They also list an option for the wood of the stock, American or English walnut, I hope they meant 'Select' and you did get a stock on your gun without paying extra!
I think "Select" stocks are fancy grain, never understood why they removed that from the 1897 catalog. In the 1900 Extras page they are listed as "Fancy American Walnut And Forearm".
English Walnut is another step up. 1895 & 1897 list 2 upgrades to stock - American and English. The 1900 catalog lists 3 Fancy grades of stocks under Extras - American, English, and Circassian. But 1900 also mentions an "Extra Fancy Circassian Walnut" on page 9 along with carved stocks for $50.
