Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 4, No 7

Articles in this issue

  • An earnest proposal to establish communal dish-washing plants in cities, relieving households of one of domestic life's most tedious tasks.

    p. 4
  • An observation that opera glasses, by letting deaf audience members read performers' lips, effectively help them follow performances.

    p. 5
  • A discussion over the disputed attribution of a famous Abraham Lincoln saying, with competing claimants examined.

    p. 9
  • Professor Campbell's scientific assessment of whether conditions on other planets could support life, with cautious optimism about Mars.

    p. 6