Speed Practice Simplified

Out of interest I got a second-hand copy of “Gregg Speed Practice Simplified” (1956 published by McGraw-Hill in a 7×5 inch format with plates by W.C. Blackwell — the content seems identical to the 1950 book from Gregg publishing). The book is interesting, but of no use to me now as I transferred (possibly wrongly)…

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Plain Living

The Conduct of Life is a series of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson in which he addresses how should a person live. In this excerpt from his essay Culture he discusses simple living. I transcribed it for the blog in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: plain-living.pdf

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The Loon

From his book Walden, or Life in the Woods, here’s Thoreau’s adventure with a loon, transcribed by me in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-loon.pdf

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