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 MANUAL 
 
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 A SYSTEM OF BRIEF WRITING BY SYLLABIC CHARAC- 
 TERS, BASED ON THE COMMON ALPHABET, AND 
 WRITTEN ACCORDING TO THE SOUNDS 
 OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE. 
 
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 isUr. 
 
 BY 
 
 JAMES SIMSON, P.S.S.A., 
 
 GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE SCOTTISH SHORTHAND ASSOCIATION. 
 
 Systematically prepared for the use of Board Schools, 
 Public Classes, &c. 
 
 THIRD EDITION. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 THE Author considers no apology necessary in issuing a Third 
 Edition of Syllabic Shorthand. As noticed in the Preface to 
 the Second Edition of the system, the First Edition of 500 
 copies, published in September 1883, was exhausted in six 
 months ; while the fact has now to be noted that, notwith- 
 standing the publication of a Second Edition of 2000 copies in 
 May 1884, a Third Edition is now called for. 
 
 In compliance with the request of numerous friends and 
 writers of the system, the Author has discarded lithographic 
 work in favour of engraved shorthand type. More justice has 
 thus been done to the beauty and symmetry of the system ; 
 while, owing to the clearness of the characters, the work of the 
 Shorthand Student is rendered all the more easy. An addi- 
 tional advantage in this Edition is to be found in the fact that 
 the whole system is comprehended in one, instead of being 
 spread over several books ; and the complete class-book now 
 published is probably one of the cheapest and highly finished 
 of any Shorthand system ever presented to the public. 
 
 The Manual may be used either with or without a teacher. 
 Should further and more extended exercises be required, they 
 may be found in the Scottish Shorthand Journal, or be had on 
 application to the Author. 
 
 ]. S. 
 LONDON, December 1885. 
 
[COPYRIGHT.] * 
 
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 "The pen of a ready writer," 
 
 PSALMS XLV. i. 
 
 SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 INTRODUCTORY. 
 
 IN commencing the study of Syllabic Shorthand the Student 
 will only find himself face to face with 26 letters, given in the 
 order of the ordinary alphabet, which, either in their primary 
 or secondary forms, fully represent all the sounds of the lan- 
 guage. To each sound, moreover, there is but one fixed sign, 
 whereas in Pitman's and other systems there are as a rule from 
 two to four signs for each sound. In Syllabic Shorthand all the 
 alphabetic signs are thin strokes or curves, and owing to this 
 characteristic the system possesses powers which cannot be 
 utilised in an alphabet of alternate thick and thin characters. 
 
 The system partakes more of the script than the geo- 
 metrical element, a great preponderance of the alphabetic signs 
 being on the slope of the ordinary writing; for instance, 
 ^/ f //(_/$ etc. The thorough blending of the 
 script with the geometrical elenlent tends to greater facility in 
 writing, and in any given passage it will be found that at least 
 7 5 per cent, of the characters take the easy slope to the right 
 
 5 
 
SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 In dispensing with detached vowel signs, a distinct ad- 
 vance is made on other systems. Vowels may be joined to 
 consonants in full as in 3 ma, V^ pa, x"~}> low ; or may 
 be indicated by the size of the consonant, e.g. Vowel follow- 
 ing, _^ By, S tie; vowel preceding, I in X it. 
 When no other vowel is written J may be understood. 
 
 It is a generally accepted fact that a thickened stroke 
 is more difficult cf formation than a thin one, and that a 
 lengthened stroke requires more effort than one of normal 
 size. The next step to be taken by the student is consequently 
 a very natural one, viz., that the extra effort required in thick- 
 ening and lengthening implies the addition of a coalescent 
 letter to the primary character, as for instance V_ pr, 
 V^ sp thickening indicating r following and lengthening s 
 preceding. To add coalescent ? , primary thickened curves 
 (in connection with which alone this coalescent is required) 
 are slightly deepened, e.g., \^ pry. 
 
