James McFarland's c. 1900 Speller and Word Book with Good Endpage Lettering and Scribbles antique float Some wear/loss to the stain

Some wear/loss to the stain on the exterior

but for me this one rises to the top

or set on a stand

All in very good

Yunas has fled the city of Nineveh on a ship after failing to convince its people to accept Allah

James McFarland's c. 1900 Speller and Word Book with Good Endpage Lettering and Scribbles antique float Some wear/loss to the stainI 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