Noted

For Old-Time Schools and School-Books (1904), Clifton Johnson scanned the flyleaves of old textbooks for notes scribbled by bygone students.

From Murray’s English Reader, 1822:

http://books.google.com/books?id=860AAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

In a schoolbook of 1844:

http://books.google.com/books?id=860AAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

And in a history book:

http://books.google.com/books?id=860AAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s