The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-28 00:00:00

PRACTICAL6d SYSTEM OF
T
Just published, in boards, Bvo, with four Lithographic
ACOM PLETEPI
SHORT-HAND. By .C. FosTit a, Professional
Short-hand Writer, and Reporter for the LIVERPOOL
STANDARD. •
London : WHITTAKER and Co. Lterpool : STANDARD
ANDate s price
OFFICE, and MARPLES. Manchest :. SOWLER, and all
Booksellers.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
" This system of Short-hand will he found one of thevnost com-
plete that has ever been issued from the press—indeed we might
say the most complete. Utility and simplicity are the main objects
the
ects
which the author has kept in view. A
rfect mastery of
instructions which Mr. Foster has given, will enable any one to
pe
take down, verbatim, the words of the most rapid speaker. Nor is
this the only advantage which will accrue from an acquaintance
with this system : the facility with which the notes may be after-
wards read is a consideration of very great importance. The
alphabetical characters have the recommemhition of extreme sim-
plicity. The signt for combination of letters, and the arbitraries,
if a quick writer,
or marks for words, will be found highly conducive to expedition
in writing. In this department the author has been eminently
rd
isnhaorrjt ability,
timeto ti. as Pk ceutilaol ilvyn literal
successful. To Ladies or Gentlemen who may wish, to master the
useful art of stenography. we can cordially recommend this work,
We may add, that the professional short-
hand writer may also derive much instruction from this compen-
dium."—Liverpool Standard.
" This is an exceedingly clever, instructive, and well written
ha:lilves.heoena.r!
: i
,i,,,, highly-interestingp a l
object
ap appears
ears into hishe to" instruct
sa
ti
rnn instructions," stthr lei ct
uninitiatedio ns, ' ' and
d;
sermonsbx n3ay‘v lhi ih
andas enabledt
su 11
eeieuncti at u,
.f. very
.o
production. G'gnerally speaking, works on stenography are not
sufficiently entertaining and attractive to obtain numerous readers •
but we will do Mr. Foster the justice to say, that he has thrown'
and the
hmausevhertsh-;1 happily blended the entertaining with the useful. Our
s examples and
tshink his work will prove valuable in many respects even
btaouuttthhi-res'e whose profession it is to practice the art. Of course his
which must greatly facilitate
system must, in a great measure, partake of those previously i
existence, but as regards the distinctness and decisionai of his vowel.n
anxious io obtain
illustrations are also exceedingly good,
,istpirsosgurp,essri.orltno
shanoyrt.lAt-eo
various lessons are
given with a plainness and perspicuity
a speedy and accurate knowledge of the art
earnestly recommend the work."—Manchester
of, stenography, we
ourier.
•• We an, of opinion that the last essay
almost of necessity be the best, and that the
characters.
h e learne r
on stenography must
to treat of it is a practical reporter. Mr. trson most qualified
admiration of the art, has, we think, led him Poster's enthusiastic
it by no ITIVIIIII detracts from the value of information derived from
a little too far; but
his own personal observation and experience reporter,
is now offered to the public in a cheap as a which
Liv7ool Mercury. and accessible form."—
6 e can with confidence pronounce Mr' Poster's system a good
one. Constant uractice is absolutely necessary
wishes to be a first-rate short-hand writer, fur any one who
other system ; but we believe that a thoroughly
on this or on any
i
short-hand would find it easier to follow a137-yractised writer of
than with any other system. It also rapid speaker with this
possesses the very great
advantage of being easily readable
Times. when written."—Liverpool
" From a hasty glance through the
eellent."—Lancashire Herald. pages, we pronounce it ex-
" Mr. Foster • is • e know has had much practical
art, and it is practical experience alone
that can enable an indi-
vidual to form a correct judgment of
any pa •
M particular system. r.
Foster has, it appears, tried three several. systems, and has fixed
'
upon that which he deems the best. n
this he has made such
improvements as, in the course of his
culated to secure facility. With his dpraetice, seemed best cal-
ju
that the system which lie
consideration of the subject, he tells us gment matured by constant
has now presented to the public ' possesses many advantages over
those most is use, with which he
.dlbion. is acquainted."—Liverpool

" We think its alphabetical characters tt-e extremely simple,
and that the signs for pluralities of letters, and the arbitraries,
which are more peculiarly the author's own improvements, are
highly conducive to expedition, without inducing any correspond-
ing difficulty in deciphering. ‘1 bile Mr. Foster's arbitraries and
double and triple consonants are more numerous than those of
other systems that we have met with, they seem all well adapted
for practice, and if so, they cannot but be regarded as a material
aid to the shorthand writer."—Livespoot Courier.
" Mr. Foster, in this little work, has given to the world the
result of his own practical experience as a short-hand writer. In
the two great requisites of short-hand writing—expedition and an
easy facility in deciphering the characters when written—the
present system is superior, we conceive, to most of the popular
works on the same subject. Persons wishing to give the requisite
application to the study of short-hand, will find in Mr. Foster's
manual everything they require. The practicability of the system
is best tested by Mr. Foster's reputation as an accomplished
stenographer.—Lirerpool Citronicle.
" It is our opinion that the reporter is a far more efficie- t tutor
in the art of stenography than they who, however well acquainted
with it theoretically, have but little practice ; because, in the
former case you are most likely to be presented with a system
perfected to the point of practical utility, while in the latter it is
ten to one but you are taught a system which is found to fail upon
trial, and which may require years of alteration, amendment, and
practice to render it serviceable. We must admit that Mr. Foster's
system appears to us a very excellent one ; that its capabilities are
equal to all demands upon it is evident from his own practice ; and
that it is laid down clearly and judiciously, will be apparent to any
one who peruses the book."—Lkerpool Journal.
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