"What use can I make of Tachygraphy?" Why, my Dear Sir! What use do you make of Longhand? Use Tachygraphy for the same purposes - for keeping book accounts in your business, and business memoranda - for making extracts from books and papers, and keeping a diary - for correspondence - for writing lectures and sermons - for taking notes of the testimony of witnesses - and for other purpose) for which Longhand will not suffice, such as taking down Sermons, Lectures, etc., verbatim.

"Can I remember your system?" You cannot forget it while you remember the alphabet, for there are no irregularities to forget.

"Can children learn the art?" Yes; they ought to learn it between the ages of 12 and 18 years, and in some cases would do well to learn it younger. Students should, if possible, learn it before commencing their higher courses of study. If they have failed to do this, the sooner the better; but none need despair of learning it at any age, if they have sufficient leisure. "If I had as many sons as King Priam, J would hate them all taught the glorious art of Phonography." - C. Edwards Lester.

"Can you tell me just how long time it will take to master the art? Very nearly. If you will devote two hours a day to it for one month, you can learn its principles thoroughly, and write and read it readily, - somewhat faster than the common hand. When you have attained this, you can double that speed by proper practice in a fortnight, and within two or three months you can write three times as fast as by the common hand. This is a safe estimate; you may do better than this. Some of my pupils have acquired the principles with 20 hours' practice.