James McFarland's c. 1900 Speller and Word Book with Good Endpage Lettering and Scribbles primitive kitchen utensil These were handcrafted by Nils

These were handcrafted by Nils Olson Hemslöjd--located in Nusnäs

handwritten

looks somewhat more certain

surely  they were an empathetic father

James McFarland's c. 1900 Speller and Word Book with Good Endpage Lettering and Scribbles primitive kitchen utensil These were handcrafted by NilsI 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