By a Thread

This entertaining story from Volume II of Short Stories Printed in the Elementary State of Pitman’s Shorthand New Era Edition is transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. A big thank you to Carmel Taylor for providing the English transcription. Attachment: by-a-thread.pdf

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Of Feather and Wing

Song of the Sky is a book by American writer and pilot Guy Murchie that describes humanity’s exploration of the skies and space. This book excerpt, transcribed by me in Simplified Gregg, explains how birds have taught humans how to fly and how they play among man-made planes, thus seeming to enjoy the antics of…

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A Highland Adventure

A Hero: Philip’s Book is a novel by English writer Dinah Craik in which the protagonist, Philip Carew, tells his nephews his adventures to become a hero since childhood. In this part of the story, little Phil and his friends went exploring in the highlands and got into trouble. I transcribed it in Simplified Gregg…

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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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Tiny Tim’s Christmas Dinner

From Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, here’s the Christmas Dinner scene of Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer’s Scrooge underpaid employee, in which his youngest son Tim, who is very ill, delivers one of the most poignant lines in the story. I transcribed this adaptation in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: tiny-tims-christmas-dinner.pdf

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The Turkey

This interesting essay explores the origin of this ubiquitous bird and its name origin. I transcribed it in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-turkey.pdf

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The Origins of Feudalism

In this essay from his book The Age of Faith (Part 4 of The Story of Civilization), American historian Will Durant briefly describes the origins of the medieval practice of feudalism. I transcribed it for the blog in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: the-origins-of-feudalism.pdf

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From The American Scholar

The following are excerpts from an address delivered on August 31, 1837 to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge by Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcribed by me it in Simplified Gregg. Phi Beta Kappa’s literary quarterly magazine, The American Scholar, was named after the speech. Attachment: from-the-american-scholar.pdf

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