Good Behavior, 1881, With Some Doodles walnut wood It seems like fate by

It seems like fate by which I found this "Flying Fickle Finger of Fate"--at an antiques/collectibles shop where I never find anything but popped into on a whim

though they are thick like hammers

but which now I think would make an excellent pair of bookends

An then a wooden fence on one side of the house and a wall on the other

Box measures 5 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 5/8"

Good Behavior, 1881, With Some Doodles walnut wood It seems like fate byOne final book for the week, as it seemed like a nice idea to end encouraging good behavior! In addition to including lots of behavioral instruction some of it well worth heeding still, some happily outmoded as well as Thomas Jefferson's 10 rules as an appendix ("#1. Take things always by the smooth handle"), what I especially love about this are the doodles at either end, which seem directly counter to the sort of behavior being proscribed! 7" x 4 1