author has been able to avoid much of the oojectionable material heretofore used in shorthand writing, and produce a more simple, legible, and rapid system. kj THE AUTHOR r> 449581 FIRST LESSON ALPHABET Practice the alphabet carefully, until you have it thoroughly memo- rized The following letters are struck upward B / H / J J Q Some of the letters are made alike, with the exception that one is stiuck upward and the other downward The letters struck upward are distinguished from those struck downward by the letter following them IXMIISJ; joined at the top, or by context A / \ E I Fxs G /? I V, K / L ^M - - 0\ The right side of vertical and slanting straight lines, the inside of curved lines, anil the underside of M is the natural side, and the opposite, the unnatural BYRXE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND SECOND LESSON VOWEL POSITIONS The first letter used in writing a word should be placed on the position of the first vowel 'sound following it, unless the letter be Q. As Q is always followed by U, the Q character stands for QU, and should be written on the first vowel position following the QU. The vowels A, E, I, O, and U are represented by position, as shown in the following illustration. The letter H placed on A position gives the sound of H and A, or HA. II placed on E position gives the sound of H and E, or HE. /, f. h ^...-.ni" 1 k o U hu WORD SIGNS A word sign is an abbreviated outline used to represent a word. The signs for A, THE, I, O, OH!, YOU, LITTLE, HAVE, TAKE, and GIVE, should be written on position, as shown in the following list. The word signs IF, AND, OF, and BEFORE, also all words beginning with a vowel, and containing no other vowel, should be joined to a preceding word, if the joining be plain. If the joining is not plain, they should be written on E, or natural position, \tnless followed by A, I, of YOU, in which case they should be written on the position of the word following, thus indicating the two words with one stroke. YOU should be joined to the unnatural side; THE to the natural side, and A may be joined to either side, providing the joining be plain. HAVE and AND should be struck upward; TAKE, IF, and OF are struck downward. BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND THIRD LESSON A ditto mark ia used to separate sentences. Drop all silent letters and make your outlines as short and light as pooribl*. WRITOTG EXERCISE Give me mi little ho and se me ho the ri. If you go before I do, give mi pa to Jo. If I take Ma, you ma go before da to se Lu. Give me mi ti if you go to da. Oh I ma have to give you a little of mi ri. FOURTH LESSON Make a dot on the end of V and Y, and make all other letters one- half their regular size or length to add T, D, or TH. Make a dot on the end of a character to edd a second T or D, or TT, DD, TD, D1. Use S for soft C, and K for hard C. BYRNE BIMl-LlFiED SHGP.TilAND WRITING EXERCISE i\' at, do not et fat met; if you do I ma hit you. I votd before Pat got mi hat. Nat hit the kat and put Ned out of the vat. Se mi ti; it ma not fad if you put it wa. Both Kat and Jo hatd to take the bat tc the pit. . ^ \ ' > - ......... ' ......... ....... FIFTH LESSON Make V, Y, and Z a little longer than the letter A, and make all other letters one-fourth their regular size or length,. to add M, N, or L. To add a T, D, or TH following an M, N, or L. make a dot on the end of the character. WRITING EXERCISE The man kam horn with a hat in a little red box. A man fel out of the bot, and Jon divd to the botm of the se to get him. I ran, but al in van, he kot me before I got to the end of the Ian. The man wil yel til you get h. ; m out of jal. .\.. :S... ,./... ../.. ../?..,..... ' BYliXE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND o //. SIXTH LESSON CONTRACTED OUTLINES A contraction is two sounds represented by a sign, to which all rules dw cz> tw o WRITING EXERCISE Kom before nit and se the swan swim in the pon. jvom and I wil sho you that gold chan of min. Do you se the mun in the ski? When you se the chil squal, <\ive me the bal cf twin and I wil ti it. Do you cpi the man on thf hil? Do you stil dwel with him? J <* c/ "/" ' l ....... ^...y,...... fi.- ...... ..-.. A ----- *> ..... L.._...^..^..ff.I. SEVENTH LESSON WRITING EXERCISE Oh! Jon, se the little man with mi ted hat. He wil go to the sity with it on, a:iJ I wii nut go with him. The fat man wil take him in the sla; he wont kom Luia bcioic nit. He wii have a fin tim whil in the sity BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND > READD EXERCISE /? ._. ........ J. ,., EIGHTH LESSOR Shade a characcer at the ending to add R, and shade full length to add S. To add a following R or S, fnake a small circle on the natural side. To avoid making the signs for dollars and cents, wn*" dollars above the line, and cents below the line. WRITING EXERCISE Mr. Brus of Pars is in the sity. We her that he wil go into the gran bisns, and wil invs $4520.60. Mr. Brus is a fin man r.nd we ar plesd to have him with us. He has ben in the gran bisns for ycrs, and we ar sur that he wil do wel her. .. BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND NINTH LESSON Use a large circle on the natural side of a cha,racter ending to add SH or CH. These circles may be made half size to add T, D, or TH, or quarter sue to add M, N, or L. WRITING EXERCISE Mi techr and I wil go to the branch to fish for perch. I wish you kud go and fish with us ; we wUd kach a bushl of fish. Ther is a pach of pecha ner the branch. Sun we wil go to the bech and wach the wavs wash the thor. TENTH LESSON A hook may bo made on the unnatural side of a letter to add K, and a loop to add C. All hocks or loops may be n ade half-size to add a fol- lowing T, D, or TH, or quarter-size to add M, K or L. Where an abbreviated outline does not how definitely the word intended and ;n, -xt does not make the mean f, clear, make the outline in lull l$! BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND WRITING EXERCISE The big blak dog dug a hoi klos to the pik. A man sed he wud give a $25 chek for the big blak hog. Jak iiks to mak his dog bark at Jake. The man rold a big log from the niin to the mill. Jon Blake bot the big Numn Mill for $1,500. ELEVENTH LESSON Review each of the preceding lessons thoroughly. WRITING EXERCISE Jon, go and se if you kan not get Ned to give you mi little bukt of milk ; he wil fin it on the shelf bak of the big kol stov in the kitchn. Wher has the man gon with his nu bugy ; it is tim he was at horn ? BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND 13 READITO EXERCISE .^ .... TWELFTH LESSON Besides the main vowel positions, A, E, I, O, and U, we have the diphthongs or double vowels, AU and AW on A position ;OI on I position; OU and OW on O position; and OO on U position. Th2 double vowel positions are distinguished from the single vowel positions by placing a dot by the natural side of the letter. The word HOW is written by plac- ing II on O position, and making a dot by the side of the H. This gives the O W sound instead of the O. The word "Be" may be joined to a preceding word. When t\vo R's occur, as in the word brother or order, the one shading will do for both R's. WRITING EXERCISE I saw the boi go into the ho us to get his gun, and saw him shoot the hawk that kaut the mous. I also saw nim shoot the kow r that hukd the boi. I think the law shud be plid to nim, He neds to be takn down- I will ordr mv brothe- to see bout the matr. )4 BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND : . . ./r ..._... -V ............ /. /.. ./. ./....!../: r x> ^x x y / /ix A ... ......^.. r . ./.^.x. ..... .^. THIRTEENTH LESSON A hook may be made on the natural side of a letter to add P, and a loop to add B. A short straight line may be made across the ending of a character to distinguish an abbreviation or an initial. When two or more initials occur in a name, they may be joined together and a short line made across the last initial only. WRITING EXERCISE Mr. H. L. Hupr, Jopln, Mo. Der Sr: Pies ship 5 No. 8 stovs, 3 No. 2 lamps, 4 No. 14 lap robs, and blig, S. LOB. ..... .....^.. BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND 15 WRITING EXERCISE Mr. Slak of Dentn has hot Mr. Wik's big brik hous, and has also pur- chsd 10 shars of stok in the nu oil mil. We hop Mr. Slak wil sun kom to mak his horn her. We'l be glad to have him with us. We ned mor such men as Mr. Slak to bild up our sity. I FOURTEENTH LESSON A dot may be placed before a character for COM, CON, COUN, COR, or COL. A dot placed after a character adds NG, ING, DING, LING, or THING. Make the dot heavy to add the plural. If NG, ING, DING, LING, or THING occurs in the body of a word it may be indicated by disconnecting the following syllable. WRITING EXERCISE 7 Mr. Peningtn wen to Washingtn, and whil hanling somthing he nu not what, it begn flaming, roring, and poping, and the smok wen roling and windin in the air. WRITING EXERCISE Mis Laning has gon to Washingtn to visit frens. Mis Laning is a charming yunglady and maks many frens wherevr she gos. She wil visit the Whit Hous whil ther. She wil also go to a No. of othr leding sitys before koming horn. 16 BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND FIFTEENTH LESSON WRITING EXERCISE Nat, give me mi little ho and let me hit the kat whil she is eting that fat met. The boi kam horn from skul before I did, and when he saw me he ran out to met me, Inking as tho he was glad to se me. He sed his techr v;as going to the branch with him to fish fui pjf^'i. I aj'c3J if I i< il go and bring mi big blak dog to kep the kows way. READING EXERCISE -- ....... - ^^ ....... y ...... ..... ,j..rrTr7..