The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-04 00:00:00

JUst published, in boards, 6vo, with four Lithographic Plates,
Price 2s. 61.,

COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF
lA_ SHORT-HAND. By I'. C. FosT►:R,.Professional
Shod-Hand Writer, and Reporter for the LIVERPOOL
STANDARD.

London: •WHITTA KER and Co. Liverpool: STANDARD
Office, and MAnpLas. Manchester: SowLan, and all
Booksellers.

OPINIONS OF rIJIE PRESS

"This system of Short-hand will be found one of the most
complete that has ever been issued from the press—indeed,
we may say the most complete. Utility and simplicity are
the main objects which the author has kept in view. A per-
fect mastei y of the instructions which Mr. Foster has given,
will enable any one to take down terbatim, the words of the
must rapid speaker. Nor is this the only advantage which
will accrue from an acquaintance with this system, the faci-
lity with which the notes may be afterwards read is a consi-
deration of very great importance. The alphab,!tical cha-
racters have the recommendation of extreme simplicity.
The signs for combination of letters, and the arbitraries, or
marks for words, will be found highly conducive to expedi-
tion in writing. In this department the author has been
eminently successful. To Ladies or Gentlemen who may
wish to master the useful art of stenography, we can cordi-
ally recommend this work, by which a student of ordinary
ability, especially if a quick writer, may be enabled in a very
short time to take down literal reports of sermons and speeches.
We may add, that the professional' short-hand writer may
also derive much instruction from this compendium.—Liver-
pool Standard.
"This is an exceedingly clever, instructive, and well writ-
ten production. Generally speaking, works on stenography
are nut sufficiently entertaining and attractive to obtain -nu-
mer,,us readers; but we will do Mr. Foster the justice to say,
that be has thrown much that is highly-interestiug in his
" plain instructions," and has vet y happily blended the enter-
taining with the useful. Our author's principal object ap-
pears to he to instruct the uninitiated; but we think his work
will prove valuable in many respects even to those whose
profession it is to practise the art. Of course his system must
in a great measure, partake of those previously in existence,
but as regards the distinctness and decision of his vowel cha-
racters, it is superior to any we have seen. His examples
and illustrations are also exceedingly good, and the various
lessons are given with a plainness and perspicuity which
must greatly facilitate the learner's progress. In short, to
all who are anxious to obtain a speedy and accurate know-
ledge of the art of stenography, we earnestly recommend the
work."—Manchester Courier.

" We are of opinion that the last essay on stenography
must almost of necessity be the best, and that the person most
qualified to treat of it is a practical reporter. Mr. Foster's
enthusiastic admiration of the art, has, we think, led him a
little too far; but it by no means detracts from the value of
information derived from his own personal observation and
experience as a reporter, which is now offered to the public
in a cheap and accessible form."— Liverpool Mercury.
" We can with confidence pronounce itlr. Foster's system
a good one. Constant practice is absolutely necessary for
any one who wishes to be a first-rate short-haul writer, either
on this or on any other system; but we believe that to
thoroughly practised writer of short-hand would find it easier
to follow a rapid speaker with this than with any other system.
It also poisesses the very great advantage of being easily
readable when written."-Liverpool TZMCS.
" Mr. Foster we know has had much practical experience
in the art, and it is practical experience alone that can
enable an individual to form a correct :udgment of any par-
ticular system. Mr. Foster has, it appears, tried three seve-
ral systems, and has fixed upon that which he deems the best.
On this he has made such improvements as, its the course
of his practice, seemed best calculated to secure facility.
With his judgment matured by constant consideration of
the subject, he tells us that the system which he has now
pres,:uted to the public possesses mtkny advantages over
those most in use, with which he is acquainted.—Liverpool
Albion.

" The admirers of short-hand writing, whether profession-
ally or as amateurs, have now offered to them a small volume
of sound and r!ractical instruction in that delightful art, by
Mr. T. C. foster. We will only add, that so far as ,our
judgment goes, it is a book which truly deserves the patron-
age of the public."—Sunderland Beacon.