Lila Wise's 1898 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Both Strange and Poignant Sentences dead stock with the exception being the

with the exception being the center front foot on the underside--which is a positive loss I think

The paper label on the underside of the lid reads "John Moore

the shoe maker

Blocks are in good shape

The bird itself perches very sturdily atop the mirror

Lila Wise's 1898 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Both Strange and Poignant Sentences dead stock with the exception being theAs you likely know by now, I've a special weakness for penmanship practice notebooks of all sorts, for all different sorts of reasons, high among them being the specific words and phrases chosen for repetition, which take on added resonance for being written over and over again (and also tell us a lot about the times, including the values being stealthily drilled into children! ) This one, published in 1899, struck me first for the sentence "Burnt