How to Talk (Or Primary Lessons in the English Language), 1882, With Excellent Endpapers and Energetic Hand-coloring black pottery ocarina Found in Massachusetts but I

Found in Massachusetts but I have no idea of its origins

such that one needs to be a bit gentle with it

designs and patterns) and there are a couple curious drawings in here all their own (faces

Loss around one eye as evident and old repair/repainting around the other I believe

Plus some other letters it's a bit hard to decipher

How to Talk (Or Primary Lessons in the English Language), 1882, With Excellent Endpapers and Energetic Hand-coloring black pottery ocarina Found in Massachusetts but II purchased this one for the "HOW TO TALK" handwritten on the inside cover that alone did it for me. But I quite like what looks like a musical staff on the opposite page, too, as if to suggest that there are other ways to communicate! The book is indeed titled How to Talk (Or Primary Lessons in the English Language) by W. B. Powell, published by E. H Butler and Co., Philadelphia, 1882. Lots of useful lessons inside and lots of good illustrations too,