Isaac Pitman

This book is designed for students who have completed learning the theory of Pitman's New Era Shorthand and wish to revise and improve their knowledge. Each chapter consists of a review of a rule, with example outlines, followed by several shorthand passages, each with its own vocabulary list, which provide intensive practice on the rule. There is a list of grammalogues and contractions at the end. To enable dictation of the passages, students need to obtain the separate longhand book "A Student's Review of Pitman Shorthand Dictation Book, New Era Edition" or "A Student's Review Dictation Book and Key".

This book is the Centenary version of Pitman's Shorthand published in 1913. The Introduction describes some of the rules of outline choice, and is followed by an index of all the words used as examples. In the dictionary section, logograms (word signs) and contractions are shown in bold type. Outlines are not shown in relation to any dotted line, apart from those logograms and contractions that are written above or through the line. The rules of the system were revised in 1922 to produce the New Era version which is still current, and in 1975 the simplified Pitman 2000 was introduced to provide a choice for students. This book should therefore be used with caution by present-day students of Pitman's New Era and Pitman 2000, as many of the rules and outlines are different.