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The second and final part of a story about the death of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar

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…

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.

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.

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.

Shorthand copy of a letter that Dickens wrote to J. T. Delane, editor of The Times, in May 1859

The first part of a ghost story written in shorthand about the apparition of a man's dying brother

The second and final part of a ghost story written in shorthand about the apparition of a man's dying brother

The first part of a meditation on the benefits of travel, written in shorthand

The second part of a meditation on the benefits of travel, written in shorthand