NAVARRE, Histoire générale de la sténographie, [1909]

Albert Navarre (1871-1961) was a prominent figure in the field of shorthand, serving as director of the "Sténographe illustré" newspaper, administrator of the Sténographique Institute, and general secretary of the Union of Shorthand Societies of France. His work Histoire générale de la sténographie et de l'écriture à travers les âges (General History of Stenography and Writing Through the Ages) is an exhaustive study of the evolution of shorthand and stenography from antiquity to his time.