The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-21 00:00:00

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Just published, in boards, Svo, with four Lithographic
Plates. price 2s 6d. •
A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF
ti SIIORT-LIA Np. By 'l'. C. FOSTER, Professioual
Short-hand Writer, and Reporter for the LIVIIMPOOL
STAN DA RD..

London : WHITTAKER and Co. Liverpool: STANDARD
OFFICE, and MARPLES. MatlCiteStei: SOWLKR, and all
Booksellers.

OPINIONS OF rIIE PRESS,

"This system of Short-hand will be fou,id one of the must com-
plete that has ever been is•aled from the press—indeed we might
say the most complete. • Utility and simplicity are the main objects_
which the author has kept in. view. A rrfect m stery of the
instructions which \l r. Foster has given. will enable any one to
take down, verbatim, the words of the most rapid speaker. Nor is
this the onl-.7 adyaotage which _will accrue from an acquaintance
with this system : the facility with which the lows may be after-
w lids read is a consideration of very great imoorance. The
alphatictiral characters have the recommendation of extreme sim-
plieity. The sizns for combination of letters. and the arl.itrari
er marks f.ir worls• will he f avid hi 2,111 y conducive to expeditioo
in writing-. In this departmeot _the ”U.Sor has ,een
suce,s,ful. 'l'.. o Gentl to n tya a may wish to master the
us.-ful art of stemizra pity. we can IIN- yea om nt tt t this ,cork,
,‘ high a student of or ivory 0010y.osp ci liv if 4 quick o.riter.
may be enabled in a very short rime to,ike rl i literal rep •rts of
and speech s m y that the .irofessi mai short-
hand writer may Is, derive much ins ruction from this compen-
dium "7Lirerpuol Stan ard.

" This is an' excie- din:.,3l; clever, instetictiee. and w 11 written
production. Generally speak ie.!. wort, •ot a e.e.arap‘ty nee not
311ffiCit'llt,V Ito :wily.. to obtain owner- ns readers ;
hut we will do Mr Neater the ju tier to s iy, th .t bag thrown
much that is highly-int,•ostkg in b pi iostriie, tons." and
h s very h blended the ent rtai-•i•-g with the as ful. Our
auth is p incip .1 object itopears to he to ins .r et the u,initiateil ;
but w.‘ think his work will prove valuii'le in many r .spects even
to those whose prof s-ion it is to pr ',tie- the "it. Of e.oirs • his
system must. in a grew measure, ii,r,ake of those previ usly in
existence. bit' as regaid th ilisloetness and decision ,-f his vow,'
characters it is superior to any we 111 Vt. seen, his X:nnplcs
illustrations are also exceeditv:ly goal, nil the viri.ius h'-sons ale
given with apl dimess and perspicuity which mu-t zr,atly f,eilitate
the learner's prier ss, in short, to all ,sh-e are anxious io obtain
a speedy and accurate knowledge of the tot of st•ato4raphy, we
earnestly recommend the work llanchester amrier.
" We ate of opinion that the last essas on stenography must
almost of necessity he the best, and that th, person most qualified
to treat of it is a practical reporter. Mr. Foster's enthusiastic
admiration of the art, his, we think, led him a little too far; hut
it by no means detracts from this 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 .orm."—
Liverpool Mercury.
" We can with confidence pronounce Mr. Foster's system a good
one. Constant practice is absolutely neeess iry for any one who
wishes to be a first-rate short-hand writer, either on this or on any
other system ; hut we believe that a thoroughly-practised writer of
short-hand would find it easier to follow a rapid speaker with this
than with any other system. It also possesses the very great
advantage of being easily readable when written."—Liverpool
7Ymes,

" From a hasty glance through the pages, we pronounce it ex-
cethint."7-Lancashire Herald.

" Mr. Foster we know has had much practical experience in the
art, and it is practical experience atom' that can enable an indi-
vidual to form a correct judgment of any particular system. Mr.
Foster has, it appears, tried three several systems, and has fixed
upon that which he deems the best. On this lie has made such
improvements as, in the course of his practice, seemed best cal-
culated to secure facility. With his judgment matured by crinstant
consideration of the subject. he tells us that the system which he
has now presented to the public ' possesses nrioy advantages over
those most in use, with which he is acquainted."—Liverpool
Albion..

" We think its alphabetical characters a.e extremely simple,
and that the signs for plur !lilies of letters, and the arbitrari s,
which are more peculiarly the author's own improvements. are
highly conducive to expedition, without bullying any correspond-
ing difficulty in deciithering. •'‘ hile Mr Ester's arbitraries and
double and triple consonants are more numerous than those of
other systems that we nave met with, they seem all well ad ,pted
for practice. and if so, they cannot hut he regarded as a mat,rial
aid to the short-band writer."—Lirerpool 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 eharicters when written—the
present system is superior, we conceive, to most of the popular
works on the same subject. Persons wishing to give the requis to
appiication to the study of short-hand, will lied in Mr. Foster's
manual everything they require. The practicability of the system
is best tested by Mr. Foster's reputation us an accomplished
Sten ogra ph er.—Lirerpool Chroxicle

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It is our opinion that the reporter i+ a far more efficie t tutor
An 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
perfect, d to the point of practical utility. while in the latter it is
ten to one but von are taught a system which is found to fail upon
trial. and whirli may renture years of alteration. amendment• and
practice to render it Sc, vice:tide. W must admit that \lr. Foster's
8 stem appears to ns a very excellent one ; that its capabilitii's are
equal to ;ill demands upon it is evident frOm his own practice ; and
that it is laid down clearly and.indiciously. u ill l'e apparent to any
one who peruses the book."—Lirerpool Journal.