 Positional writing, and that to a very slight extent, is 
 
 only used in the .first or corresponding style of the system, and 
 
 then to indicate medial vowels or secondary consonants, e.g., 
 
 .ITT. made, ..:.. name. In the reporting style positional 
 
 writing may be entirely dispensed with. 
 
SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 It should be carefully noted that except in very particu- 
 lar words the vowels are never written in full in the reporting 
 style, but the position being always indicated the outlines of 
 words represented may easily be deciphered. This rule is 
 applied from the earliest stages of the system in connection 
 with the alphabetic characters and their modifications, the 
 simplest signs being in all cases given to the most frequently 
 recurring words, so that thus in the course of the first few 
 lessons the student has at his command over 300 familiar and 
 naturally formed words, each written with one dash of the 
 pen. 
 
 The rules of the system are few and easily remembered, 
 and there being no exceptions, the whole theory may be 
 acquired in half-a-dozen lessons of less than an hour each It 
 has been satisfactorily tested that the system may be learnt and 
 practised with freedom in from three to six weeks, while a 
 speed of 1 50 words per minute has actually been attained in 
 reporting practice within fhree months. 
 
SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 Alphabetic Chart. 
 
 Letter 
 represented 
 
 Shorthand 
 sign 
 
 Sound 
 
 As in 
 
 Letter 
 represented 
 
 Shorthand 
 sign 
 
 Sound 
 
 As in 
 
 A 
 
 * 
 
 ah 
 
 fall 
 
 N 
 
 I 
 
 en 
 
 men 
 
 B 
 
 > 
 
 bee 
 
 by 
 
 O 
 
 O 
 
 oh 
 
 mole 
 
 C 
 
 ( 
 
 chay 
 
 chair 
 
 P 
 
 ^- 
 
 pee 
 
 poor 
 
 D 
 
 ^~ 
 
 dee 
 
 dear 
 
 a 
 
 
 
 kway 
 
 quey 
 
 E 
 
 
 
 ee 
 
 deer 
 
 i 
 
 \ 
 
 ar 
 
 rare 
 
 F 
 
 - 
 
 ef 
 
 fear 
 
 ^ ' 
 
 / 
 
 es 
 
 soon 
 
 G 
 
 "S 
 
 gay 
 
 give 
 
 T 
 
 / 
 
 tee 
 
 town 
 
 H 
 
 / 
 
 hay 
 
 how 
 
 U 
 
 o 
 
 eu 
 
 use 
 
 I 
 
 \ 
 
 ay 
 
 high 
 
 V 
 
 W 
 
 vee 
 
 view 
 
 J 
 
 ) 
 
 ;ay 
 
 jam 
 
 W 
 
 6- 
 
 way 
 
 will 
 
 K 
 
 r 
 
 kay 
 
 cow 
 
 X 
 
 C 
 
 ex 
 
 axe 
 
 L 
 
 x-x 
 
 el 
 
 law 
 
 Y 
 
 C 
 
 yea 
 
 year 
 
 M 
 
 
 
 em 
 
 man 
 
 Z 
 
 3 
 
 zee 
 
 zeal 
 
 DIPHTHONGS. 
 
 ff ffi as in boy ; ovu as in COW. 
 
CHART II. Indication of Vowels, Coalescent Letters, &c. 
 
 Con- 
 
 sonants. 
 
 Vo- 
 preced- 
 ing. 
 
 eel 
 follow- 
 ing. 
 
 T 
 
 follow- 
 ing. 
 
 i 
 
 follow- 
 ing. 
 
 * 
 
 preced- 
 ing. 
 
 s preced. 
 
 & r fol- 
 
 lowing. 
 
 8 preced. 
 & f fol- 
 lowing. 
 
 t or rf 
 follow- 
 ing. 
 
 r pre- 
 ced- 
 ing. 
 
 B 
 
 j 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 v) 
 
 ^/ 
 
 y 
 
 J 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 C(Ck\... 
 
