Excerpt from Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 36: July 15, 1901 During the whole of the summer of 1837, every leisure moment and even his, holidays were devoted to the perfecting of the sys tem and preparing for its publication, and in November of that year it came forth in small pamphlet form of twelve pages, five inches by three, with alphabet, diagrams, etc. On an illustrated sheet bearing the inscription, drawn by Isaac Pitman, Stenographer, and lithographed by Bedford, Bristol. Four pence (8 cents) per copy was the modest estimate placed by the author upon his production, The system soon rose to public favor. That the benefits of the system might be popularly diffused, steps were taken to get it into still further prominence, by explanatory lectures, in the cities and towns throughout England and Scotland, by which means its worth soon became acknowledged throughout Great Brit ain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.