The newest, plainest and best short-hand extant. [electronic resource] : Containing I. A brief account of all the short-hands already extant; with their Alphabets and Fundamental Rules. 2. A plain and easie method for beginners, less burthensome to the Memory than any other. 3. A new invention for contracting words, with special Rules for contracting Sentences, and other Ingenious Fancies, both pleasant and profitable unto all, let their Character be whose or what it will. The tenth edition, with additions. By E. Coles, Late School-Master in Russel-Street, by Covent-Garden.