The Long History of the Marbled Composition Book
(via Mental Floss) For jotting down notes, sketching elaborate monster rampages over cities, or just capturing your thoughts, people love a marbled composition notebook. These journals have been a staple of schools and nightstands for decades. No one holds any copyright to the design, and so a variety of manufacturers have circulated their own version of the familiar black-and-white bound notebooks. But where did they get started?
