Good Behavior, 1881, With Some Doodles walnut wood Box measures 5 3/4" x

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

perhaps from an old sticker

floppy ears I'd guess represents a hound of some sort

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

Rather than painted wood

Good Behavior, 1881, With Some Doodles walnut wood Box measures 5 3/4" xOne 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