 ( 
 
 ( 
 
 ( 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 ( 
 
 
 c 
 
 . ..c.. 
 
 D 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 x ^ 
 
 
 ^- 
 
 ...y..... 
 
 
 V, 
 
 
 F. ,. .. 
 
 
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 ^ 
 
 v ; 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 ^^ 
 
 v / 
 
 
 
 G 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 Ql 
 
 ">* 
 
 S 
 
 -N 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 H. ;.. 
 
 
 f 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 / 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 / 
 
 j 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 S 
 
 ^ 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 
 K 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 <: 
 
 r 
 
 ^ 
 
 f- 
 
 O 
 
 r 
 
 
 L. . .. 
 
 ../O .. 
 
 ^_^ 
 
 
 
 ^s 
 
 ^_^^ 
 
 
 
 
 M. 
 
 
 _ 
 
 MM* 
 
 
 
 
 
 _ 
 
 
 N, 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 P 
 
 
 V. 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 ;C 
 
 \ 
 
 ( , 
 
 
 s. 
 
 Q 
 
 
 Q- 
 
 (2 
 
 
 $ 
 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 
 R 
 
 \ 
 
 \ 
 
 \ 
 
 
 \ 
 
 \ 
 
 
 \ 
 
 \ 
 
 S 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 T.. 
 
 ^, 
 
 / 
 
 / 
 
 
 / 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 
 V 
 
 ....V 
 
 w 
 
 
 
 V / 
 
 v, ; 
 
 
 v 
 
 || 
 
 W 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 (s 
 
 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 c* 
 
 ^ 
 
 F. 
 
 
 c 
 
 c 
 
 
 
 
 
 c 
 
 
 Z 
 
 D 
 
 D 
 
 
 
 3s 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ' 
 
 ' 
 
 Double Letters, Prefixes, and Affixes 
 
 Wh. 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 Th.. . 
 
 c. 
 
 r 
 
 r 
 
 - 1 
 
 r 
 
 d 
 
 
 c 
 
 c 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Con or Com /"7; s?' ing ; tion /a \ ment or mend -. 
 
SYLLABI Q SHORTHAND. 
 
 SECTION L 
 
 i. THE ALPHABET. Practise the Alphabet carefully and 
 frequently giving each sign its fixed sound as In the preceding 
 chart until it is thoroughly committed to memory. Make the 
 consonants about an eighth of an inch in length, particularly 
 
 noting the slope of the following letters: ^^ T is written at 
 an angle of 45 degrees ; s inclines some 20 degrees more to the 
 perpendicular, and d 20 degrees to the horizontal. Z?, d, k, /, and 
 x are written in an upward direction : c y g, h^j^ n,p, y, r, j, TV,?, 
 and x downward ; f, /, m, and v from left to right. T may be 
 written down when in that direction it effects a more convenient 
 joining with d and other consonants ; and when most convenient, 
 half-size s and n may be written up, and 3, </, z/ } and x down. 
 
 2. NORMAL CONSONANTS. All consonants of the normal 
 Or alphabetic si?e indicate a vowel following, e.g. ^/ by / 
 "sigh the vowel i being understood and all silent and redundant 
 letters omitted. Taking all the consonants after which a vowel 
 can be indicated, the following familiar words may be formed : 
 J By, ^- do, v^, fee, ~^ go, / he, ) joy, /"" 
 
 key, ,^-v law, me, my, | no, Vs - pie, (/ 
 
 \ rue, / so, x-^ to, \^j vie, / we, (^ yea. 
 
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SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 3- HALF SIZE CONSONANTS. Half size consonants indi- 
 cate a vowel preceding, as in / is, 1 in. The following 
 words may be formed as in the preceding exercise : -/ Ebb, 
 
 ( each, -- aid, add, -" if, \ egg, ) age, (~ 
 ache, s~^ all, am, I in, on, V. up, \ are, or, / is., as, 
 / at, it w eve,, (^ axe. 
 
