From Our Abecedarian Blog . . .

Today — July 7, 2026
	Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Lustiges Völkchen by Cornelie Lechler, 1895. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Daily Mirror, 1916. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New by Walter Crane, 1905. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Baby Animal Zoo by Nida & Nida, 1926. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "Has the earth another moon?"  From The Children's Newspaper, 1923. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Puss In Boots and Reynard the Fox by Mara L. Pratt-Chadwick and illustrated by Louise E. Norris, 1905. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Little Ugly Face by Florence Claudine Coolidge and illustrated by Maud & Miska Petersham, 1933. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Purple Parrot, 1939. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "Religion needs no salesman."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1952. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Pen Drawings and Pen Draughtsmen by Joseph Pennell, 1889. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "Will there be any stars ...?"  [Yes!  That ellipsis is Orion's belt.]  From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1961 yearbook.  See Annotated Ellipses. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) From Film Daily, 1944. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Ohio University's 1892 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Spirit growth.  From Drawings Descriptive of Spirit Life and Progress, 1874. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Fables From Afar by Catherine Bryce, 1910. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Medical College of Virginia's 1924 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) A rocking horse literally "off its rocker."  From Elfie's Visit to Cloudland and the Moon by Frances Austen, 1891. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "Tom knows what is in the house."  From My Do and Learn Book To Accompany The Little White House by Ousley & Russell, 1948. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Barnard College's 1931 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "I do not want to play with you.  You will hurt me."  From Toys At Play by Ketchum & Rice and illustrated by Hart, 1932. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .