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Ten lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill half of a notebook page. Underneath the tenth line is a long horizontal line, indicating the end of the exercise. Underneath this the page is divided into three columns, which feature a range of untranscribed shorthand symbols.
The third and final part of a meditation on the benefits of travel, written in shorthand

Nineteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill the page of a notebook. In the top right corner is the number eleven, indicating the page number. In line four the word 'Niagara' is written in longhand.
The second part of a meditation on the benefits of travel, written in shorthand

Eighteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill the page of a notebook with 'Travelling' written in longhand at the top. In the top right corner is the number nine, indicating the page number.
The first part of a meditation on the benefits of travel, written in shorthand

Fourteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill three quarters of a notebook page. At the end of the fourteenth line is a long oblique line. Under the fourteenth line of shorthand is a long horizontal line, indicating the end of the exercise. In the top right corner is the number four, indicating the page number.
The second and final part of a ghost story written in shorthand about the apparition of a man's dying brother

Nineteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill the page of a notebook with 'The Two Brothers' written in longhand at the top. In the top right corner is the number six, indicating the page number.
The first part of a ghost story written in shorthand about the apparition of a man's dying brother

Notepaper headed in a gothic typeface 'Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London, W.C'. On the paper, handwritten in ink, fifteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand set in four paragraphs.
Shorthand copy of a letter that Dickens wrote to J. T. Delane, editor of The Times, in May 1859

Eighteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill a notebook page. In the top right the number three indicates the page number.
The second page of a shorthand dictation exercise titled 'Sydney Smith' by a practiced shorthand writer. The exercise is dictated from ‘Lecture IX: On the Conduct of the Understanding’ by the philosopher Sydney Smith.

A shorthand dictation exercise titled 'Sydney Smith' by a practiced shorthand writer. The exercise is dictated from ‘Lecture IX: On the Conduct of the Understanding’ by the philosopher Sydney Smith.

A shorthand dictation exercise titled 'Sydney Smith' by someone less experienced with the Brachygraphy system. The exercise is dictated from ‘Lecture IX: On the Conduct of the Understanding’ by the philosopher Sydney Smith.

Sixteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill the page of a notebook. At the top is a longhand title, which reads 'Sunday Night Fifth February 1860', with the word 'Fifth' partially crossed through. In the top right corner is the number one, indicating a page number. In the middle of the page, a vertical line runs from top to bottom. The symbols are not arranged in relation to this line, perhaps suggesting that it was added later.
A shorthand dictation exercise based upon 'Lecture XIV, On the Beautiful – Part II', by the philosopher Sydney Smith. Smith's lecture begins with a quotation from another lecture by Sir Joshua Reynolds entitled Seven Discourses Delivered in the Royal…
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