A complete guide to the improvement of the memory or the science of memory simplified : with practical applications to languages, history, geography, music, prose, poetry, shorthand, etc. / by J. H. Bacon.

  • Bacon, J. H.
Date:
1890
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Credit: A complete guide to the improvement of the memory or the science of memory simplified : with practical applications to languages, history, geography, music, prose, poetry, shorthand, etc. / by J. H. Bacon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    SHORTHAND. The connection between Memory and Shorthand may not, at first sight, be apparent to everyone. Those who make a daily use of this time-saving art, and who know how much it improves the memory, will naturally look for some reference to it in a book which has for its object the strengthening of the memory. The learning of a system of shorthand, exact and logical, scientific and simple, com- prehensive and yet not beyond the intellectual abilities of any ordinary mind, is in itself a most valuable training. When added to this, its value for storing up material for future use and thought is considered, few will deny it a place by the side of an art which has similar aims. It may not be without some interest to the reader, as showing the capabilities of Phonography, to observe that the author's manuscript of this revised edition was sent to the publisher in shorthand, and printed from the phonogra- phic characters without being transcribed into longhand, and that all the correspondence between author and pub- lisher has been in Phonography. It is evident that a great saving of time is effected by an author when his manu- script can be printed from his shorthand writing. Before the invention of Phonography such a thing was not possible. Phonography, or Phonetic Shorthand, was invented by Mr Isaac Pitman in 1837. The system is capable of answering every requirement of the man of science or of business, as well as of the professional reporter. Its principles may be mastered in a few hours, and an hour's daily practice in reading and writing continued for two months will generally ensure tolerable facility in using it. The reader is recommended to commence his study with the Phonographic Teacher, price 6<^., to be ob- tained through any bookseller, or from the publishers of this book. (See Catalogue at the end.) In the Phonographic Teacher the pupil will find a number of mnemonic suggestions to aid the memory. The order of the six long voweis, which consist of dots and