The Modern Stenographer: A Complete System of Light Line Phonography is a book written by George Howard Thornton in 1882. It is a comprehensive guide to the art of stenography, which is the process of writing in shorthand. The book presents a system of light line phonography, which is a type of shorthand that uses a simplified alphabet of strokes and curves to represent the sounds of words. The book is divided into several sections, each of which...