American Book Company "Barnes's Elementary Geography" by James Monteith, 1896 Copyright ginger jar and brought back lots of

and brought back lots of things from Japan

with the silver plate polishing up nicely

especially the two groups of rather mysterious looking figures in landscapes on either side of the box

to her proud profile

Really a beautiful piece that would be great for storing jewelry

American Book Company "Barnes's Elementary Geography" by James Monteith, 1896 Copyright ginger jar and brought back lots ofThis 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