These facts, bear in mind, have been demonstrated in the cases of thousands of students, and herewith, within the covers of this book, we have a proof of how this result may be achieved by any teacher.

Part II of this book contains all the lessons-twelve in number-comprising every important device that the profession knows respecting shorthand, and far more than most professionals ever have occasion to use, no matter how important their work. These twelve lessons can be readily mastered in a month's time, and that is all that is necessary for success in three months-counting second month for Reviews A to K, in Part II, and half the Business Letter Practice contained in Part III of this book, with third month for the completion of the Business Letters, Actual Court Cases and Convention Reporting of Part III.

Some bright students can learn a lesson a day. Counting for them, one day for each lesson of Part II, gives twelve days for the twelve lessons, the entire theory of the most advanced reporting style of phonography being thereby learned in twelve days. The A to K Reviews of Part II, pages 118 to 137 of this book, require ten days more. Then count the eighteen days of the Business Letter Practice in Part III of this book ; add to the sum obtained, the ten days of the Actual Court Cases, the one day of Convention Reporting and the one day of Lecture Reporting given in that same Part III of this book, and the result is a total of only 52 days for the mastery of this entire book, as follows :

Entire Twelve Lessons of Theory (Part II)....... 12 days

Entire Collection of A to K Reviews (Part II)..... 10 days

Entire Collection of Business Letters (Part III) .... 18 days

Entire Collection of Court Cases (Part III)....... 10 days

The Convention Reporting (Part III).......... 1 day

Lecture Reporting (Part III).............. 1 day

Total..........................52 days

Parts I and IV of this book do not count, because Part I is only introductory (or discursory) and Part IV is merely intended for reference, and even for that purpose unnecessary-all the information, study and practice being given in Parts II and III, whose combined result may be compassed within 52 days of easy work, by many students.

It must not be supposed that the practice exercises of Part III contain anything new aside from the twelve lessons of Part II, for such is not the case. The twelve lessons contain every principle necessary for the execution of the most difficult shorthand work, and are alone sufficient for same, the exercises of Part III being therefore merely intended to show students how to utilize the information of the lessons -entirely a matter of practice for them.

Our routine is not a process of cramming. On the contrary, just as the lessons in Part II commence with the simplest, smallest sort of Exercises, increasing very gradually to an ordinary size at the last, just so the Business Letter Practice and the Actual Court Cases of Part III commence, the first day's Letters being of only three lines each and the first Court Case only constituting a single page of easy work, the progress in each case being very gradual.

This easy commencement in the several degrees of practice enables the student to have abundant time for speed practice and constant review of theory.

While the exercises of Part III commence with exceedingly brief examples and advance but gradually, they are none the less thorough. The Business Letters represent selections from over forty different leading businesses, familiarizing the student with most every sort of commercial termor phrase he or she is apt to meet with in any business, presenting the best shorthand outlines for same; and, in the same manner, the Court Cases and the chapters on Convention Reporting treat work of their character, together with copious explanations in print descriptive of the best manner of doing such work, with complete particulars, so that the veriest greenhorn who has carefully read same and the contents of the shorthand plates and has the necessary speed from practice, can transact the work required in all branches of the business of shorthand writing, however difficult, with as certain accuracy as the most skillful experienced reporter, from the taking of the first word in shorthand to the finished transcription.

This has been the aim of the author in compiling this work, the labor of many days and sleepless nights for a period of over twenty years, backed by extended professional experience in every branch of shorthand work, and as a teacher of many teachers as well as many thousands of students of all degrees of intelligence and education, or the lack of the same.

The day of experiment has passed respecting the result of a course covering three months upon the plan of teaching demonstrated in this book. There are alleged three month's teachers who make only failures of their pupils. But they are those who attempt to accomplish with other text books the results only possible by the use of this. With the directions of this book strictly followed, failures are impossible, providing, of course, the student has the necessary common school education.

To illustrate to teachers and home students, the plan observed by the author in his teaching, to insure three months' graduations for office positions, in the cases of all ordinary students, the following routine of Haven Colleges is given. It can be used by the student at home, with just as good results, if one of the family or a friend will dictate the speed practice described herein.