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" M 2West45thStreet NewVl ISAAC TI SONS, film , i i BRI EF C OU R SE IN ISA A C PITMA N SHORT HA ND BR IEF CO URSE IN ISA A C PIT MA N SHORT HA N D ’ An Expo s ition Of the Autho r s System Of Pho no graphy A rrange d in TWENTY - SEVEN LESSONS NEW YORK ISAA P A NS T P D C ITM N 8: SO , HE HONOGRAPHI C EPOT 2 WEST 4 5TH STREET AND AT L BATH AND MELB O RNE ONDON , , U C PYRI G T 14 RY I AA C P MAN O H , 19 , S rr dz SO NS THIS NEW A ND REV IS ED EDITI ON or IS AA C ’ PITMAN S SYSTEM O F SHORTHA ND IS THE E NCLU SIVE COPY RIGHT OF ISAA C PrTMA N SONS N THE UN E ST A ES OE A ME CA A ND , I IT D T RI E B T S EMP E A S wELL AS N A LL COUN TH RI I H IR , I ES NCLU E N E BE NE C ONV EN ON TRI I D D I TH R TI , AND IT WILL B E A N I NPRI N C EME NT or SUCH COPY RIGHT I r MA T TER PROM IT B E REPRODUCED IN A NY PUB LICA TION WITHOUT W RIT TEN PER MISSION . THE DEV ICE WHICH A PPEA RS ON THE COV ER AN D THE F A CSIMILE SIGNATURE ARE THE S UB JEC T or PROTECTION UNDER THE TRA DE MA RK LAW S or THE UNITED STATES or AMERI CA A ND I THE B RITISH EMP RE . Printed by J. J. Little Ives C o. New Y ork City PREFACE “ ” HE Brief Course has been planned to meet the de mands Of the evening s chool student and teacher Of h n f rm r r s nt m n inter tin short a d. The o e p e e s a y es g r m Fir t : f m and diffi cult p oble s . s he is O a studious and a f Secondl : h e th s ub ect for bitions turn O mind. y e s eks e j r n Thir : t nti some sp ecial easo . dly his ince ve keeps him u o hi t itch of r F hl buoyed p t the ghes p endeavo . ourt y: not r r how r li t c ion unless he es p og ess , eve S gh , at ea h ses s , he n it lto t r soon loses interest in the subject a d drop s a ge he . Las tly : he presents to the instructor the most diffi cult Of t chin roblems since in a reat ma orit of ins tances ea g p , , g j y , ’ r d n he comes to s chool unp ep are for the eveni g s work. ’ Coming from a day s labor p ermitting of very little or no r tion he brin to his ni htl tudi mind b no p epara , gs g y s es a y n m r on t r ui mea s the ost imp ess i able or pliant. I eq res a teacher of keen sympathy and considerable magnetism to ’ t ch vi alize the evening s task, to crys tallize it into su form that even the tired mind may become energized suffi ciently to cull the maximum ofprofit from the combined efforts Of h r and s tu n teac e de t. To enable the ins tructor and pupil to attain this deside r f atum, the ollowing features of the Brief Course have been introduced : 1 In several inst ces ex lanatio Of rinci l an , p ns p p es have b n m i ee a lifi d d t o ed im lifi . p e , an , is h p , s p ed 2. The exercises illustrative Of each principle have been consid r T r in n e ably shortened. his will permit of a mo e te sive f r furth r study o the principle underdiscussion . Fo e 275 05 6 I vi PREFACE . practice or dictation matter the Shorthand Writing Exer ” E ion T t is in i n l c is es and xaminat es s d sp e s ab e . f o ics uch as ward and D 3 . A number O t p , s Up ownward ffi Fi PT fix ur c . L and R, e es , Su xes , g es , et , are introduced as early in the work as was thought to be comp atible with the ’ f One r fix and n pupil s knowledge O the s ubj ect. p e o e suffix are s tudied with the Halving Principle ; another prefix and n x a other suffix are studied with the ne t topic . This is con tinn t n tak n u . Thus no ed un il all have bee e p , t only are th r mor r idl bu wid e p inciples learned e ap y, t a er choice Of m dictation atter is ins ured . x d in l 4 . Shorthand reading e ercis es an bus ess etters in lon hand ar introduced as a ste in - stone to th dev lo g e pp g e“ e p m f I i nn i n ent o speed . n th s co ect o the us e Of Practice Letters for Beginners in Shorthand will prove highly us e i ] n . A rapid mas tery Of the principles Of the Is aac Pitman sys tem Of Phonography without any sacrifice Of thorough or T o in nes s is the aim Of this w k. h ugh tended primarily for use in the evening s chools where such exac ting condi tio t it i ncerel ho d that oth r c Of t ns exis , s si y pe e lass es s u dents will find their inspiration to successful attainment in “ ” this Brief Course .