# The Theory and Practice of Handwriting/Index

INDEX
* Actiology of scoliose, 86
* Alphabet, written, small letters, 95
* — — capital letters, 96
* Ancient and mediæval writing, 112
* Angles of slope in copy books, 26
* Argument against use of slates, 76
* Baginsky, Dr., on Spinal Curvature, 86
* Belgian cabinet edict, 27
* Blackboard, criticism of, 107–8
* — writing, 57, 61, 107, 108
* Blank copy books, minor objections to, 66
* — — — and class teaching, 71
* Blotting paper, necessity of, 80
* Body, hygienic position of, 82
* Bohemian School Board’s Instructions, 92
* Caligraphic merits of vertical writing, 39
* Caligraphy, qualities of good, 27
* Capitals (model alphabet of), 96
* Catalogue of recent works, 127
* “City Press” on writing, 8
* Class teaching, general instructions for, 109
* Classes of letters, details of, 97–100
* Classification of capitals, 103
* — — small letters, 96–7
* Compactness, 52
* — of vertical writing, 35
* Comparison of lengths of outlines, 33
* Congresses and Councils, 124
* Continent, decrees of Boards, etc., 123
* Continuity in writing, 51
* Copy books, kinds of, 56
* — — shapes of, 77
* — — writing specimens, 4, 40
* Defects of blank books summarised, 69
* Delusion of slope, 28
* Desks, kinds of, 74
* — widths of, 75
* “Detroit Free Press,” 9
* Diagram of eyes, 18, 87
* Diagrams of contrasts, 131
* — — legibility, 28–30
* — — lengths, 33
* — — positions, 16, 17
* Directions to writers, 110
* Diversity of positions, 127
* Drawing and writing, 68
* E, different forms of, 54
* Early Saxon handwriting, 112
* Ease in teaching, 36
* Economical merits of vertical writing, 39
* Economy in space, 34
* Educational merits of vertical writing, 39
* Elizabeth, Queen, writing of, 131
* Elizabethan period specimens, 132
* Enthusiasm in teaching, 106
* Example of non-continuity, 51
* Experiments in Vienna schools, 22
* Engraver’s hair line models, 55
* Fashion in writing, 12
* First English sloping alphabet, 116
* Focus, perfect in vertical writing, 18
* German alphabets, two, 22
* — cabinet, edict of, 27
* — handwriting, 111
* Government instructions, 31
* Handwriting and hygiene, 26
* Headline copy books, 56
* Heights of long letters, 54
* History of vertical writing, 111
* How to write, 110
* Hygienic defects of sloping writing, 14, 158
* — merits of vertical writing, 38
* Imperfect models, 58
* Ink, quality of, 79
* Inspectors, etc., 125
* Irregular models, 62
* Italian style, introduced, 111
* Javal, Dr., 14, 19, 120
* Jolly, Inspector, 77
* Junction of letters, 51
* King, G. B., on continuity, 51
* Legibility of writing, 27
* Leibrich, Dr., statements by, 157
* Locke’s system, 105
* Long letters, lengths of, 54
* Lorenz, Professor A., opinion, 22
* Minimum of imitation, 68
* Models or copies, 60
* Movement on Continent, 118, 119
* Mulhauser’s method, 104
* Multum in parvo, 110
* Myopia and sloping writing, 19, 87
* — — blackboard copies 67
* Nelson, Lord, writing of, in two styles, 133
* Norman handwriting, 111
* Nuremburg, lecture at, 142
* Ophthalmology and vertical writing, 19
* Ornamental penmanship, 94
* Orthopædics and vertical writing, 22
* Other merits of vertical writing, 37
* Pens and penholders, 80
* Perpendicular writing in schools, 142
* Position in vertical writing, 16, 17
* — of copy books, 84
* — — the pen, 90
* Qualities of good writing, 27
* Reproduction of pupils’ copies, 59
* R, variations in form of, 53
* Report of Vienna Commission, 19
* Resolution of London Congress, 18
* Reuss, Professor A., opinion of, 19
* Revival of vertical writing, 117
* S, different forms of, 54
* Scharff, Dr., Flensberg, 151
* Schenk, Dr., on scoliosis, 86
* Scholars’ writing, specimens of, 134
* Schubert, Dr., experiments of, 48
* — — his researches, 23
* — — lecture by, 142
* “Secretary” letters or alphabet, 116
* Seidl, Miss Caroline, letter of, 121
* Shapes of certain letters, 53
* Shortsighted pupils, 67
* Shortsightedness, 157
* Size of writing, 48
* Slates, evils of, 76
* – use of, 76
* Sloping writing, specimens of, 4, 131
* Smith, Dr. Noble, statement by, 158
* Specialists and educationists, 124
* Specimens of vertical writing, 40
* Speed of vertical writers, 32, 34, 153
* — — writing, 31
* Spinal curvature and sloping writing, 19, 86, 158
* Table of merits of vertical writing, 38
* Teacher’s objection, 21
* Temporary models, 65
* Thickness of writing, 50
* Tritton, Mr., at the Mansion House, 8
* Ungraded Models, 64
* Varying angles of slope, 26
* Vertical writing, a specific, 14
* — — revival of, 117
* Vienna, Council, 154
* Whole-arm movement, 49
* Writer’s cramp, 38, 50
* Writing and drawing, 68
* – – Hygiene, 10
* — as it now is, 1
* — of teachers, 60, 72
* Western Union Telegraph Operators, 31