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    ¦ -¦ 1 V Congresses, Like Sixpenny Teleg...

    possessed of a businesslike knowledge of the best method of distributing knowledge . A

    librarian ' s chief function was , not to know for himself , but rather to assist others in gaining

    knowledge . . - On the same subject we have spoken in this

    strain before . Other matters which came tip for consideration at the meetings showed how

    practical Such subjects were as the the purposes i Connection of the betwe conference ___ en flFree .

    Libraries and Art Galleries , ' the ' Effects of Gas on Leather , ' * Books before Printing , ' and

    other topics showed that the range of investigation was not litnited to ihe perennial

    questions which / seem to have become indissolubly wedded to the transactions of the

    Librarians' Association . We have now , however , to refer to a

    Congress which we have hot had an opportunity of speaking of before , and whose work

    should be of great service in the conducting of the newspaper press . \ On Monday , September

    26 y the International Shorthand Congress met in London . The record of its discussions is

    well worth preserving in a permanent form . The dissemination of education by the medium

    of shorthand is one of the great achievements of the time . And yet it has destroyed some of

    the best arts in journalism . Reporting is now sadly defi cient in style ; and a host of men

    have entered the ranks of journalism having no other qualification than-the clerkly ability

    to repeat and copy . Shorthand is not a study that boasts of many pioneers . Pitman in our own

    day is the greatest of all . Bright's ' Characterie / one of the earliest manuals , was published

    in 1587 . This was followed by Bales in J 1590 , J . Willis in 1602 , E . Willis in 1618 , Shelton in lt 1620 >^ U ' - "TJtoartwriaht artwnght in in 1642 1 fi 4 . 9 . Kich Rin . h in in 1646 ifUfi . Mason MaHnn

    in 1672 , , Gurney in 1740 , , Byron in 176 T , Mavor in 1780 , Taylor in 1786 Lewis in 1812 , .

    Pit-, man ' s system has of course taken a place above all others , and has done more towards bringing

    shorthand into vogue than any other method . The papers and the discussions which

    occupied the time and attention of the members of the shorthand congress were not of the liveliest

    character , but they were practical and what might have been absolute dulness was relieved

    by festivity . Subjects of interest to the book world were not numerousthe mos . t likely

    being the debate on spelling , reform which has again cropped uj > in different quartersthe

    latest upheaval being that of the Spelling , Reform Association , whose head quar ¦ ters are

    in America . That many of the phonetic shor t thand writers should agree t , i with - the — - ¦ - —

    declaration that ' Spelling is a grafic and visibl form , as pronunciation ia the

    fysiological and audibl form , of language , ' naight be '•¦¦¦¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ " &> :. :

    expected . Nevertheless we , feel confident that the integrity of English speUing , despite

    its many curious incongruities ' , will not be disturbed faxshuns' who by say the 4 attack When y of ou those ~ are thru ' foiietic stop

    there "; Don't fool , around til yon get through , . ' We supply a few additional examples of these

    oddities ) : — Sum pfFPppppi spel ha " ve give live active -w ^ definite ¦ V ~ genuine j 4 are

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    We wish all prosperity to the fraternity of shorthand ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ writers , but hope that ¦ it will :- not ¦ ' be "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' *

    tost , dipt , dropt , or trapt into agitating for such . verbal v ~^ ^ m- ¦ - — - »^» , atrocities n ^^ m ~* v ws « r « b - ^ v iw ^ . « A b *^ good t ^ A- ^ a ^ ^ r wb deal ^*» ^ H ^^ kv ^ av ¦ ^ has hvB ^^ wvf been ^^ r ^^^^* m + * - said — - TTm Tj ^ .

    aibout words telling their own ~ story of birth and life . This in is itself is aij iriteresti ) pg

    subject . From wh ^ t perliaps an old-fasiiioned idea , hotrever , we think that , apart from their

    actual story , English words hav 0 a syrnin ^ try in appearance which , it is to be hoped , will long

    remain undisturbed . ——¦^¦ ¦

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    of its works for child readers . We have received a bundle of these booksand are greatlleased

    by their contents . Among , them we particularl y p y notice a series of c panoramic" * or c

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    produced nile readers . The , beyond idea ' measure is one tq , captivat and every e juve new

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1887, page 1052, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101887/page/6/