page_title: Eclectic shorthand
hierarchical_section_title: Eclectic shorthand
caption_attribution_description: English: Excerpt from "Eclectic Shorthand" by J.G. Cross, 1897. Scanned by me and placed in the public domain .
context_page_description: Eclectic shorthand is an English shorthand system of the 19th century. Although it has fallen into disuse, it is nonetheless noteworthy as one of the most compact systems of writing ever devised.
context_section_description: Eclectic shorthand (sometimes called "Cross shorthand" or "Eclectic-Cross shorthand" after its founder, J. G. Cross) is an English shorthand system of the 19th century.  Although it has fallen into disuse, it is nonetheless noteworthy as one of the most compact (and complex) systems of writing ever devised.
caption: An example of eclectic shorthand. The shorthand version of the text is on the left side of the image, while the normal script is on the right. Note the succinctness of the shorthand compared to the normal text.
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