Excerpt from Aristos ("the Best") Shorthand Nevertheless, the Author, after several years' experience of this method, is convinced that thick and thin phonetic pairing is a structural mistake, while it hampers the hand and is an obstacle to legibility. It is a structural mistake, because a Sign which is proper to the importance of one consonant may not be at all pro portioned to the importance of the consonant with which it is paired. The two are unequally yoked. He has therefore composed, on Taylorian lines, a system in which all his long and varied experience has had part, either as to what is given or as to what is omitted. Phonetic theories are discarded, and the only considerations entertained are, legibility and facility of writing. III the belief of the Author, Aristos Shorthandwill be more easily learnt, written and read than any other system now before the public. He has always written a system himself before asking others to adopt it, and he gives the same proof of good faith now. Iliatever judgment be passed upon his final stenographic work, he thinks he may claim that this is the only shorthand system which has been produced after more than forty years spent in the practice ofthe art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.