Questions about the earliest Manuals

First question: Dr Gregg’s the first version of his shorthand (1888) was in two parts and in separate pamphlets: “The Phonetic Handwriting” “The Reporter’s Handbook”. The second version (1893) was also in two parts and pamphlets: “The Elements” “The Reporting Style”. I have seen PDF copies of these except for “The Reporter’s Handbook”. I wanted…

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Gaelic Gregg Shorthand

I was reading the Anniversary edition of the manual again, and I read how it had been adapted to Gaelic.  The edition this was written in is the 1919 Anniversary manual. Can we be sure that the Irish edition is out of copyright by now, or may there be later editions?

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Get a Dictionary!

I just got my anniversary dictionary in the mail. It’s pretty beat up, but it will work. And I imagine I will beat it up some more before long. For any of you out there who are hesitating, perhaps thinking that the manual is enough to learn shorthand, I cannot emphasize enough the value of…

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1902 edition of the manual online: link

Found online, a 1905 printing of Gregg Shorthand: A Light-line phonography…., 1902 edition. There is a pdf file which can be downloaded. I’m enjoying looking at the differences between this and the Pre-Anni manual. Thank you to the kind person who put this book on Google. (by Shorthand-learner for everyone)  

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