James McFarland's c. 1900 Speller and Word Book with Good Endpage Lettering and Scribbles antique float which I think is a

which I think is a good thing

Some wear/loss to the stain on the exterior

but for me this one rises to the top

His art is represented at the National Museum and Malmö and Eskilstuna Museums

formed in the Miocene era 6-10 million years ago)

James McFarland's c. 1900 Speller and Word Book with Good Endpage Lettering and Scribbles antique float which I think is aI am forever opening old spellers to check their end pages for names and drawings and doodles spaces of endless expressive potential! This one was once the possession of a young James McFarland, of Lebanon, Tennessee which is precisely where I found it. I find the lettering spelling out the name of his hometown, surrounded by many iterations of his name and and various marks and shapes and numbers etc. pretty beautiful. More at the end, too, looking