The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-05-12
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the arts and sciences than is common
" allotted to it. Its usefulness is not
confined to any particular science or
profession, but is universal; it is
therefore, by no means unworthy
the attention and study of men
Of genius and erudi,ion. y Of all
the systems of shorthand writing,
which at var Gus times have been in
vented and employed. none have been
reduced to any simplicity or com
pleteness, except the comparative
ly new art Of Photography. Many
persons have been enable, by means
of Ste,aoyrophy. to write in'el'igibly
with the rapidtty of human speech; but
great difficulties have always attended
this attainment, and they who have
mastered their art have never been
able to exceed certain degree of
speed beyond which it is often desira-
| BILE to go. 1t was not until the inven-
ton of Photography, which is one of
the simplest, and at the same time,
one of the most complete Of all the
arts, that the words Of the orator, in
his most rapid utterance, could be
caught on paper as they fell from his
lips. The deviser of the system is
Mr.. Isaac Pitman. of England, gen
t1eman who is still living, and who
has had the satisfaction Of witnessing
the great popular favor with which
his system has everywhere been re-
ceived. The first introduction of it
into this country took place about
seven years ago, when it vas made a
branch of study in some Of the com.
mon schools If Boston and New York.
and at the opening Of the New York
Free Academy, was put upon tho pro-
gramme of its college course. A few
years ago it was introduced into the
United States Congress, and the de-
bates in both Houses are now report
cd by means of this system. Stenog.
rapby was employed there previously.
but the stenog,aI hers hem,elves aban
doned their old art, and learned the
new. At the present time, in this
country, the newspaper press. as it
has been for fifteen years in England,
is indebted almost entirely to Phonog-
raphy for all the verbatim reports
which it publishes. 1t may be safely
said that in so large city as New
Yo'k, there are not half dozen YER
batim stenographic writers,-perhaps
the number will not exceed two or
three Photography has almost ell
tirely superseded the other system of
short hand wiring. and ,uytIy So
No other evidence of this fact need be
than its comparatively recent
invention, and present wide diffusion
We have received from the Phon- !
'graphy Institute of Connecticut, and
Ohio, several new publications in
Photography, which have Just been
ssued by Bcnn. Pitmap, the author
md publisher, and brother of the in. 6
ventor. These volumes we do not j
hesitate to commend as the best works 9
If the kind that have ever yet been :
yiven to the public; they are the sim a
olest, the most ineligible, and the
,eatest that we have ever seen. In
egard to their typographical appear
nee. it seems hardly possible that O
hey can be surpassed while as to +
lie manner in which they set forth
he art, they must for a long time
ender any other works on the sub (
ect unnecessary. The first is the Man, \
lal of Photography" which is in II !,
roductory. and Intended for beginners. "
is ample illustrations and judiciou> V
writing and reading exercises will a
erve TO render the task of acquiring
he art more labor of pleasure than
f difficulty and will enable the in
elligent learner to succeed, to his =,
ntire satisfaction, without the aid of u
teacher. The second is the Re. -
orter's Manual and Vocabulary A
'hich is the joint production Of Benz. 1
'itman. and r. r. Prosser, A. B. n
MS is book that will be of service TO CO
eporters, inasmuch as it presents to B,
hem. at a glance Of the eye. the pr
,rms and authorizations which they CO
'ir''t not otherwise be led TO employ. n ,s
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