Raymond Bailey's c. 1900 Vertical Writing Penmanship Practice Notebook mosaic a "Nutting Party

a "Nutting Party

Since finding a few of them recently

seersucker to chinz

with screw clasp

3” diameter

Raymond Bailey's c. 1900 Vertical Writing Penmanship Practice Notebook mosaic a "Nutting PartyI continue to find it difficult to resist a completed penmanship notebook, in part just for the pleasure of seeing all these carefully formed letters, but also for the selection of words and phrases chosen for instruction which, like the manner of lettering itself, changed significantly over time and reveals a whole lot about the values of the times. This booklet, with a 1900 copyright, proscribes a system of "Vertical Writing", replacing Spencerian