Practical Penmanship, Being a Development of the Carstairian System: Comprehending an Elucidation of the Movements of the Fingers, Hand and Arm, Necessary in Writing: Their Combinations and Application, with Remarks on the Impediments which Retard the Progress of Learners, and the Errors Resulting from Common Methods of Teaching. Illustrated by 24 Engravings ... |
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| Title | Practical Penmanship, Being a Development of the Carstairian System: Comprehending an Elucidation of the Movements of the Fingers, Hand and Arm, Necessary in Writing: Their Combinations and Application, with Remarks on the Impediments which Retard the Progress of Learners, and the Errors ... |
| Author | Benjamin Franklin Foster |
| Publisher | O. Steele, 1832 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jul 23, 2010 |
| Length | 112 pages |
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