 4. VOWEL AND CONSONANT JOININGS. The whole alpha- 
 bet may be written without lifting the pen, thus ^ 
 
 In the following exefcise secondary vowels are indicated by a 
 slight thickening ; ^ Bah, ^/ bay, ^s bow, ^ boy, 
 ^^ day, ^~ ' dome, - P foe, ^P few, v^_0_ foam, j 
 gay, "\ gain, "^ gone, i Jim, ^ John, /"*> quo' Co., 
 "^ limb, ^ lone, ^ wrote, ^_ room, <A soul, l~. 
 sill, ^^toll, & woe. 
 
 5. WORDS formed by vowels 2 ^ Ah /? ye, \ U 
 
 o h O y u - 
 
 Transcribe the following into ordinary longhand : f o O 
 /?> 0.\ /7 
 
 A X / 
 
 ii 
 
SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 Pa - pa quo' a good wee boy, 
 r..(will) o -S - i I Cx 
 
 c t> L ^ v, , 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 6. POSITIONAL WRITING. Normal consonants written 
 above the line indicate a consonant (generally n) following: 
 , 7**\ . Been, (. chime, r^T^ done, ^~^. for, "^ give-n, . /. . 
 Jesus, t '/y can, come, ^"^. Lord, "77. man, .'. name, ^f. 
 pen, happy, ^/ Queen, \ rather, / sign, Cs^ onfe. 
 
 7 HALF-SIZE consonants above the line indicate h orw pre- 
 ceding : ( Which, much, "T! . half, .<~. walk, ^. will, T. . 
 him ,V. hope, / has, his, ^. have, f7 . wax, ; . . was. 
 
 8. Above the line the following vowels and diphthongs 
 have a consonant preceding or following: Of, off, who, 
 
 ^ how 
 
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SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 9. When a vowel both precedes and follows a single con- 
 sonant the first one is written in full : Any, (^ abbey, 
 
 c alley. 
 
 lo. 
 
 . DlSYLLABLES : _-7 Beauty, /^ dolly, ^ folly, 
 I many, V^ penny, 0~~ roomy, N rainy, ^^~~ Tommy, 
 Johnny, 
 
 Transcribe the following exercise : 
 
 ... x ^ i . c 
 
 Come weal or woe, hope on, I say, 
 .i.tnot)/ ^\ 
 
 - ) i C? 6/ ^ ..'.- 6 
 SECTION III. 
 
 1 1 COALESCENT CONSONANTS. Consonants of normal size, 
 when thickened, have r following, e.g >- pry, r cry , and 
 thickened curves, when slightly deepened, have 1 following, as in 
 C, ply When a vowel precedes it is written in full, as in \ 
 
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SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 error ; and when the coalescent character is written on the line 
 the vowel is understood to follow . _*S Bray, " dry, draw, 
 "> ' fry, very "^ grey, /^~ cry, S^ pray, pry, ^ try, 
 true. 
 
 ' Blow, {J fly, O clue, Lx 7 play. 
 
 12 MEDIAL VOWELS. Thickened consonants when written 
 above the line have a medial vowel indicated, as in _s bear , \ 
 chair , *^ Dr., dear ; ^~^. fear, from ; "^ gear, great , / jeer, 
 jury ; /^Christ, care ; *^" "^ letter ; ~~~~ Mr, more , / nor, near ; 
 y^ peer, power , / sir ; ^ tear, truth ; (^ were 
 
 C- year, your ; J zero , ^ Bill , V^ fill, evil ; ^ glad, 
 glory ; O called , Cx pill, 
 
 13 DOUBLE SIZE CONSONANTS. Double consonants, 
 
 V 
 whether light or thickened, have a preceding, as in x spy, ^^ 
 
 stay In accordance with paragraph 11., when the characters are 
 written on the line the vowel is understood to follow / shy, 
 
 she , /" sky , x "~~~Xsly ; 
 
 snow : X.^ spy 
 
 n 
 
 / squa 
 
 V^ /sway ,f^ screw ; V.^ spray , ^^ stray. 
 
