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Harper's Writing Books: Symmetrical Penmanship with Marginal Drawing Lessons, for Schools and Families
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Barnes' National System of Penmanship
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One penmanship book entitled Barnes' National System of Penmanship, published by A.S. Barnes & Co., New York and Chicago, 1886. This book is 24 pages in length, and contains 24 exercises. Across the top of each page are sample words and numbers for copying. The remainder of each page is eleven lined sections for student copying. For example, the items across the top of page 1 are: "X, extra, Xenia, W, waves, Warner, 1". On the front cover a decorative, leafy frame surrounds title information. An image of a bee is in the lower right-hand corner of the frame. The back cover is an advertisement for the Barnes' National Sytem of Penmanship, its penmanship charts, ink, pens and popular drawing books. The inside of the front cover features four instructional images for correct body and hand positions for writing. Below this are textual instructions for correct form and position while writing. On the inside of the back cover are numbered and labeled examples of "Barnes' National System of Penmanship." All of the lessons have been completed, in ink, by a previous owner. "Laura E. Dix" (previous owner) is written in ms., in ink at the top of the front cover.
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Hood's Drawing Book
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One drawing book, entitled Hood's Drawing Book, with Designs and Suggestions from an Artist of Long and Varied Experience, published by C.I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Massachusetts, 1898. The front cover of the drawing book shows a young man painting the title of the book onto a wood sign. The back cover of the book lists descriptions of various "Family Medicines" available from Hood & Company, including "Hood's Sarsaparilla," Hood's Tooth Powder," and "Hood's Olive Ointment." The 24-page book contains various drawing exercises, starting with simple forms and progresses to complex scenes. Inside the front cover are instructions, such as which pencils to buy and how to sharpen them. Preliminary exercises are on grids to aid the student in copying images; other exercises encourage independent efforts copying an image. Five of the images in the book have been copied into separate, loose papers, which have been inserted in the book. A few of the drawings relate to medical goods made by C.I. Hood & Co., such as the image of "Hood's Medicated Soap."
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Erasable (School) Drawing and Writing Tablet, No. 2
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One drawing book entitled Erasable (School) Drawing and Writing Tablet, No. 2, printed by American Tablet Manuf. Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 1871, "patented October 24, 1865, and August 7, 1866." The front cover of the "tablet" shows a young lady sitting in a chair drawing on a sheet of paper. The tablet contains six pages of heavy paper board. The first four pages consist of two sets of printed images and blank areas. The last two pages of the tablet feature penmanship examples and blank areas below. "General Instructions" are on the back cover of the tablet. The student was supposed to "[d]raw in the blank spaces with a soft lead pencil, and erase with a damp woolen cloth." However, the majority of the printed images have been traced over rather than copied. In the upper-right hand corner of the second page is an indecipherable penciled note.
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Bartholomew's Primary School Drawing Cards, No. 1
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One set of drawing cards entitled Bartholomew's Primary School Drawing Cards, No. 1, by W. N. Bartholomew, published by Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., New York and Chicago, 1874. This set is comprised of 10 double-sided lithograph cards, principally containing line drawing lessons on each side, totaling 20 lessons. The exercises in this series are listed on the envelope wrapper, below the title: "SET No. 1 - Simple exercises in placing points, drawing lines, plane figures, familiar objects and ornamental forms; also lessons in Printing and Writing." Sets 2 and 3 are also described. Each lesson is printed on a black background, with the image or letter to be copied in white. These drawing cards were designed to be used in conjunction with a drawing slate; the card would be placed in the card holder at one end of the slate, and the image copied onto the slate. The penmanship lessons on Card 10 are labeled "Payson, Dunton & Scribner's Penmanship." On the back side of the envelope is a publisher's advertisement for "Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing" books. The dimensions provided are for the envelope.
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Lessons in Lettering: A Series of Practice Books With Text, Examples and Exercises, Book 2 Inclined Single Stroke
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One penmanship book entitled Lessons in Lettering: A Series of Practice Books With Text, Examples and Exercises, Book 2 Inclined Single Stroke, by Thomas E. French and William D. Turnbull, published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York and London, 1924. This book is 40 pages in length, and is comprised of 20 lessons on numbered sheets. At the head of the first page is the overall lesson for the book: "Inclined Single Stroke Commercial Gothic". Each sheet, or lesson, includes instructional text on the left-hand side of each page opening, and the actual lesson and copying space on the right-hand side. The title on the front cover is within a single-rule frame. The top inside front cover reads: "Second edition, fifth impression". Below that is a listing of materials required for the use of this book, and below that is a brief advertisement for "Lessons in Lettering for Students and Draftsmen: a series of practice books with text examples and exercises." On the inside of the back cover are four variations of a single alphabet and number "face" that are part of Sheet 20. On the back cover is a brief advertisement for several drawing and lettering books. Several publisher's advertisements for drawing books and vocational books are laid in to this lettering book. None of the exercises have been completed.
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The Normal Review System of Writing--Tracing Course, No. 1
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One penmanship book entitled The Normal Review System of Writing, Tracing Course, No. 1, by D. H. Farley and W. B. Gunnison, published by Silver, Burdett & Co., Boston, New York and Chicago, 1889. This book is 24 pages in length, and contains 22 different exercises. The last page is a duplicate of the first, containing exercises 1 and 2. There are two exercises per page; the sample for copying in black print, with the exercises repeated below, in light blue ink, for tracing. Each lesson is to be traced four times. Instructions for proper positions, movements and notes to the teacher, along with several illustrations, are on the inside of the front cover. On the inside of the back cover is "The Normal System of Writing, A Key to Principles". On the back cover is an explanation of this system of writing, with brief outlines of the various courses within the system. None of the exercises have been completed.
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