Spencerian Penmanship Notebook, c. 1880s, With Good Words, Phrases and Juxtapositions slide wooden blocks 5 5/8" long x 4"

5 5/8" long x 4" deep x 3 3/8" tall

perfectly framed by the cutout window in the lid of the coffin

which seems to suggest he might be making a pointed comment

and then how perfect to apply to a jar of cold cream

Steinbeck-ian sort of saga aspect to it

Spencerian Penmanship Notebook, c. 1880s, With Good Words, Phrases and Juxtapositions slide wooden blocks 5 5/8" long x 4"One of two late 19th c. penmanship notebooks I'm listing today, both recently found in Pennsylvania. There's often one particular page that sells me on one of these in this case it's the page of Hush, Hush, Hush followed by Kink, Kink, Kink! Ah, the resonance of found language. Of course I do like "Delays are Dangerous," "Onward and Upward," Quay combined with Zodiac, and this particular student's hand on Teach, Teach, Finch, Finch, too. 8 9 16" x 7".