Lǝ mɛ:tr fɔnetik (Le maître phonétique) gathers the first attempts to transcribe texts in Spanish based on phonetic alphabet published 1888. We have a large number of transcriptions from 1888, but we will focus period until 1901. Some them name their author (namely by Tomás Escriche y Fernando Araujo) while others appear without authorship. Furthermore, journal hosts theoretical debate around s...