Lila Wise's 1898 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Both Strange and Poignant Sentences cast metal portrait and reminding him of the

and reminding him of the Chicago Imagists-- but the maker is unknown and it seems most likely just an especially inspired

It measures 4 1/4" x 1 7/8" w x 1 1/4" t

very pear-like bruising

but what fantastic ones they

Lila Wise's 1898 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Both Strange and Poignant Sentences cast metal portrait and reminding him of 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