Mabel Wing's 1906 Drawing Notebook with Interventions from Edwin! rattle whimsy and retains his original carved

and retains his original carved dowel

as if just waiting to pounce

It opens smoothly and closes tight

Wonderful dry wood patina

Mabel Wing's 1906 Drawing Notebook with Interventions from Edwin! rattle whimsy and retains his original carvedI would have purchased this notebook for the drawing of sideways pointing beet hovering above yellow parsnip alone, but happily there's lots of other good ones filling its 50 pages, too! I'm partial to the fruit and vegetable drawings, but there are good flowers and leaves and boats and butterflies and suns and moons and much more, including a pretty great Statue of Liberty! And a boy named Edwin I might guess Mabel's younger brother, but perhaps a