The Scrap Book, April, 1906

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Author

Various

Title

The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906

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Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Christine D and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

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AP: General Works: Periodicals

Subject

Periodicals

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Text

eBook-No.

32119

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32119

Release Date

April 24, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SCRAP BOOK.
2. 2.APRIL, 1906.
3. 3.A MARVELOUS RECEPTION.
4. 4.The Latest Viewpoints of Men Worth While. — IS THE RICH YOUNG MAN HANDICAPPED? — TO TEACH TRADES TO YOUNG WORKERS. — A COLLEGE CAREER—IS IT WORTH WHILE? — ATHENIAN CULTURE IS AMERICA'S NEED. — NOTABLE NEGLECT OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS. — BELGIAN DRAMATIST CRITICIZES NEW YORK. — WHAT "PUNCH" HAS MEANT TO ENGLAND. — THE OLD JOURNALISM COLORED BY THE NEW. — HOW TO ASSIMILATE THE BEST IN BOOKS. — ARE WE SURFEITED WITH WIT AND HUMOR? — WOMAN'S REAL PLACE IN LITERARY WORK. — RACE SUICIDE MAY PROVE A BLESSING. — WORTH WHILE TO LIVE IN A LARGE CITY. — MAKING MONEY IS A RELIGIOUS DUTY. — LET DOCTORS TELL WHAT THE MATTER IS. — FOOD AS A PRIME FACTOR OF CHARACTER. — DR. W.S. RAINSFORD A FORCEFUL FIGURE. — LESSONS THAT MAY BE LEARNED FROM BIRDS. — CHINA IS SEEKING WESTERN LEARNING.
5. 5.Love-Letters of the Great. — QUEEN VICTORIA'S ROMANCE. — LEIGH HUNT AND HIS MARIANNE. — THE KINGLY LOVE OF CHARLES I. — NAPOLEON TO HIS FIRST LOVE. — THE FIDELITY OF WASHINGTON. — BRIEF BUT SINCERE "OLD NOLL." — POE'S HEART IN A TIME OF TRIAL. — THE LOVE OF BISMARCK.
6. 6.An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. — II. — III.
7. 7.THE GIANT AND PYGMY OF BOOKLAND.
8. 8.The Great Southwest. — The Empire State of the Future. — Texas Now Leads in Railways. — The Land of Corn and Cotton. — What Statehood Will Mean. — The Growth of the Gulf Ports. — Galveston and the Panama Canal.
9. 9.ALL KINDS OF THINGS. — HOW MELODRAMA WAS ECLIPSED BY TRUTH. — COINCIDENCES IN PARIS COURT. — THE FIRST SIGHT OF A WHITE FACE. — HUNTING DOWN THE SHY NEGRITO. — HOW THEY CONSTRUCT ENGLISH IN BELGIUM. — A REQUEST TO "TWIRL THE PAGE." — PRACTICAL JOKING OF EUGENE VIVIER. — "A MOST GENTLEMANLY EMPEROR." — ARTERIES AND VEINS AS A RACE-COURSE. — MILEAGE OF THE HUMAN BLOOD. — SOME MICROSCOPIC EUROPEAN REPUBLICS. — ONE IS IN THE LOWER PYRENEES. — WEIGHTS OF THE SEXES AT DIFFERENT AGES. — MEN ARE FATTEST AT FORTY. — SPENDS TEN MONTHS GAZING INTO MIRROR. — WOMAN'S AVERAGE IN A LIFETIME. — ANIMAL ENDURANCE PUTS MAN TO SHAME. — DESPAIR YIELDS TO COURAGE. — EGGS OF VARIOUS FOWLS MUCH ALIKE. — GOOSE'S CONTAIN MOST PROTEIN. — A CHECK FOR THOUSANDS ON A PINE SHINGLE. — A PIONEER BANKER'S READINESS.
10. 10.Robert Emmet's Speech of Vindication.
11. 11.The Rivals.
12. 12.LITTLE GEMS FROM TENNYSON.
13. 13.HOW TO TELL A WOMAN'S AGE.
14. 14.ODDITIES OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE.
