This section is from the book "The Compendium Of Tachygraphy: Or Lindsley's Phonetic Shorthand", by D. P. Lindsley. Also available from Amazon: Lindsley's Phonetic Shorthand.
One Month (20 Lessons in Class)....... $10.00
Full course in the Common Style of Tachygraphy, time unlimited, . 25.00
Easy Reporting Style, .................................................. 50.00
Special course in Law Reporting,....... 10.00
Lessons in Schools.
Where large classes are formed in Schools, Colleges and I without expense to us; we are able to reduce these rates in ratio to the of the class
For a course of 10 Lessons, in a class of less than 25 pupils. $5.00
" " 50 " .............................................................................................3.00
Private Lessons, $1.00 for each half hour's instruction.
Lessons by Mail.
To accommodate a large class of pupils, in all parts of the country, who ran neither attend the Boston Phonic School, nor any class that we can reach, we have made arrangements to give lessons by mail. Hundreds of our hot pupils have taken instruction in this way with the greatest success. It is the most economical method for the student, and adds hut little to the labor of the teacher. Course of 10 Lessons, by mail. $5.00; full courses, as above $25.00 and $50.00. Address
D. P. LINDSLEY,
Boston Phonic School, Boston, Mass
N.B. The following works are used by students of the art : -
The Compendium of Lindsley's Phonetic Shoht-hand, $1.00
Alphabet, l0 cts.; per dozen, ....................................................................... .75
THE Rapid Writer Monthly, per annum. ..... 1.00
" " " QUARTERLY,.............................................................................. .40.
The Tachygrapher (in Short-hand character)monthly, per annum, 1.50
THE Elements of LINDSLEY's New Phonetic Short-hand is designed to give the fullest instruction possible to those who have no other aid in ac-quiring the art: this work will appear first in the pages of the Rapid Writer and TaChyORAPHER.
A COMPEND OF THE EASY REPORTING STYLE OF TACHYGRAPHY will be published early this Fall. Price 75cents. It will be printed throughout in Shorthand characters, and designed for the use of those who have already mastered the Common Style. Sold only by subscription; those who wish it should in their orders early, few extra conies will be printed.
The second edition of the Compendium, revised, enlarged, and better suited to aid those who cannot avail themselves of the services of a teacher, is now
A liberal deduction will be made in favor of teachers, both from the terms of instruction and the price of books. Agents wanted everywhere. Address as above.

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Lindsley's Phonetic Short-Hand
The public groan to be delivered from the drudgery of long-hand writing. - Rev. P C
The absolute necessity for a more rapid and easy style of writing than the one in common use is becoming every day more apparent. Of all kinds of manual labor, that of writing is the most exhausting and unmitigated. Many kinds of labor are healthful, but the constrained position of the writer, and his use of one set of muscles while the others arc inactive debilitates the nervous system and destroys the health.
All classes of community need a briefer style of writing. Especially our clergymen and lawyers, editors and authors, need a style of writing that will materially lessen the labor.
Many efforts to provide such a system have been made, but the systems offered have been either too illegible to be of general use, or too complicated to be readily reduced to practice. We now present
 
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