The Theory and Practice of Handwriting/Index

by John Jackson

INDEX

1. Actiology of scoliose, 86
2. Alphabet, written, small letters, 95
3. — — capital letters, 96
4. Ancient and mediæval writing, 112
5. Angles of slope in copy books, 26
6. Argument against use of slates, 76
7. Baginsky, Dr., on Spinal Curvature, 86
8. Belgian cabinet edict, 27
9. Blackboard, criticism of, 107–8
10. — writing, 57, 61, 107, 108
11. Blank copy books, minor objections to, 66
12. — — — and class teaching, 71
13. Blotting paper, necessity of, 80
14. Body, hygienic position of, 82
15. Bohemian School Board’s Instructions, 92
16. Caligraphic merits of vertical writing, 39
17. Caligraphy, qualities of good, 27
18. Capitals (model alphabet of), 96
19. Catalogue of recent works, 127
20. “City Press” on writing, 8
21. Class teaching, general instructions for, 109
22. Classes of letters, details of, 97–100
23. Classification of capitals, 103
24. — — small letters, 96–7
25. Compactness, 52
26. — of vertical writing, 35
27. Comparison of lengths of outlines, 33
28. Congresses and Councils, 124
29. Continent, decrees of Boards, etc., 123
30. Continuity in writing, 51
31. Copy books, kinds of, 56
32. — — shapes of, 77
33. — — writing specimens, 4, 40
34. Defects of blank books summarised, 69
35. Delusion of slope, 28
36. Desks, kinds of, 74
37. — widths of, 75
38. “Detroit Free Press,” 9
39. Diagram of eyes, 18, 87
40. Diagrams of contrasts, 131
41. — — legibility, 28–30
42. — — lengths, 33
43. — — positions, 16, 17
44. Directions to writers, 110
45. Diversity of positions, 127
46. Drawing and writing, 68
47. E, different forms of, 54
48. Early Saxon handwriting, 112
49. Ease in teaching, 36
50. Economical merits of vertical writing, 39
51. Economy in space, 34
52. Educational merits of vertical writing, 39
53. Elizabeth, Queen, writing of, 131
54. Elizabethan period specimens, 132
55. Enthusiasm in teaching, 106
56. Example of non-continuity, 51
57. Experiments in Vienna schools, 22
58. Engraver’s hair line models, 55
59. Fashion in writing, 12
60. First English sloping alphabet, 116
61. Focus, perfect in vertical writing, 18
62. German alphabets, two, 22
63. — cabinet, edict of, 27
64. — handwriting, 111
65. Government instructions, 31
66. Handwriting and hygiene, 26
67. Headline copy books, 56
68. Heights of long letters, 54
69. History of vertical writing, 111
70. How to write, 110
71. Hygienic defects of sloping writing, 14, 158
72. — merits of vertical writing, 38
73. Imperfect models, 58
74. Ink, quality of, 79
75. Inspectors, etc., 125
76. Irregular models, 62
77. Italian style, introduced, 111
78. Javal, Dr., 14, 19, 120
79. Jolly, Inspector, 77
80. Junction of letters, 51
81. King, G. B., on continuity, 51
82. Legibility of writing, 27
83. Leibrich, Dr., statements by, 157
84. Locke’s system, 105
85. Long letters, lengths of, 54
86. Lorenz, Professor A., opinion, 22
87. Minimum of imitation, 68
88. Models or copies, 60
89. Movement on Continent, 118, 119
90. Mulhauser’s method, 104
91. Multum in parvo, 110
92. Myopia and sloping writing, 19, 87
93. — — blackboard copies 67
94. Nelson, Lord, writing of, in two styles, 133
95. Norman handwriting, 111
96. Nuremburg, lecture at, 142
97. Ophthalmology and vertical writing, 19
98. Ornamental penmanship, 94
99. Orthopædics and vertical writing, 22
100. Other merits of vertical writing, 37
101. Pens and penholders, 80
102. Perpendicular writing in schools, 142
103. Position in vertical writing, 16, 17
104. — of copy books, 84
105. — — the pen, 90
106. Qualities of good writing, 27
107. Reproduction of pupils’ copies, 59
108. R, variations in form of, 53
109. Report of Vienna Commission, 19
110. Resolution of London Congress, 18
111. Reuss, Professor A., opinion of, 19
112. Revival of vertical writing, 117
113. S, different forms of, 54
114. Scharff, Dr., Flensberg, 151
115. Schenk, Dr., on scoliosis, 86
116. Scholars’ writing, specimens of, 134
117. Schubert, Dr., experiments of, 48
118. — — his researches, 23
119. — — lecture by, 142
120. “Secretary” letters or alphabet, 116
121. Seidl, Miss Caroline, letter of, 121
122. Shapes of certain letters, 53
123. Shortsighted pupils, 67
124. Shortsightedness, 157
125. Size of writing, 48
126. Slates, evils of, 76
127. – use of, 76
128. Sloping writing, specimens of, 4, 131
129. Smith, Dr. Noble, statement by, 158
130. Specialists and educationists, 124
131. Specimens of vertical writing, 40
132. Speed of vertical writers, 32, 34, 153
133. — — writing, 31
134. Spinal curvature and sloping writing, 19, 86, 158
135. Table of merits of vertical writing, 38
136. Teacher’s objection, 21
137. Temporary models, 65
138. Thickness of writing, 50
139. Tritton, Mr., at the Mansion House, 8
140. Ungraded Models, 64
141. Varying angles of slope, 26
142. Vertical writing, a specific, 14
143. — — revival of, 117
144. Vienna, Council, 154
145. Whole-arm movement, 49
146. Writer’s cramp, 38, 50
147. Writing and drawing, 68
148. – – Hygiene, 10
149. — as it now is, 1
150. — of teachers, 60, 72
151. Western Union Telegraph Operators, 31