Aimé Paris, and the associations and arrangement throughout are exceptionally good.
"Statutes by Heart," by F. W. Head, was published in 1877, and aimed at memorizing the particulars and numbers of various statutes. The key differs but slightly from that used by Beniowski and others, but is only used initially—a sentence suggesting the statute, and the initials giving the number. The sentence, "Mutilating Ledger Intending Robbery," in this way suggests the "Falsification of Accounts Bill," and the initials "m, l, n, r," give the numbers, 38, 24. Many of the sentences are suggestive enough, but others would, without a good deal of study, apply to anything.
Under the title of "The Whole Art of Memory," Thos. Laurie, in 1880, published a cheap pamphlet, but beyond a re-arrangement of Beniowski's key, and a consequent change in the list of consecutive words, it differed but little from other systems.
Another pamphlet, "How to Improve the Memory," by Charles Hartley, appeared in 1880. In it various systems are epitomized, a rather full account is given of Grey's method, and various hints for assisting the memory added.
The latest addition to mnemonic literature appeared in 1886, when Gustavus Cohen, known best as an evangelist and phrenologist, published "Memory: How to Secure and Retain it." A large portion of the pamphlet is made up of extracts from Levison and Fowler, and considerable space is therefore devoted to Phrenology and the cultivation of the perceptive faculties.
