Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 5, No 1

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PublicationBassett's Scrap Book
Volume5
Issue1
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Articles in this issue

  • A LITTLE FARTHER ON.
    The issue's opening poem, looking ahead to the coming of spring and a wondrous April dawn of blossoms, birdsong and the joys of living.
  • SCRAPS THAT MARCH.
    A column of short March-themed notes and aphorisms, touching on cycle shows springing up in March, Lady Day (March 25) once being New Year's Day, and the high proportion of American children in school.
  • SALUTATION.
    A poem by Jeannette I. Helm addressed to an unknown destined friend, certain that the two will surely meet some day.
  • VIOLETS.
    A short poem imagining violets as the little scraps that fell to earth when God cut the star-holes in Heaven.
  • SCRAPS OF INFORMATION.
    A question-and-answer feature opening with Samuel Johnson on knowledge, then answering reader queries on William Morgan and the anti-Masonic party, Saint Vitus, Lady Day, the Swastika, world population, spelling, the Prince of Wales title, and the history of the English language.
  • MARCH IN HISTORY.
    A day-by-day calendar of historical events for March, from Napoleon leaving Elba (the 1st) to the death of John C. Calhoun (the 31st), the editors noting they are ringing down the curtain having now covered every date in the year.
  • A HOME SONG.
    A poem by Dr. Henry van Dyke arguing that it is love and friendship, not marble floors and gilded walls, that make a house a home.