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爱德华·博克：爱德华·博克自传·补录 153
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
Edward had been in the employ of Henry Holt and Company as clerk and stenographer for two years when Mr. Cary sent for him and told him that there was an opening in the publishing house of Charles Scribner's Sons, if he wanted to make a change. Edward saw at once the larger opportunities possible in a house of the importance of the Scribners, and he immediately placed himself in communication with Mr. Charles Scribner, with the result that in January, 1884, he entered the employ of these publishers as stenographer to the two members of the firm and to Mr. Edward L. Burlingame, literary adviser to the house. He was to receive a salary of eighteen dollars and thirty-three cents per week, which was then considered a fair wage for stenographic work. The typewriter had at that time not come into use, and all letters were written in long-hand. Once more his legible handwriting had secured for him a position.
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定位：Additional excerpt 153 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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爱德华在亨利·霍尔特公司做职员和速记员两年后，卡里先生告诉他，查尔斯·斯克里布纳之子出版社有个空缺，问他是否想换。爱德华立刻看到这家重要出版社的更大机会，马上联系查尔斯·斯克里布纳先生，结果1884年1月入职，给两位合伙人和文学顾问爱德华·L·伯林盖姆当速记员，周薪十八点三三美元，当时算速记工作的合理报酬。那时打字机还没普及，所有信件都手写。又一次，是他工整的字迹帮他拿到了职位。
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博克自传中讲述他1884年从霍尔特出版社跳槽到斯克里布纳出版社，担任速记员的经过。
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