Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 4, No 7

Articles in this issue

• SEVENTH EMBER SCRAPS. (opens in a new tab)

  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. (opens in a new tab)

  A poem by Ernest Crosby questioning whether a man who died for his faith also lived for it.
• LET HIM ALONE. (opens in a new tab)

  A poem by Richard Watson Gilder reflecting on how best to help a world going wrong.
• TODAY. (opens in a new tab)

  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. (opens in a new tab)

  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. (opens in a new tab)

  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. (opens in a new tab)

  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.