American Book Company "Barnes's Elementary Geography" by James Monteith, 1896 Copyright purple and white The striking contrast between the

The striking contrast between the wood of the matchsticks and their charcoal tips

” is one of my very favorites

is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art

I believe this vase dates from the 1980s

Just a gorgeous thing

American Book Company "Barnes's Elementary Geography" by James Monteith, 1896 Copyright purple and white The striking contrast between theThis is a circa 1896 copy of Barnes's Elementary Geography featuring, according to its author James Monteith, an easy, conversational and varied style of presentation geared toward making this study pleasant and effective. Indeed, this 96 page volume, with dramatic black and white etching illustrations throughout as well as a number of full page maps, makes for a fascinating read and portrait of turn of the century American thinking about the rest of