Excerpt from Modern Graham Shorthand All philosophy and unnecessary theory were cast aside, and the essentials of shorthand were presented in plain, simple language. The vowels were grouped according to place instead of length, and a memory sentence given for each group. Position was introduced immediately after the exposition of the vowels. The reporting style, Finality of outline as it has been aptly termed, was taught from the first. In Barnes' Shorthand Manual of 1888 we adopted the Graham plan of joining the semicircles. 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.