The Phonographic Instructor; Being an Introduction to the Corresponding Style of Phonography

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...and nor are written above the line, the rest touching the line. Beside cl and mr signifying two words according as they are above or on the line, some of the signs stand for two words in the same place; as, Ir for member and remember, cl for difficult and for difficulty. For additions to the wordsigns, see the observations under (40). The compound hi may be added to the word-sign of remark, for remarkable. In like manner shl added to n above the line expresses influential, because ns so written is the word-sign for influence (47). Exercise XV. Anonymous Works.--Authors of character, who take pleasure in concealing their names, seem superior to fame. Producing remarkable and yet nameless works, is like exercising charity with secrecy. There is an air of self-sacrifice in it, which people wonder at. But the truth is, the principal object in doing so is to add to their already acknowledged celebrity; for authors are surely shrewd enough to remark the very curious principle in our nature, which prefers mystery to simple truth. But some writers have carried their measures rather too far, for while we possess and admire their works, their names are for ever buried. Thus, every name given to the author of Junius's Letters is more or less imaginary, and it will be very difficult or impossible to discover his name. Such writers ought to take care to leave sure marks by which to tell their names, or tbey may miss what they're aiming for. However, each and every author of this class should remember ono thing: viz., notoriety and honourable fame differ very much from each other, and to throw a veil of mystery over a passable work transfers no true fame to it, but only a temporary notoriety. To hear people tell one another, Mr. this or Mr. the other is the author of suc...