1898 - No. 2 Columbia Practical System Vertical Writing

Softcover, 8.5 x 7 inches, 24pp. Completed up to page 14. Discoloration from corroded staples at the spine, else Very Good+ with mild soil. 1 in OCLC. An uncommon series by the Founder and Principal of the Spencerian Business College in Philadelphia, making the departure from the Spencerian slant particularly pointed. Handsome engravings inside the cover show upright posture. The system was intended to also build reading skills and focused on practical sentences: “No time is wasted on uninteresting and meaningless curves”—ouch!