Excerpt from National Machine ShorthandNational Machine Shorthand was brought into existence in answer to the insistent demand of the business community for something better - something more accurate, more rapid, more legible - than old-fashioned pencil writing. The answer was given by a large group of aggressive, forward-looking school proprietors and teachers who combined their knowledge and their money in full cooperation with Mr. Ireland in the production of a machine and a system of writing that would adequately meet the needs of the business omoe.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.