 stay , 
 
 14 As in paragraph 12, medial vowels, are indicated when 
 the characters are above the line 
 
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SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 ~ - - sob ; \ such ; r-T".""^ said ; ''' safe, save ; 
 
 ; J 
 
 signify ; / wish, shall ; J sage ; /" seek, sake ; 
 
 soul , some, same ; 
 
 :V sap. 
 
 sin, seen : V sap, special ; 
 
 sire ; / cease ; ^ sit : \ sex ; / size, seize ; 
 ^/ sober ; 1 searcher ; ^^^sadder , v * ^-^safer, saviour ; 
 \ signature ; / sure, short ; J sager ; / seeker, sacred ; 
 /^"^^ailor, slur ; ______ summer ; I sinner, sooner . \^ 
 
 supper, spirit ; //squire ^/swear , \^/ sable ; ( sickle; 
 ( spell, supply. 
 
 15 EXERCISE FOR TRANSCRIPTION. 
 1~>S Last ' summer o wrote / Lucy 
 
 (home') .^.(wltJi) J / 
 
 ( . f 
 
 .V.. O^'^ '^goodjX' X ! s """ .-.(him) / \ .'..(much) 
 
 SECTION IV. 
 
 16 COALESCENTS (continued! Consonants reduced to 
 one half the normal size and thickened have i or d following, e.g. 
 
SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 t etched. When written on the line the vowel is understood 
 to precede. 
 
 J Ebbed ; ( etched ; - aided ; ^> after, oft ; 
 
 / 
 
 aged, f ached ; ^ ailed, old ; aimed ; | and ; V> 
 apt, aped ; / is it, as it ; / at it ; / eased ; 3 oozed. 
 
 ABOVE THE LINE. .<*. but ; V chat, cheat , /^ did, 
 debt ; .*"[ . fed ; ..^.. God, good ; on line/- , "\ getting * 
 
 / had ; jet ; /. . could ; "^. . led ; ~ made, 
 
 meeting; ... not; ... . put, paid; ' t quite, quiet : 
 reading ; \ writing (on line) ; .. taught : ^ would ; < 
 yet.. 
 
 1 8 Consonants reduced to one fourth the normal size and 
 thickened have r preceding, thus J orb, c arch, ^ argue, 
 ) urge ; f ark ; * earl ; - arm ; f earn, 
 s art. 
 
 ABOVE THE LINE . . . herb ; ... word ; ... work ; 
 large-r ; ... world ; ... warm., harm ; -worn 
 
 harp. 
 
 19 SYLLABIC SIGNS The following are amongst the most 
 
 necessary signs C z/A, as in with ; ^ thy as in thy : 
 
 C/ why, as in why ; f^ con or compend ; /J ing as 
 
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SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 in \j knowing ; ment or tnend, as in ailment, /^v ... 
 compend S /& tion or sion as in fe mention; definite 
 
 article x ^ expressed by reducing t to a mere tick. Most 
 of the above pass thro' the same modifications as the alphabetic 
 signs. 
 
 20 Disyllables and Trisyllables f whereby ; ^~^ 
 wherefore ; V wherever ; ^^ - whatever , '7 whatsoever ; 
 
 v~>_.x therefore ; // nothing ; ZI? something ; \^^ 
 jt */ s 
 
 thereby;/" ^ continue ; /^~~ continuation; /iL. cem- 
 
 mandment ; ^^ ^whispering ;/^ scholarly ;l ^insular ; 
 
 - ^- simplify , V^r^ practise N^^ _^/ persevere. 
 
 SECTION V. 
 
 21 Where secondary or obscure consonants are found to 
 interfere with the Syllabic element they may be left understood, 
 
 thus c ^_ number, *^"^ stamped, - ^- .^ celestial, \^\ 
 
 certainly, / N singular (~^ Cahdnism ^^) reasonable 
 
 y charger | inventor '^^ translator, _J// bank- 
 
 ruptcy ^-^ bankrupt central. 
 
