Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 4, No 7

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PublicationBassett's Scrap Book
Volume4
Issue7
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Articles in this issue

  • SEVENTH EMBER SCRAPS.
    The September 1906 issue's opening run of short humorous quips and observations, headed with a verse on the month of September.
  • LIFE AND DEATH.
    A poem by Ernest Crosby questioning whether a man who died for his faith also lived for it.
  • LET HIM ALONE.
    A poem by Richard Watson Gilder reflecting on how best to help a world going wrong.
  • TODAY.
    A poem by Harriet Prescott Spofford, inspired by the word "Today" carved on a slab of chalcedony on John Ruskin's writing-desk.
  • SCRAPS OF INFORMATION.
    A question-and-answer column answering readers' queries on topics including Daniel Webster, Burd Helen, academies, the Southern Confederacy, blue glass, the word "Ghetto" and the song "Trancadillo."
  • ESSTEE'S L. A. W. DEPARTMENT.
    A League of American Wheelmen column noting Karl Kron's continued touring (2,507 miles in England), a cyclist's lion encounter in Rhodesia, and L. L. Whitman's record 15-day automobile run from San Francisco to New York, arriving Aug. 17.
  • SEPTEMBER IN HISTORY.
    A day-by-day list of historical events occurring in September, from the Battle of Sedan to Volunteer winning the America's Cup against Thistle in 1887.