Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 6, No 4

Articles in this issue

• June Brides and Midsummer Custom

  A short essay on the tradition of June weddings and the ancient associations between midsummer and marriage.

  p. 1
• A Little Dutch Garden

  A charming poem describing the orderly beauty of a traditional Dutch flower garden in full bloom.

  p. 3
• The L.A.W. Presidential Campaign: Continued

  Another installment of the satirical L.A.W. presidential campaign, with the fictional candidate issuing increasingly impractical policy pronouncements.

  p. 3
• The Unlucky Number 13 on the Quarter Dollar

  A numismatic curiosity noting the prominent appearance of the number thirteen on the American quarter dollar and what it symbolizes.

  p. 4
• Q&A: Great Lakes Shoreline, Weight of a Million Dollars, Channel Islands, and Buying Stocks on Margin

  A question-and-answer column addressing the combined length of Great Lakes shoreline, the physical weight of a million dollars in bills, the status of the Channel Islands, and how margin trading in stocks works.

  p. 7