 22 In accordance with the preceding rule the aspirate may 
 
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SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 be left out of many words to suit convenience of outline, as in 
 
 ; i^ 
 
 > - 
 
 Shorthand -/ underhand L, annihilate U ; i^ unhealthy . 
 
 unholy. 
 
 23 To preserve lineal writing practise the alternate " up 
 and down " motion as in longhand, e.g., sf ^7 "^ / -^ <-/ 
 "It is by no means so bad as that." In pursuance of the same 
 object avoid going more than one remove above or below the line 
 ../. .... V^> /^^~7 " as ' l ' s not P r P er to do so." To further 
 facilitate swift writing tr and dr (up) may be written light, 
 but slightly larger than the normal size ^-^^^/r, distinguished from 
 the other sizes thus -^ //, ^ to s tr s j/ / i/r 
 
 24 PREFIXES AND AFFIXES. A whole syllable may be 
 expressed by the initial letter of the syllable when detached-- 
 
 Q thyself O/ themselves / yourself ; '"/ Lord- 
 
 / y^T^ 
 
 ship [sf worship/^^steamship 
 
 25 The Scotch guttural, as in loch^ is expressed by the 
 sign for ch \ . 
 
 SECTION VI. 
 
 26 Phraseography is simply the joining of familiar words 
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SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 in easily-connected groups or phrases The following consist of 
 grouped logograms, and many more may be formed in the same 
 manner / < _S by the 9 by a l> and the k and a ; 
 
 tOofa; *-t if the fr as the ; u lam; I I may; 
 
 ^ I will ; sf it is ; ,s to the L as my ^ it 
 
 may / , it may not ; ^/ so that J is that ; &^ 
 
 you can ; crvXyou will be , ^ as a ; / as the ; / as it ; is it ; 
 
 / 
 / as is ; as it is ; \/ in the j h in a ; V? or a ; V 
 
 *'/',-'/ S / 
 
 or the ; / shall the shall be ; 2s should be ; s 
 
 shall not C_^ there is C th^at 
 
 27-<In phrasing "of may be omitted, as in House of 
 
 S^ 
 
 Lords {? ^jHouse of Commons ff ; Houses of Parliament 
 
 28 Phrases may be formed in two ways, viz., x ^^ it ' s 
 a good day ; or, *^7 ^ Syllabic Shorthand. The latter style 
 is particularly reserved for two important words coming together, 
 and which may easily be recognised by striking the first syllable of 
 the second word thro" the sign representing the first word 
 
 *r* Temperance Society /f Sheriff Court 
 
 /- ^/ 
 Established Church ; f\ ' Church of Scotland 
 
 Free Church. 
 
 29 W may be written small for convenience in joining, as 
 19 
 
SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 in S weary ; j wander Before curves <$ ^ Willy 6 
 
 Walker Before upward strokes full-size without an angle, 
 
 x*- 
 
 wisdom. 
 
 30 In phraseography, positional writing has to be dis- 
 pensed with, as also throughout the full reporting style. 
 
 READING EXERCISE. 
 In the beginning was the Word ; And the Word 
 
 '.; C . > v * ^ ^ ~ . * V 
 
 ^ c ^ , , _ ^ (s _ ^/- _ , 
 
 3 ) ' O ^> 
 
 > _ (/ - <= 3 ^ / / 1_ 
 
 
 WRITING EXERCISE. 
 
 PHRASEOGRAMS ARE INDICATED BY A HYPHEN. 
 
