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• Ars scribendi sine penna : or, the art of taking down sermons, trials, speeches, &c. verbatim, without pen and ink, and upon one page. A Work of the highest Importance to Members of Parliament, Ministers of State, Gentlemen of the Law, Physic, and Divinity, &c. &c. being calculated for every Profession in Life; is allowed and approved to be the most rational, easy, and speedy Method of taking down ever exhibited to public View. In this Work, previous Care has been taken, that every needful Explication may run through the Whole; and such occasional Recollections are added, as throw Light upon each Lesson, and effectually relieve the Memory. In a word, the Whole is founded on such a Plan, as neither the Wit of Man, nor any Period of Time, can, in any essential Part, alter. A careful Perusal of which gains the Approbation of, and strikes with Admiration, the Judicious and the Intelligent, the whole Art resting upon only thirteen arbitrary Characters
  by: Mitchell, John
  Published: (1783)
• Stenography compleated, or The art of short-hand brought to perfection; being the most easy exact speedy, and legible method extant : Whereby can be joined in every sentence, at least two, three, four, five, six, seven or more words together in one without taking off y pen, in y twinkling of an eye, and that by the signs of the English moods, tenses, persons particles &c. Never before invented. By this new method any who can but tolerably write their names in round hand may with ease (by this book alone without any teacher) take down from ye speaker's mouth any sermon speech trial play, &c. word by word; though they know nothing of Latin. And may likewise read one another's writing distinctly be it ever so long after it is written to perform these by any other short-hand method extant, is utterly impossible, as is evident from ye books themselves. Authoriz'd by His Majesty, and attested by many gentlemen, at the beginning hereof. Compos'd by James Weston, the only author and professor of this new method
  by: Weston, James
  Published: (1743)
• The elements of short-hand : founded on the principles of nature, grammar, and true philosophy, each uniting in the rational, grammatical and elliptical contraction of the English language. And exemplified by a Variety of striking Examples
  by: Mitchell, John
  Published: (1784)
• Brachygraphy : or an easy and compendious system of short-hand, adapted to the various arts, sciences and professions; improved after more than Forty Years Practice & Experience by Thomas Gurney: and brought still nearer to perfection upon the present Method. by Joseph Gurney
  by: Gurney, Thomas
  Published: (1778)
• The pen's dexterity : or, the art of short-writing improved, by incomparable contractions, whereby a sentence is writ as soon as a word. Allow'd by Authority, and past the two Universities with great Applause. Invented and taught by Jeremiah Rich
  by: Rich, Jeremiah
  Published: (1705)