AUTHOR: The "Spencerian Authors"
STARTED: August 18, 2017
FINISHED: August 20, 2017
PAGES: 53
GENRE: Handwriting
FIRST SENTENCE: [From the Present Publisher's Preface] Platt Rogers Spencer grew up loving graceful lines and beautiful writing.
SUMMARY: [From Amazon] This book explains how all the letters can be made gracefully and rapidly using various combinations of a few basic pen strokes. It explains Spencer's philosophy of teaching principles which engage the mind as well as the hand. It also details his methods for teaching classes of children. One of these is having the children write rhythmically, in concert, as the teacher counts. The power of this method is being rediscovered today.
THOUGHTS: Goodness me! I am a huge fan of this style of penmanship but, man, did this theory book feel snooty. It actually breaks down everything nicely, but the writing is so old school it's not hard to imagine bored kids sitting at desk reciting lessons by rote.
RATING: 6/10 [Good]
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