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

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THE SCRAP BOOK.
APRIL, 1906.
A MARVELOUS RECEPTION.
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.
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.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.
- II.
- III.
THE GIANT AND PYGMY OF BOOKLAND.
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.
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.
Robert Emmet's Speech of Vindication.
The Rivals.
LITTLE GEMS FROM TENNYSON.
HOW TO TELL A WOMAN'S AGE.
ODDITIES OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE.
The Prophecies of Bonaparte.
REJECTED BOOKS THAT WON FAME.
Con Cregan's Legacy.
GEORGE III SOUGHT HEAVEN'S AID.
HOW PUNSTERS SMITE THE LYRE.
- THE AHKOOND OF SWAT.
- THE DYING SHOEMAKER.
- I WANT TO GO TO MORROW.
- FINALE.
- THE WASHERWOMAN'S SONG.
Mr. Caudle Lends Five Pounds.
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.
A "YELLOW JOURNAL" GLOSSARY.
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.
Poems by Dickens and Thackeray.
- THE IVY GREEN.
- THE CHURCH PORCH.
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).
Little Glimpses of the 19th Century
- SECOND DECADE.
- 1811
- 1812
- 1813
- 1814
- 1815
- 1816
- 1817
- 1818
- 1819
- 1820
POE AND LONGFELLOW
- ON THEIR LOST LOVES.
- ANNABEL LEE.
- VIA SOLITARIA.
The Beginnings of Stage Careers.
- 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.
TRIBUTES TO DEAD BROTHERS.
- SIR ECTOR TO SIR LAUNCELOT.
- INGERSOLL'S EULOGY.
America's First Great Poem.
- THANATOPSIS.
PRE-EASTER PHILOSOPHY.
Classics From Carlyle.
Night View of a City.
- In Nature's Wilds.
THE ACTUAL HEIGHT OF SEA WAVES.
BASEBALL BARDS "ON DECK."
- THE OLD ENTHUSIAST.
- THE BOY WHO KEEPS THE BATS.
- CASEY AT THE BAT.
FOIBLES OF LITERARY MEN.
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.
THE BEGINNINGS OF THINGS.
A RESCUED POEM.
- EVOLUTION.
A HOROSCOPE OF THE MONTHS.
- Faults Are Impatience and Anger.
- Traditions of the Month.