Triple-sized Curves may be occasionally used without danger of illegibility. 1. Surrender their posts, squander their substance, render their accounts, further their interests, whether there are, whether their means. 2. Smother their friends, slaughter their foes, enter their protest, center their energies, feather their nests, murder their reputation.

Own represented by the final N hook. 3. Their own, your own, have their own, save their own, further their own, when their own, murder their own, know their own, was their own.

We-With, represented by the initial W hook. 4. We will, we will not, we are, we are in, we are not, we may, we may as well, we must leave, we mean-to, we mean to have, we mean to be. 5. We must be, we must have, we must try, we might, we might as well, we might not, we met, we meant-to, we meant to have, we meant to be, we may not, we may not have. 6. With me-my, with my permission, with my reasons, with him, with him you may, with with him you will, with whom, with whom you must, with whom you meant, with whom you are.

In-un, represented by an initial backward N hook. 7. Inspiration, inconsiderate, in consideration, insulting, insolvency, insecurity, unseasoned, unseasonable, unseemly, unscrupulous. 8. In some cases, in as many as possible, in some pursuits, in seeming, in something, in slandering, in slaughtering, in smothering.

It expressed by halving the final (straight) consonant of a word. 9. Take it, took it, fetch it, write it, make it, knock it, preach it approach it, at it, had it

Of the, indicated by writing the words between which the phrase occurs closer than usual. 1 0. Remarks of the speaker, head of the department, subject of the speech, represent-ation of the language, inventor of the alphabet, meaning of the Constitution, letters of the Tribune, civilization of the people. 11. Wealth of the nation, industry of the people, speech of the President, translation of the Scriptures, height of the tower, music of the spheres, beauty of the scene, etc.

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Com, con, cog, indicated by writing the remainder of the word or phrase nearly close to, and, when convenient, somewhat below the preceding syllable or word. 1. In comparison, incomplete, I will not complain, I will contrive, does not contain, receive his consent, does not contend, all such contentions, I will not discomfort them. 2. Their misconduct, do you accompany them, in all his complaints, is uncontrolled, we are recommended, I will not condescend, you must contradict, need not discompose yourself.

Lb, rl, ml, nl, represented by large initial hook signs. 3. Learn, learned, learner, learned, color, cooler, gallery, roller, intolerable. 4. Real-ly, rely, rail, rule, relative, relation, relented, relinquish, girl, pearl. 5. Family, enamel, melancholy, million, camel, promulgate, promulgation. 6. Only, this only, journal, Phrenology, chronology, Colonel, funnel, tunnel, cannel.

Mp sign, also represents in reporting style, MB, in Phraseogra-phy May be. 7. Ambition, ambitious, imbecile, embellish, perambulate, it may be ready, it may be as well, you may be right, you may be wrong. 8. May be considered, may be made, there may be some difficulty, there may be little, which may be likely, with which it may be received, they may be certain, they may be required.

We may be, used only in Phraseography. 9. We may be able, we may be able to, we may be required, we may be addressed, we may be governed, we may be gratified, we may be greatly, we may be found, we may be chosen. 10. We may be charged, we may be certain, we may be quite sure, we may be tried, we may be present, we may be per-sonal-ly, we may be considered, we may be thrown.

M-per, m-ber, represented by a double-length mp-mb. 11. Timber, lumber, chamber, cumber, September, Humber, etc. N-ker, N-ger, represented by a double-length ng. 12. Anchor, rancor, anger, finger, stronger, longer, longer than.

Mental, represented by a disjoined ment. 13. Instrumental. or instrumentality, ornamental, monumental, etc.

From - to. 14. From time to time, from day to day, from hour to hour, from place to place, from year to year, etc.

Exercise.

Termination Ble-bly-bility, represented by a joined b when BL would be inconvenient. 1. Admissible, attainable, tenable, irrascible, impassable, sensible-ility, expansible-ility, incom-prehensible-ility, accessible-ility.

To, occasionally omitted in Phraseography. 2. Mean to be, we mean to have, we meant to be, according to all the, said to have, is said to have, in relation-to-the, with respect-to-the, in referring-to-the, in reference-to-the. [The vowel sign for to is written when it can be conveniently joined.] 3. To him, to make, to come, to have, to represent, to write, to render, to leave, to some extent, to mention.

Of, of the, occasionally omitted in Phraseographs. 4. Church of God, Church of Christ, kingdom of heaven, word of God, words of my text, Son of God, point of view, point of fact, House of Representatives, member of Congress. 5. Houses of Parliament, world of fashion, members of Parliament, Secretary of the Treasury, circumstances of the case, one of the most, liberty of the people, liberty of the press, Constitution of the United States, President of the United States.

Omission of unimportant words in Phraseographs. 6. On the contrary, in the world, for the sake of, more or less, on the one hand, on the other hand, on either hand, in the first place, in the second place, in the next place, in the last place.

Prefixes and Affixes occasionally joined. 7. Introduce, introduced, interfere, interest, entertain, entertained, interpret, intercourse, therefore, undertake, interchange, selfish.

Vocalized words. The following words will be illegible if left unvocalized. 8. Idea, item, identified, wide, wife, ice, eyes, highest, now, new. 9. Endowed, occupy, occupied, suit, else; seat, site, (when used for city.) Obey, era, area, (Write one or both vowels; if one only, the latter.)

Figures. Write the Arabic figures for numbers, except one, two, three, ten, twelve. Write the value of noughts in Phonography. See line 10. 1, 2, 3, 10, 12. 24,000, 2,-000,000, 13,000,000, 17,000, £146,000,000, $18,000,000.

Scripture references. Write the book in the first position, the chapter in the second, and the verse in the third.

Exercise.

It, expressed by halving a logograph. 1. Is it, as it, of it have it, give it, gave it, over it, from it, if it, wish it, when it, think it, upon it. 2. Above it, till it, until it, which it, which will it, had it or had had, there it, has had it, etc.

Exceptional Abbreviations. For contractions not numerous enough for classification, see Vocabulary. 3. Nevertheless, notwithstanding, temperance society, Wesleyan Society, in relation to-the, in regard to-the, in respect to-the, in referring to-the, in reference to-the. 4. With respect to-the, with reference to-the, with regard to-the, posterity, Indian Territory, identical, infinite, kingdom of God, kingdom of Christ. 5. Before hand, whensoever, wheresoever, onward, the first thing, the first subject, the first po sition, the first and second, etc.

Direction op the Stroke Vowels on. should ; he. It has heretofore been optional with the reporter to strike on and should upward or downward. It is better to make it a rule to write both of these vowel signs in an upward direction, whether standing alone or joined. By observing this rule, on will never clash with he; and he, which is uniformly written downward, may, without danger of illegibility, be allowed to stand alone, by making it somewhat more ap-right, like ch; and on, a little more slanting, like the upward r. There is little danger of on clashing with I.

Positive and Negative words, containing the same consonants, are distinguished either by a difference of position, or of outline. 6. Moral, immoral; mortal, immortal; material, immaterial; resistible, irresistible; legal, illegal; religion, ir-religion.

Words containing the same consonants and the same position vowels, but of unlike meaning, are distinguished by a difference of outline. 1. God, guide; greatly, gradually; desolate, dissolute ; agen', gentlemen; cost, caused; ruined, renewed, etc. Unlike words, written with the same outline, are rendered sufficiently distinct by a difference of position. 10. Migrate, emigrate; amiaile, humble; amazement, amusement; women, woman; neiless, endless; stable, suitable; anybody, nobody; epistle, apostle; opposition, position, possession ; prove, approve; indicted, indebted, undoubted; utterly, truly, etc.

Exercise.