Excerpt from Synthetic Method of Shorthand, Graham Pitmanic: A New Way of Presenting an Old System, Being a Presentation of First Principles With Absolute Simplicity, and an Exposition of the Most Advanced Methods of Writing for the Reporter, Adapted to Schools, Business Colleges and Self-InstructionThe arrangement is based on common sense, leading from the simple to the more complex, by simplest gradation. This book is not an experiment. It has grown naturally day by day for the past ten years from the author's needs and experience in the schoolroom and practical knowledge of the needs of business men and reporters.The manuscript has been used in the schoolroom for a year previous to its publication, and results have been gotten that were superior to any accomplished while using other books and this is why it is published. Nothing more is asked than a con sideration of its merits.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.