of writing; facility in reading notes; the ability to transcribe notes neatly, quickly and with scrupulous fidelity; the capacity, when pressed beyond one's pace, to catch the sense and record it, at the possible risk of losing a few words or possibly some fine phrases—these and many other attainments ought to advance abreast." He then recommended the writing of one sentence repeatedly, so as "to teach the hand how to move along." This advice is also given by Mr. Andrew J. Graham, the author of "Graham's Shorthand," and Mr. Fred Irland, the congressional reporter. Write the same sentence until you can write it fluently, and, as Mr. R. R. Hitt, another famous reporter, said, "leaving speed to come when it will."
We would like to quote here some extracts from a very interesting article by Miss Mary N. Evans, official stenographer of Sandusky, Ohio, which appeared in the "Phonographic World" in June, 1891:
"My own habit has been, and my advice to my pupils, is this: begin with a single sentence only. Write it over six times, numbering each, and if there should be any outlines in it which seem especially difficult, cover a page or so of the paper with each of these until they are mastered sufficiently to be written as readily as the rest of the sentence. Then take up the second sentence in the article in the same way. Now go back to the beginning, writing both sentences six times over, finishing up with
