Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk woman at seashore costs for items including oats

costs for items including oats

and which I thought would also be handy to have in stock as I keep acquiring old marbles solitaire boards

I would think  made to use in conjunction with a very specific vessel

being carried in from the hunt

and I believe a tool for mixing chemicals--but it struck me as the perfect wand for dipping in a soapy solution and blowing soap bubbles

Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk woman at seashore costs for items including oatsSo many different penmanship practice notebooks to enjoy for different reasons. This one was all about mastering individual letters and the proper slant of them, hence a whole page of "oo"s (finally becoming a whole page of "noon"s) and "aa"s,"cc"s "vv"s, etc., reading like fields of abstract mark making, which I find quite beautiful. And "ruin" repeated a hundred or so times feels especially poignant. 24 p + cover : 5 3 4" x 7". Good condition, with