From the Boston Cultivator. "Of the coming great reform in written language, there can be no more doubt than of its universal need, and in future we shall be glad to be counted among its earliest friends."

From T. J. Stevens, Mechanicsburg, Penn. "My first impression of your system of Short-Hand was that you had laid Phonography over on its side. It embodies more horizontal, running characters than Pitman's System, whose perpendicular stiffness retards the hand in its forward movement."

From X. Chandler, of Baltimore, Md. "I have ever been desirous of obtaining a knowledge of some system which would not require the vast amount of practice which is indispensable in turning Pitman's System to practical account."

From Bryant, Stratton, & Co.'s Com. Col. Monthly, Hartford, Conn. "Mr. Lindsley has got down to the root of the difficulty. He has made one of the most difficult subjects one of the simplest. Henceforth no one need try to learn Short-Hand in vain. His system can be learned with less labor than the common long-hand."

From the New Haven Journal and Courier. "Every editor, lawyer, and minister knows the advantage of a knowledge of short-hand writing, and this is certainly the best system that ever came under our notice."

From Rev. George Hopkins, A. M., Principal of Woodstock Academy.

"I am in favor with your system, though I have both used and taught Pitman's."

From R. E. Van Gieson, M. D., Englishtown, N. J. "I freely confess that I expected to be disappointed in Tachygraphy. It therefore gives me the more pleasure candidly to acknowledge that I am not only not disappointed, but, on the contrary, agreeably surprised at the simplicity and accuracy of your system."

From Increase X. Tarbox, Sec. A. M. Ed. Society. " I am satisfied that it (Lindeley's Phonetic Short-Hand) is a clear, simple, and well-devised system; that it is easily acquired and wisely adapted to meet the wants not only of reporters, but of clergymen, lawyers, and general students."

From J. F. Gould, M. D.

"Your System (of Short-Hand) is much, very much superior to Pitman's. It is less complicated, more legible, more rapidly written than either Mr. Graham's or Mr. Pitman's Systems. To students, while attending lectures of any kind, it offers great inducements, and will prove of value in the performance of the duties of a professional life."