Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 8, No 11
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
An editorial celebrating the rare triple-digit year of 1911, which features three identical digits in a row.
- p. 1
An obituary for Thomas Humber, who led the early British cycle industry and whose name became synonymous with quality in the trade.
- p. 2
A report on the enormous attendance at London's Olympia cycle show, with promoters announcing it will become an annual fixture.
- p. 3
A comic poem lamenting the impossibility of finding a sufficiently strong New Year's resolution that will not eventually crack under the temptations of drink, tobacco, and human weakness.
- p. 4
An exploration of the great lexicographer Samuel Johnson's repeated and perennially broken New Year's resolutions, drawn from his Prayers and Meditations.
- p. 5
A report on the New York L.A.W.'s December quarterly meeting at the New York Athletic Club, with the evening devoted to honoring Abbot Bassett's twenty-fourth year as Secretary-Treasurer.
- p. 6
A tribute poem read at the Nylaw dinner comparing Abbot Bassett to a wise and jovial medieval abbot beloved by all the wheelmen of New York.