One really obvious difference that I found between the theory in the Simplified and Jubilee editions was the absence of the disjoined word-endings in the Jubilee second edition. I don't think they could have scrambled the order of the paragraphs more thoroughly than they did. Almost everything was essentially the same, although the order of presentation in these two editions is utterly different. I did a side-by-side comparison of all of the theory paragraphs of this Simplified second edition (1955) and the later Jubilee second edition (1971). It seems that what happened was that every time the brief forms were reduced in number, the system got easier to learn, but slower to use. Then with the later Jubilee edition (which I bought myself some time in the 1970s), people could get less speed than that. With this "Simplified" version, people could get to 150 words per minute. As they say there, the fastest version of Gregg was the 1916 edition, with which stenographers could reach 280 words per minute. Even if the subject matter wasn't so well presented, it would still be a great little possession to have on the shelf.Ĭoncerning the content, there's a very useful comparison of the various editions of this book since 1888 on the wikipedia page about Gregg shorthand. This very nicely printed book, " The GREGG Shorthand Manual Simplified ", is a pure delight to have and hold.
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