Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk woman at seashore being carried in from the

being carried in from the hunt

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

super evocative

Someone appears to have valued it enough to carve

Kellogg's began producing their own version

Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk woman at seashore being carried in from theSo 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