OF

PHONOGRAPHY;

OR,

WRITING BY SOUND:

A NATURAL METHOD OF WRITING BY SIGNS THAT REPRESENT THE SOUNDS OF LANGUAGE,

AND ADAPTED TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF

PHONETIC SHORT HAND.

BY ISAAC PITMAN.

WITH

AN APPENDIX,

ON THE APPLICATION OF PHONOGRAPHY TO FOREIGN

LANGUAGES.

BY A. J. ELLIS, B. A.

SEVENTH EDITION.

LONDON:

SAMUEL BAGSTER AND SONS, 15, PATERNOSTER ROW.

BATH:

ISAAC PITMAN, PHONOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, 5,NELSON PLACE.

1845.

218375

BATH PRINTED BY JOHN AND JAMES KEENE, JOURNAL OFFICE.

Entered at Stationers' Hall.

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE

PHONOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDING SOCIETY,

WHO HAVE SO EARNESTLY LABOURED IN DISSEMINATING THE

TRUE PRINCIPLES OF WRITING,

AND IN BRINGING PHONOGRAPHY TO ITS PRESENT STATE

OF COMPARATIVE PERFECTION,

THIS SEVENTH EDITION

OF THE SYSTEM IS RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY

DEDICATED,

BY THEIR GRATEFUL FELLOW-LABOURER IN THE CAUSE OF

LITERARY REFORM.

ISAAC PITMAN.

PHONOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, BATH; March, 1845.