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 BY THE SAME AUTHOR. REPORTING HINTS AND PRACTICE, DESIGNED POR STUDENT-REPORTERS AND OTHERS QUALIFYING FOR NEWSPAPER WORK. Extract from Introduction. place they are intended to furnish helpful hints to the student-re-^ porter, about different departments of the work in which he will be called on to engage ; and, in the second place, to give examples of such work, which may be used for shorthand practice." Contents. Introduction — Paragraph Writing — Public Meetings (Summaries) — Public Meetings (Verbatim) — Annual Meetings — Company Meet- ings^-Political Speeches (Condensed) — Political Speeches (Verba- tim) — Political Discussions — Sketches of Proceedings — Dinners — Law Cases (Full Report) — Law Cases (Summaries) — Sermons (Summaries) — Sermons (Verbatim) — Lectures (Literary) — Lec- tures (Scientific) — Lectures (Historical) — Telegraphic Reporting — Descriptive — Critical — Pastimes — Social Functions — Special Cor- respondence — Celebrities at Home — Interviewing — The Prepara- tion of Copy. Price, Cloth is. Press Opinions. Baker's pages are well worth perusal." — Literary World. — Weekly Dispatch. " Should be in the hands of every young or would-be journalist. The plan of the book is capital." — Reporters'* Magazine. parting a great deal of the information they require to enable them to utilize their skill in reporting."— 7"-^^ Office. which will not be useful." — Educational Times. London : Isaac Pitman & Sons, z Amen Cornbr, E.G. Bath : Phonetic Institute.
 * The object designed for these papers is two-fold. In the first
 * ' Useful bints are given in relation to journalistic experience, and Mr
 * Practical and sensible, and calculated to be most useful to beginners."
 * May be safely commended to all who are studying shorthand as im-
 * ' The extracts are all strictly to the point, and no information is givea