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

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Just published, in boards, Bvo, with four Lithographic
Plates, price 2s 6d.,
COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF
lA. SHORT-HAND. By T. C. FOSTER./Professional
Short-band Writer, and Reporter for the LIVERPOOL
STANDARD.

London : WHITTAKER and CO. Liireipool: STANDARD
Oxptci, and MARPI.ES. Manchester: Sowr.ae, and all
Booksellers.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
" This system of Short-hand will be found one of the most com-
plete that has ever been issued 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 perfect mastery of the
instructions which Mr. Foster has given, will enable any one to
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 recommendation of extreme sim-
plicity. 'Fhe signs for combination of letters, and the arbitraries,
or marks for words, will be found highly conducive to expedition
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 cordially 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 compen-
dium."—Lirerpool Standard.
" This is an exceedingly clever, instructive, and well written
production. Generally 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
much that is highly-interesting in his " plain instructions," and
has very happily blended the entertaining with the useful. Our
author's principal object appears to be to instruct the uninitiated ;
but we think his work will prove valuable in many respects even
to those whose profession it is to practice 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
characters. 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 io obtain
a speedy and accurate knowledge 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 Mr. Foster's system a good
one. Constant practice is absolutely necessary for any one who
wishes to be a first-rate short-hand writer, either on this or on any
other system ; but 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
Times.

" From a hasty glance through the pages, we pronounce it ex.
celh.nt."7-Lancaihire Herald.

"Mr. Foster we know has had much practical experience in the
art, and it is practical experience alone 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 he has made such
improvements as, in the course of his practice, seemed best cal-
culated to secure facility. With his judgment matured by constant
consideration of the subject. he tells us that the system which he
has now presented to the public ' possesses many advantages over
those most in use, with which he is acquainted."—Liverpool
Albion.

" We think its alphabetical characters are 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. v% hile Mr. Foster's arbitraries and
double and triple consonants are more numerous than those of,
other systems that we nave met with, they seem all well adapted
for practice, and if so, they cannot but be regarded as a material
.aid to the short-hand writer."—Liverpool Cotoler.
" Mr. Foster, in this little work, has given to the world the
result of his own practical experience as n 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 MrAFoster's reputation as an accomplished
stenographer.—Liverpool Chronicle.
" 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 dCmands 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."—Liverpool Journal.