 Fingal, Jike-a beam from Heaven, stood in-the midst of-his 
 people His heroes gather aronhd him, and-he sends forth-the 
 voice of-his power : Raise my standards on high Spread them on 
 
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SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 Lena's wind, like-the flames of-an hundred hills. Let-them sound 
 on-the winds of Erin, and remind us of-the fight. Ye sons of-the 
 roaring streams, that pour from-a thousand hills, be near to-the 
 King of Morven, attend to-the words of-his power. Gaul, strongest 
 arm of death ! O, Oscar of-the future fights ; Connal, son of-the blue 
 blades of Lora ; Dermid of-the dark-brown hair ; and Ossian, king 
 of many songs, be near your father's arm. We reared the sunbeam 
 of battle the standard of-the king. Each hero's soul exulted with 
 joy, as, waving, it flew on-the wind. It-was studded with gold 
 above, as the blue, wide shell of-the mighty sky. Each hero had 
 his standard, too, and each his gloomy men. Behold, said the 
 King of generous shells, how Lochlin divides on Lena. They 
 stand like broken clouds on-the hill, or-an half-consumed grove of 
 oaks when-we see the sky passing through its branches and-the 
 meteor passing behind ! The people of-their country fell, for 
 bloody were-the blue blades of-the race of-my heroes. But-I-am 
 sad, forlorn, and blind, and no-more-the companion of heroes. 
 Give, lovely maid, to-me thy tears, for-I have seen-the tombs of-all 
 my-friends. 
 
SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 THE PAUPER'S DEATH 
 (" FROM LOVED AND LOST ") 
 
 Draw nigh 
 
 I 0> X_ 
 
 tread lightly, and you'll see a pauper die 
 
 C 
 
 
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SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 READING EXERCISE. 
 
 LORD BEACONSFIELD'S MAIDEN SPEECH. 
 
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SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 WRITING EXERCISE. 
 
 " DEATH," BY BLAIR. 
 
 Children of men, it is well-known to you that you are all a 
 mortal race. Death is the law of your nature, the tribute of your 
 being, the duty which you are all bound to pay. On these terms 
 you received life that you should be ready to give it up when 
 Providence calls you to make room for others, who, in like manner, 
 when their time is come, shall follow you. He who is unwilling 
 to submit to Death when Heaven decrees it deserves not to have 
 lived. You may as reasonably complain that you did not live 
 before the time appointed for your coming into the world, as 
 lament that you are not to live longer when the period for quitting 
 it has arrived. What Divine Providence hath made necessary 
 human prudence ought to comply with cheerfully. Submit at any 
 rate you must, and is it not better to follow of your own accord 
 than to be dragged reluctantly and by force ? What privilege 
 have you to plead, and what reason to urge, why you should 
 possess an exemption from the common doom ? But you are 
 mortal and perishing. Cities, states, and empires have their 
 periods set, the proudest monuments of human art moulder into 
 dust, even the works of Nature wax old and decay. In the midst 
 of this universal tendency to change can you expect that to your 
 frame alone a permanency should be given. All that have gone 
 before you have submitted to the stroke of Death ; all who come 
 after you shall undergo the same fate. The great and the good, 
 the prince and the peasant, the renowned and the obscure, travel 
 alike the road which leads to the grave. At the moment when 
 you expire, thousands throughout the world shall with you be 
 yielding up their breath. 
 
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SYLLABIC SHORTHAND 
 
 READING EXERCISE. 
 EXTRACT FROM "OssiAN. 1 
 
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SYLLABIC SHORTHAND. 
 
 WRITING EXERCISE. 
 
 LORD BEACONSFIELD'S MAIDEN SPEECH. 
 
 I trust the House will extend to me that gracious indulgence 
 which is usually allowed to one who solicits its attention for the 
 first time. I have, however, had sufficient experience of the critical 
 spirit which pervades the House to know and to feel how much I 
 stand in need of that indulgence an indulgence of which I will 
 prove myself to be not unworthy, by promising not to abuse it. 
 
 Now, why smile ? Why envy me ? . . . I am not at all 
 surprised at the reception which I have experienced. I have 
 begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded 
 at last. / will sit down now ; but the time will come when you 
 will hear me ! 
 
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