PREFACE The book has been prepared with a steadfast purpose to meet the needs of correspondence students. It is complete as a text, and, in connection with the careful reading and correcting of the students recitation papers, it is complete as a teacher. The Renn Pitman is by far the most reliable, tried and true system that is now before the public. Judging it in its entirety, which includes it's scientific invention, comparative ease of mastery, absolute legility when properly written, and it's unlimited adaptability for the soverest as well as for the most ordinnary uses to which it can be put