The Lady, or the Tiger?

The very famous short story by Frank R. Stockton was serialized in the March and April 1928 issues of The Gregg Writer, and it is written in pre-anniversary. A transcript of the story is here. Attachment: the-lady-or-the-tiger.pdf

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The Comma Hound

This short story by the American poet and playwright Charles Divine was originally published in the November 1926 issue of Everybody’s Magazine. It was written in pre-anniversary and serialized in the January to March 1927 issues of The Gregg Writer. Attachment: the-comma-hound.pdf

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Key for Preanniversary

Hello everybody! I wonder if there’s a key for the exercises in Preanniversary book, edition 1916. I mean for this one: “Gregg Shorthand: A Light-Line Phonography for the Million”. (http://gregg.angelfishy.net/preanman.pdf). Thanks in advance, Just a comment: I’ve been followed the serie “Downton Abbey”. It was nice for me to see a maid named Gwen learning…

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1893 Gregg Manual Parts I and 2 – 1895 edition

Here is a PDF with the 1893 Gregg’s Shorthand Manual.  This is the 1895 edition.  This has Parts 1 and 2.  Previously, I have only seen Part 1.  The 1893 Gregg Manual was the first version published in the United States.  Apparently, there was little revisions in between Manual versions.  This one shows a print…

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A Descent Into The Maelstrom PA 1916 – Published Oct 1928

http://cdm15457.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p15457coll1&CISOPTR=104&CISOBOX=1&REC=5 At long last, we have a scan of the rare “A Descent Into The Maelstrom” in Gregg Shorthand.  The link about is from the Louis A. Leslie Collection at Rider.  I called them about the book last month when I learned that it was in their collection.  They told me that it was due…

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The Captains

This short story by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews was written in Pre-Anniversary and serialized in the September to December 1926 issues of The Gregg Writer. The story originally appeared in the July 1907 issue of Scribner’s Magazine and was later published in 1913 in the book The Eternal Masculine: Stories of Men and Boys (both…

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