PART II.
THE LATEST MEMORY SYSTEMS AND THEIR CRITICS.
WITH BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MNEMONICS,
1325-1888.
By G. S. FELLOWS, M.A.
At the present time there are but two memory systems in America worthy of serious consideration, viz. Those of "Loisette" and White; while in England, one, Dr. Pick's, stands pre-eminent, and these, therefore, will claim our chief attention. It is learned that a new memory system is about to enter the field, to be known as "Shedd's Natural Memory Method."
While other systems have come and gone, none has stood the test of time as that of the venerable Dr. Pick. The testimonials of 1851 are only surpassed by those of 1888, from the highest educational authorities in England, while in earlier years his reputation was not less in France and Germany. His modest claims, in striking contrast to the preposterous pretensions of others, no doubt contributed largely to his unwavering success through more than forty years. To-day the Westminster Review, August, 1888, on the subject of memory, says:
"Original ideas generally pass, during their struggle for existence, through three phases: (1) their value is ignored; (2) their originality is disputed, and attempts, more or less successful, are made to misappropriate them; and (3) their value and originality are alike recognized and are duly ascribed to their real authors. Dr. Pick's have already passed through the second phase, and now at length he has the satisfaction of seeing them enter the third."
Prof. White's Natural Method of Memorizing and Memory Training, the name of which correctly characterizes it,
