Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 4, No 8

Articles in this issue

• OCTOBER.

  Opening poem celebrating the autumn cycling month, on the October 1906 masthead page, followed by a run of "October's Golden Scraps" filler.
• A MORNING CALLER.

  Dialect poem reprinted from the Washington Star about a little pickaninny peeking through a honeysuckle vine.
• HOME.

  Sentimental poem by Charles Swain on home as the dwelling of affection rather than mere walls and roof.
• WE CANNOT TELL.

  Reflective poem by F. W. Bourdillon meditating on life, death and a child's happiness.
• SCRAPS OF INFORMATION.

  Question-and-answer feature explaining the derivation of "garage," transcendentalism, the oath "Perpol" in Ben Hur, the legend of Castor and Pollux, and the source of "cleanliness is next to godliness."
• OCTOBER IN HISTORY,

  Day-by-day calendar of historical events for October, from Major Andre's hanging (1780) and the Chicago Fire (1871) to Columbus's discovery (1492) and the death of Sir Henry Irving (1905).
• L. A. W. DEPARTMENT.

  League of American Wheelmen news, including the "Wheel About the Hub" run from Lake Massapoag to Cohasset and ex-President H. S. Earle (now Michigan State Highway Commissioner) cancelling his Ford order to placate anti-automobile farmers, plus notes on cycling returning to favour.
• RHODE ISLAND DIVISION.

  Report of officers elected at the Rhode Island Division annual meeting of Aug. 1906, naming Chief Consul John H. Barrett, Vice Consul Robert A. Kendall and Secretary-Treasurer Nelson H. Gibbs.