Olney's Modern Geography, 1835, With Excellent Endpaper Squirrel Drawing! American red cross the old dog Schepp following

the old dog Schepp following as chief mourner

I quite like how wise and serene these two look

Humble and honest

There is one chip in the wood at one far bottom corner (the left

perhaps this was his life's masterpiece

Olney's Modern Geography, 1835, With Excellent Endpaper Squirrel Drawing! American red cross the old dog Schepp followingIt 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;