^.,...,^x7. .. .// SIXTEENTH LESSON a small circle or. the natural side of a character at it* beginning to/ RE, ana on the unnatura. sids ending for RY LY, I'Y , >i I'.TV. The tirst letter following the RE si en sfiouid be writtei: on . BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND 17 WRITING EXERCISE Remernbr if you refus to resev the hors, I wil report you to the manly reportr. Pies resev the hors and sen reset to the komity. ...t. ........ .,...// WRITING EXERCIS^ Mr. Fred Read, Bearing, Mo. Dear Sir: We have just received your report of the reporter's meeting, and will publish it in our next paper. We are glad that the reporters realize the good that they can get out of these meetings. We will be pleased to receive reports from all over the country and will print anything on that line. Hoping to hear from you^again, we are, Yours truly, SEVENTEENTH LESSON A character may be retraced on the natural side to add ION, TION, CIAN, SIAN, TIOUS, CIOUS, CEOUS, SIOUS. TIAL, CIAL, etc., and on the unnatural side for IVE or TIVE. The retracings may be lengthened to add T, D or TH, and diminished to add L or LY. Other characters may be joined to the retracings. 18 BYUNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND WRITING EXERCISE The marshal was postiv in his motiv for slaping the fashionbl felo that livs in a mansion. You shud us kaution when you ar at the station specialy when ther is a tran in motion. WRITING EXERCISE f It is the marshal's fashion to arrest all men found in the jail yard. He cautioned them, but they would not pay any attention to him. He puts them to work on the streets through the fashionable portion of the city. These men have to work from six o'clock in the morning till seven in the evening. By this the streets are kept in good condition. EIGHTEENTH LESSON A minute M is used on the end of a character for MENT. WRITING EXERCISE Mr. J. F. Smith, irrhis statment, did not favr publik sentment. R. R. Krus, in his comment on the tretment of the statment of Dr. S. O. Bel, of Missouri, favrd the sentment spresd by Mr. T. C. Sno. ...(...^..rr> r.., ...r.. .\.. .i. ..fx./. BYRXE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND . 19 WRITING EXERCISE The statement made by Mr. L. F. Carter regarding the state depart- ment was very necessary at the time, as the appointment of a new board for the department was called for. There seemed to be no other way out of the trouble' It is believed that Mr. R. D. Cobb, Mr, E. E. H. Brown, and Mr. E. S. Moore will be appointed on the board. NINETEENTH LESSON WRITING EXERCISE The engine holds to the hard steel rail, and the train follows its noble master. Tfrewe not like the train, following the beaten paths of our ancestors? Do we not act from reason and thought? We are slow to exchaw^e the forked stick for the stael plow, the sickle for the reaper, the ox-cart for the lightning express. We act as our parents acted, we think as our parents thought, we vote as our parents voted. It takes a hero'** leave the beaten paths and strike out across uatrodden fields. As God's reason paints the ^lowj^r and the sunset, so man's reason must beautify. his life. Not only must reason beautify the"home in which the family lives, but it must beautify the soul itself. TWENTIETH LESSON Where two or more common wordX come together, they may be phrased by writing the first word in full on position and joining the initial letter of the next word to it, and the initial of the next word to this, and so on, striking a short straight line r. cross the last ^initial stroke. A simple and familiar phrase or *entence may be indicated by joining the first and last words together omitting the intervening words and striking a short, curved line across the last word. 20 BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND WRITING EXERCISE Mr. C. F. Smith, St. Lous, Mo. per Sr: Yor favr of the 12 to han, and kontns notd. Kan you be wr6h us on or bout the 20? If you wil be with us on this dat, we wil in- " vois the guds whil al of us ar her. It is our am to be redy for bisns by the 25. Hoping to her from you by return mal, we are. Yours truly, Mr. J. T. Byrne, Tyler, Texas. Dear Sir: Can you refer me to a good man to take charge of a book- keeping and business training department? Must be a willing worker and a good penman. Will pay a good salary to the right man. Wish him to begin work May first. You will confer a great favor by addressing the writer or forwarding this letter to the party to whom you would refer. Thanking you in advance for the favor asked, I am, Yours truly, BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND