The Gregg Group was founded 22 May 2004, prompted by the lack of online shorthand resources. As the primary use for shorthand — business and legal recording — has waned in recent decades, we generally acclaim the skill as a hobby or personal tool. The purpose of the group is to promote the use of Gregg systems of shorthand by providing advice to beginners, support for students, and an association of users of this efficient, attractive, and enjoyable method of writing.
It would appear that the son of the creator of Scoville’s Phonography *may* have been interested in other types of less savory shortcuts: google book link (The Shorthand Writer)
I say *may*, as I am not entirely sure the proprietor of Scoville’s Stenografy referred to in the article is actually the same Scoville that created Scoville’s Phonography. However, it does seem like a reasonable probability.
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Wow, this is really interesting. More than likely he's the author.
I am not sure what this is all about? Who was Scofield? I only get a snippet view of this book (may be because of non-US).
archive.org has a couple of books on his system viewable:
Scovil's Shorthand
Practical Stenography
Sorry, I'm a bit slow; it only just dawned on me you meant you couldn't see anything but the snippet view of the Shorthand Writer, not that you couldn't see full docs of Scoville's shorthand.
Have you tried going through a proxy? Sometimes that works for me when a link doesn't seem to like my origin.