Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 4, No 7

Articles in this issue
- p. 4
An earnest proposal to establish communal dish-washing plants in cities, relieving households of one of domestic life's most tedious tasks.
- p. 5
An observation that opera glasses, by letting deaf audience members read performers' lips, effectively help them follow performances.
- p. 9
A discussion over the disputed attribution of a famous Abraham Lincoln saying, with competing claimants examined.
- p. 6
Professor Campbell's scientific assessment of whether conditions on other planets could support life, with cautious optimism about Mars.