Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 4, No 5

Articles in this issue

• The Front Porch in Summer

  An essay celebrating the American front porch as the social heart of summer life in small towns.

  p. 3
• George Washington's Death and the Season

  A curiosity noting that Washington died in December, drawing reflections on mortality and the cycle of seasons.

  p. 3
• The North Pole Time Paradox

  A puzzling question about how time zones converge at the North Pole, leaving it without a definite longitude or clock time.

  p. 5
• Esperanto: The New International Language

  An introduction to the constructed language Esperanto, explaining its origins and the hope that it might one day unite world communication.

  p. 5
• Self-Government and Its Limits

  A philosophical reflection on the conditions required for a society to successfully govern itself.

  p. 2