Olney's Modern Geography, 1835, With Excellent Endpaper Squirrel Drawing! metal including by giving them a

including by giving them a bunch of coins to put in the drawer and use for making change--something that seems to baffle most checkout people these days

I just love this little leopard

really only noticeable with magnification

and while not all are great

and singular

Olney's Modern Geography, 1835, With Excellent Endpaper Squirrel Drawing! metal including by giving them aIt is interesting to revisit world geography from an 1835 American perspective, but I must say this one for me is really all about the squirrel drawing on the inside of the front cover! Executed in graphite, it is definitely of the period. There is also a terrific nine quadrant printed chart of directions with hands pointing every way a few pages in. And then it is all about America. (I think there was another chunk to this book, lost at the back;