Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 5, No 6
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
A historical note on Lammas Day, the August 1 harvest festival once widely observed in Britain, explaining its origins and gradual disappearance.
- p. 4
A poem from the 1832 London Gazette mocking the early steam carriage craze and the chaos it allegedly caused on city streets.
- p. 4
A commentary on the difficulty of finding reliable household servants in America and the social forces disrupting the domestic service market.
- p. 4
An account of a legal case in which a bicycle rider ran over a hen, raising the amusing question of liability between cyclist and poultry.
- p. 4
A collection of brief anecdotes about collisions and mishaps involving bicycles and the new automobiles sharing the roads.