Rowe Shorthand

Author : Benn W. Parker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332067879
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book Rowe Shorthand written by Benn W. Parker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rowe Shorthand: Being an Adaptation of the Principles and Rules of New Rapid Shorthand Which Provides a Complete Course of Study and Training in the Art of Shorthand Writing by the Use of a System of Abbreviated Characters, That Is Easily Learned, as Legible as Print, An Rowe Shorthand has been known since its first publication in 1888 as New Rapid Shorthand. The title was changed as it appears in this book for the following reasons: (a) the agreement at the time the title to the copyright was purchased by the present publisher does not permit the use of the author's name (Mr. McKee) in the title, (b) the word "New" in the title is no longer appropriate in connection with a system that has been in constant use for considerably more than a quarter of a century, and (c) it is obvious that since rapidity is claimed for all systems, the word "Rapid" in the old title now has no special significance. For these reasons it seemed preferable to identify the present text with the name of the house publishing it. In his preface written in 1889 the author says, "No apology need be offered for the appearance of the present work. The history of the past proves that a system of brief writing has been the demand of the ages. That this demand still exists is too obvious to need assertion. When we realize what a small percentage of the multitudes who yearly take up the study of shorthand make a success of it, we begin to see the need of improvement in this line of human achievement. This recognized necessity for a simple, practical system of brief writing - one that can be learned and put into daily use by the masses, without devoting years of study and practice to this one study alone - is what inspired the author in his efforts to develop the present system. In his Introduction in the same text he says, "What the world is demanding today is a system that can be easily learned, is as legible as print, and can be written rapidly. Illegibility has been the most glaring defect of all systems of shorthand writing. This great deficiency together with others, so painfully realized by the author in past years, accounts for the existence of New Rapid Shorthand." 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.