TWENTY-FIRST LESSON PREFIXES AND SIGNS Below is a short list of prefixes and the signs which may be used to represent thsm. These signs should be written so as to directly precede the latter part, of the word, which should be written on position. The student should thoroughly memorize this list. If some prefix with a long outline, not found in thi list, occurs often in your work, adopt a sign for it. Slin. Prefix. a accom, accoun. n-1 adminis. an ambi, aniphi. sr circum. k concom, concor. d discom-con-coun-cor. dis dissatis. e equi, equiv. en encom, encoun. enr encour. g govern. h hipo, hipot. in inac. ins indis, indus. i incom, incoun, incum. ir irrecon-coa. Sign. Prefix. \ m .... magnan-im. ms . . . .miscon. 6 n noncom-con . om .... omni-nip-nis-niv. p precon. q quad-ra-ri-ru. r recon-com-cog-cor-cum-coun. si self, self con. s sub, subcom-con. st substan. tr trans, transcon. un . uns. ur . us . . unac-com-coun. . undis. , . unrecom-con. . unsatis. WRITING EXERCISE T . F. Sea & Co., Memphis, Tenn. Gentlemen: You seem to misconstrue our statement regarding the circumference of the large wheel. We do not desire to discommode you. 22 BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SHORTHAND but if you can spare the time you had better come and examine the machine carefully. Yours truly, .-rrOi.. ..* -..x..^.......^... ._._... (V. ...C / x- , ^ -p H, '^^t ** ^ ** t ^ ^. ./. ^*tt*tt*~*it***> :. . rela-xation pro-hibil ..,/. '. con-fliction . 1 \^, ' ' retri-bution. . . .'.' ^.. . cor-rugate .^.. distri-bute /. dis-tinguish (J / up-brade y^*-. ' ' " ***& dis-tinguished ..|. prose-cute .., co-hesion dese-crate. . . . .) x\ in-herit ........... con-tera-plate ..... Sf. *n-flate ................... Irs . . . im-pulsive ................ /^ n-fraction ....... V<"> ...... . . . .pro-pulsion ..... .., ........ ap-parition ............... OO ade-quate ...... :.. ...... /(... vo-racious ....... . .^ ............ inade-quate ...... ^ fc-roclous ............... *^- un-queslioned ..... \ ...... SI . . com-pcnsate ..... ^- ..... ..... un-questioning. de-scribe ........ * ........ (^. .un-question ....... S ...... jt de-scribes ....... .. ........... discrimi-nate. . . . f. in-scription ^. -?. . .irrecog-nizable. ~ insti-tute V7 ., discon-tented /. ^l \J ob-struct -Xv . - . uncompli-metttary. . . .Y. ob-structed ^^ transconti-nental .// ob-structioii NJ. quadri lo .d . I . . . ./ . . j ~ |^ demon-strate . . . . (J. magaa -r.it... . ~x^ tcmp-tation ^ circum-t r.'a: . J| . . / ad-vantage //. superana c; ..- / desti-tution .(./... .coaster-nation (-^ . /n / "^ / i re&tl-tution .y/ bypoc-risy ./ .& magis-trate . ^ - . ir rccog-nizable ^^x en-thusiasm It/ aujphi-biaa //T. rcno-vate .ele-vate . . I/. . . BYRNE SIMPLIFIED SIK RTHAND 27 WRITING EXERCISE I will undertake to give you some information regarding the conver- sations and demonstrations of the irrecognizable, discontented jjctj- genarian. It is not uncomplimentary to say he was on the verge of super- annuation. He led a hypocritical, discontented life, and had no ambi- tion or aspirations for distinction or personal remuneration. His limited education was inadequate for composition that would attain fn-r.c to bo handed down to future generations. He once made a speech on combi- nations, and his explanations and classifications were nothing but a great conglomeration. SUGGESTIONS FOR PHRASING Any one of the following characters may be used for five different phrase signs, by placing them on one of the five vowel positions. The letters "H" and "A" are made alike, except one is struck up and the other down; therefore, when this character is used as a sign, it may be made either up or down on any one of the five positions. The "B-P, " "C-K," "D-Q," "E-S," and "T-U" characters may be used in the same manner; also F, G, I, J, L, M, N, O, R, W, and X. Make these characters conspicuous as a phrase sign by making them a little longer than the ordinary character. In court reporting, for the phrase, "What is your name," use "X" on "A" position; "Where do you live," "L" on "I" position; "Are you acquainted with defendant," "Q" on "A" position; "How long have you known him," "L" on "O" position, etc. If the stenographer will use good judgment in adopting signs for fa- miliar phrases, he can greatly increase his speed. Thoroughly memorize a phrase before using it in important work. Do not try to introduce too many phrases at once, but keep adding a new of.e from time to time as you find yourself thoroughly grounded in what you have already under- taken. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. AUG 4 1953 / 2 1 ( Form L9-25m-9,'47(A5618)444 UNIVERSITY ol AT LOS ANGELES LIBRARY Z56 ~B39s Byrne - 1912 Byrne si ^plified Shorthand 000 578 880 Z56 B99s 1912