Excerpt from Talks With Shorthand Students: A Series of Chatty Explanations of the Principles of Pitman's Shorthand We propose, therefore, to explain and illustrate the rules of the system as simply and as clearly as possible to anticipate the questions that may be expected to arise in the learner's mind and, in a word, to do everything that can be done to smooth his path and render easy and pleasant his acquisition of the system of shorthand which is in practically universal use throughout the English-speaking world, which holds the record for speed and legibility, and, it may be added, for grace and beauty of outline, too, and for the extraordinary enthusiasm which it engenders in the minds of its writers. 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.