Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 4, No 3
Articles in this issue
- A dialect poem by Nixon Waterman in which a man newly rich from a patent churn complains about the city manners his wife now imposes since they left Poseyville.
- A question-and-answer column explaining the use of "Hon.", the Panama Canal Zone, the international date line, the slang term "23"/"skiddoo", the distinction between sacred and profane history, the origin of "the lid is off", and the term "thoroughbred".
- A nostalgic poem by Carolyn Wells recalling the old-fashioned gowns the speaker wore in her youth.
- A grammar exercise inviting readers to find the mistakes in excerpts attributed to the Washington Post, President Roosevelt, Admiral Dewey, the Minneapolis Journal, Harper's Weekly and W. D. Howells's "A Hazard of New Fortunes".
- A day-by-day almanac of notable historical events occurring in May, from the union of England and Scotland (1707) to the Great Western's record Atlantic crossing (1839).
- League of American Wheelmen notes reporting President Everett's trip South, plans for League Day on June 16 and the Boston reservoir gathering, Harry Lawson's invention of the safety bicycle, and the marriage of John Milton Erwin to Madame Blanche Pottier at Neuilly, France.