15. 15.The Prophecies of Bonaparte.
16. 16.REJECTED BOOKS THAT WON FAME.
17. 17.Con Cregan's Legacy.
18. 18.GEORGE III SOUGHT HEAVEN'S AID.
19. 19.HOW PUNSTERS SMITE THE LYRE. — THE AHKOOND OF SWAT. — THE DYING SHOEMAKER. — I WANT TO GO TO MORROW. — FINALE. — THE WASHERWOMAN'S SONG.
20. 20.Mr. Caudle Lends Five Pounds.
21. 21.How They Got On In The World. — RISE OF A CHORE BOY. — A Student of Fishes. — Selecting His Aids. — FATHER OF GERMAN STEEL. — FRIGHTENED JAY GOULD. — WORK WAS TOO EASY. — A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE. — HOW GARFIELD ROSE. — TURNED OVER BRICKS. — AN OIL KING'S START. — CAME BACK FOR MORE.
22. 22.A "YELLOW JOURNAL" GLOSSARY.
23. 23.GRAVE, GAY, AND EPIGRAMMATIC. — THE PIPE THAT FAILED. — ANCIENT, BUT IT GOES. — RILEY'S RYE PATCH. — IN A SHOE STORE. — AT NAPOLEON'S TOMB. — THE OTHER SIDE. — TIPS FOR AUTHORS. — HIS IMPOLITE QUERY. — ARTEMUS WARD'S ADVICE. — LOST. — IT WOULD NOT "DOWN." — LABORERS WERE PLENTIFUL. — FEMININE ARITHMETIC. — FAR IN THE FUTURE. — CRUSHED. — IN A STREET CAR.
24. 24.Poems by Dickens and Thackeray. — THE IVY GREEN. — THE CHURCH PORCH.
25. 25.World-Famous Bachelors. — BARUCH DE SPINOZA (Holland—1632-1677). — RENÉ DESCARTES (France—1596-1650). — SIR ISAAC NEWTON (England—1642-1727). — EMANUEL SWEDENBORG (Sweden—1688-1772). — IMMANUEL KANT (Prussia—1724-1804). — FRANÇOIS MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE (France—1694-1778). — HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD (England—1717-1797). — EDWARD GIBBON (England—1737-1794). — SIR FRANCIS DRAKE (England—1540-1596). — LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (Germany—1770-1827). — JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (United States—1807-1892). — SAMUEL JONES TILDEN (United States—1814-1886).
26. 26.Little Glimpses of the 19th Century — SECOND DECADE. — 1811 — 1812 — 1813 — 1814 — 1815 — 1816 — 1817 — 1818 — 1819 — 1820
27. 27.POE AND LONGFELLOW — ON THEIR LOST LOVES. — ANNABEL LEE. — VIA SOLITARIA.
28. 28.The Beginnings of Stage Careers. — By MATTHEW WHITE, Jr. — BLANCHE BATES BALKED. — To Teach or Not to Teach. — Too Good for Daly's. — MILLER'S STAR OF DESTINY. — STORM FOR MISS RUSSELL. — MEDAL SET MANTELL GOING. — GILLETTE DESERTED LAW. — Success Follows Failure. — BELLEW WAS A SAILOR.
29. 29.TRIBUTES TO DEAD BROTHERS. — SIR ECTOR TO SIR LAUNCELOT. — INGERSOLL'S EULOGY.
30. 30.America's First Great Poem. — THANATOPSIS.
31. 31.PRE-EASTER PHILOSOPHY.
32. 32.Classics From Carlyle.
33. 33.Night View of a City. — In Nature's Wilds.
34. 34.THE ACTUAL HEIGHT OF SEA WAVES.
35. 35.BASEBALL BARDS "ON DECK." — THE OLD ENTHUSIAST. — THE BOY WHO KEEPS THE BATS. — CASEY AT THE BAT.
36. 36.FOIBLES OF LITERARY MEN.
37. 37.The World's Fastest Trains. — The Empire State Express. — Fast Time to Atlantic City. — The World's Largest Station. — Good Road-Beds Abroad. — Europe's Fast Averages.
38. 38.THE BEGINNINGS OF THINGS.
39. 39.A RESCUED POEM. — EVOLUTION.
40. 40.A HOROSCOPE OF THE MONTHS. — Faults Are Impatience and Anger. — Traditions of the Month.

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