Publisher's Synopsis
The Personal Shorthand Reader Nr. 1: Irving's Rip Van Winkle is a book written by Washington Irving and published in 1922. The book is written in Personal Shorthand, a system of shorthand writing developed by John Robert Gregg in the early 1900s. The book includes a phonetic print key to help readers decipher the shorthand writing. The story is a classic tale of Rip Van Winkle, a man who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up 20 years later to find that the world around him has changed. The book is a useful tool for those learning Personal Shorthand and for those who are interested in reading classic literature in a unique format.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
