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Anecdote Part 1
The first part of a ghost story written in shorthand about a student prank gone wrong, featuring a ghost in green
Anecdote Part 2
The second and final part of a ghost story written in shorthand about a student prank gone wrong, featuring a ghost in green
Audio recording: Didactic
Reading of 'Didactic', a shorthand dictation exercise from the notebooks of Dickens's shorthand pupil Arthur Stone
Audio recording: Nelson
Reading of 'Nelson', a shorthand dictation exercise from the notebooks of Dickens's shorthand pupil Arthur Stone
Audio recording: The Two Brothers
Reading of 'The Two Brothers', a shorthand dictation exercise from the notebooks of Dickens's shorthand pupil Arthur Stone
Audio recording: Travelling
Reading of 'Travelling', a shorthand dictation exercise from the notebooks of Dickens's shorthand pupil Arthur Stone
Didactic
An exercise in shorthand critiquing Catholicism
Hereditary Privilege Part 1
The bottom half of the page features the first part of a critique of hereditary privilege, written in shorthand. The top half features the third and final part of 'Sydney Smith' version B.
Hereditary Privilege Part 2
The second and final part of a critique of hereditary privilege, written in shorthand
Nelson Part 1
The first part of a story about the death of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar