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The Scrap Book [v7 #2, February 1909] (Frank A. Munsey Co., 190pp, pulp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 191 · Hamard—the First Detective of Europe · Perley Poore Sheehan · ar; on Octave Hamard of the Surete. 198 · Punishing Riotous Suffragettes · Anon. · ar 199 · The Poet · Josephine Welles Richardson · pm 200 · Curious Hobbies of Royalties · Anon. · ar 201 · An Aboriginal Woman · Martha McCulloch-Williams · ss 208 · The Courage of Opinions · Phillips Brooks · ms 209 · How About Vaudeville? · Walter P. Eaton · ar 216 · Wanted: More Nerve, Fewer Nerves · Anon. · ar 217 · The Gray Wolf [Part 1 of 5] · F. K. Scribner · sl 227 · The First Country Club · Mark Fenderson · ct 228 · The Women Who Are Plain · Anon. · ar 230 · McGinnity—McGee · Charles Emmet Bhrne · pm 232 · Making a Red Cent · Harriet Eva Coffin · ar 235 · The World’s Rarest Bibles · Robert F. Roden · ar 239 · Good-Natured Caricatures of Well-Known People · [Various] · ct 245 · The Lure of Originality · Charles Barton Emmett · ar 247 · An Error in the Equation · W. Y. Sheppard · ss 251 · The Useless Arm of the Kaiser · Anon. · il 252 · Choosing a Vocation · Lord Chesterfield · ms (r) 253 · There Goes Another Superstition! · G. L. Stampa · ct 254 · The Menace of Angry Moments · Gertrude Boucher · ar 259 · Three Days · James R. Gilmore · pm (r) 260 · Excuse Me! · Coultaus · ct 262 · How Language Grows · Anon. · ar 263 · Fools for Luck [Part 1 of 4] · William Wallace Cook · sl 276 · Scientific Falling in Love · Grant Allen · ms (r) 277 · You Never Can Tell · Anon. · ct 278 · Good Eating for Well People · Mary C. Francis · ar 282 · The Family Tree of the Weather-Vane · Anon. · ar 283 · The Pace That Kills · Raymond C. Ewer · ct 284 · The White Rose · Anon. · pm (r) 285 · Actor Chat · The Dramatic Critic’s Wife · cl 296 · We Build the Ladder by Which We Rise · J. G. Holland · pm The Cambridge Chronicle Aug 27 1864, as “Gradatim” 297 · How the Sheriff Brought in His Man · Maitland LeRoy Osborne · ss 301 · Consolutation@ · Chas. Crombie · ct The Graphic 302 · The Tempest · James Thomas Fields · pm (r) 303 · How to Keep a Wife at Home · Margaret Squires · ar 309 · Coining Words for Scholars · George M. Richards · ar 311 · The Isle of Dead Ships [Part 2 of 4] · Crittenden Marriott · sl 324 · The Grip of Gold · Thomas Hood · pm (r) 325 · Beating It · Fred Buchanan · ct The Sketch 326 · Paragons of Faithful Service · E. L. Bacon · ar 330 · The Passion for Power · William Ellery Channing · ms (r) 331 · The Atonement of Carlton · Elliot Balestier · ss 336 · The Answer That Pleased the King · Anon. · ms 337 · The Poor Things! · [Various] · ct (r) 338 · The King Who Does Not Know · Anon. · ar; on Otto of Bavaria. 339 · Dreams That Did Not Come True · Margaret Rohe · ar 345 · Lament for Madam Blazie · Oliver Goldsmith · pm (r) 346 · With the Funny-Men on the Other Side · [Various] · ct (r) 348 · Strange Ways of Reading the Future · M. D. Keith · ar 352 · Important First Things in America · Anon. · cl 353 · Living the Bluff Magnificent · Charles F. Carter · ar 360 · For His Youth’s Sake · Eva Chappel · ss 363 · The Unhappiest Man on Earth · Frances Maule Bjorkman · ar; on Sotiropoulos, Greek public executioner. 366 · Terror [Part 3 of 4] · Maurice Level; translated by J. Lee McAuliffe · sl; newly translated for Scrap Book.; translated from the French.

The Scrap Book [v7 #3, March 1909] (Frank A. Munsey Co., 190pp, pulp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 381 · The Sign Language of Wall Street · E. L. Bacon · ar 386 · Doubles of the Great · Anon. · ar 386 · Be Bold! · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · pm (r) 387 · Phoney Talk · J. Richards · pm 388 · Strange Facts About the States · Anon. · ms 389 · The Bomb · Perley Poore Sheehan · ss 394 · Chance and the Inventors · Friederich Nietzsche · ms (r) 395 · Some Licenses · Raymond C. Ewer · ct 396 · Prowling as a Fine Art · Anon. · ar 397 · If You Hic!-Hiccough, Try This · Guy Deering · ar 404 · Peace, Perfect Peace · Edward Henry Bickersteth · pm (r) 405 · Psychology of Self-Destruction · George M. Richards · ar 407 · The Gray Wolf [Part 2 of 5] · F. K. Scribner · sl 418 · Small Beginnings of Big New York · Anon. · ms 419 · A Story Without Words · Lewis Baumer · ct Punch 420 · Heimweh · Sheppard Stevens · ss 426 · On the Honor of Lawyers · Abraham Lincoln · ms (r) 427 · The Inexperienced Model · [signature illegible] · ct (r); from Fliegende Blatter. 428 · Sam Houston, the “Red Man Elegant” · Anon. · ar 429 · The World’s Greatest Hymn (“Old Hundredth”) · Anon. · ar 430 · High-Powered Senses · Arthur B. Reeve · ar 435 · Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes · Ben Jonson · pm (r) 436 · Dispatch · Josh Billings · ms (r) 437 · Actor Chat · The Dramatic Critic’s Wife · cl 450 · The South’s Greatest Marriage Artist · C. F. Russell · ar; on Willard O Bailes. 452 · Plays That Puzzle Shakespearians · Elliot Balestier · ar; given as by David Arnold. 454 · The Joy of Sneezing · Leigh Hunt · pm (r) 455 · Fools for Luck [Part 2 of 4] · William Wallace Cook · sl 465 · Lincoln’s Fateful Dream · Charles Dickens · lt (r) 466 · The First Country Club · Mark Fenderson · ct 468 · Dirigible Dreams · Karl Singleton · ar; on directed dreaming. 472 · A Mighty Fortress Is Our God · Martin Luther; translated by Frederick Henry Hedge · pm (r) 474 · A Credential from Uncle Sam · Anon. · ar; on passports. 475 · A Gift by Biograph · Inez Haynes Gillmore · ss 480 · Art and the Theatrical Manager · Hector Berlioz · ms (r) 481 · Aladdins of the Dinner Table · Elizabeth Lonergan · ar 484 · The Bells of Shandon · Father Prout · pm Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country Aug 1834, as “The Shandon Bells” 486 · Excuse Me! · Coultaus · ct 488 · Days the Life-Savers Honor · Anon. · ms 489 · Where the Rich Men Really Are · Fritz Cunliff-Owen · ar 495 · The Germaniac · Eddie · ct 496 · Inside Stories of Inauguration-Day Ceremonies · Selden Burke · ar 501 · The Isle of Dead Ships [Part 3 of 4] · Crittenden Marriott · sl 513 · The Man Who Brags About His Ancestors Receives a Visit from Them · W. O. Wilson · ct 514 · Historic Impostors · Robert F. Roden · ar 517 · Tactics of the Tightwads · Izola Forrester · ar 523 · Aerogolf · [signature illegible] · ct 524 · Poems on St. Patrick _525 · The Birth of St. Patrick · Samuel Lover · pm Songs and Ballads, Second Edition, Chapman and Hall 1839 _526 · St. Patrick Was a Gentleman · Henry Bennett · pm (r) _528 · St. Patrick · Dr. William Maginn · pm (r) _529 · Irish Astronomy · Charles Graham Halpine · pm (r) 530 · On the Job · Anon. · ct The Sketch 531 · The Top Dog · Lawson Wood · ct The Sketch 532 · A Turkish Mark Twain · Mary Montgomery · ar; on Nasr-ed-din Khoja. 534 · Uncle Sam’s Foreign Business · Anon. · ar 535 · The Surrender of Killian · Elliot Balestier · ss 543 · A Real Financier · Jmac Wilson · ct The Sketch 544 · Surgeons of Sunken Ships · Chester R. Carr · ar 548 · New Laughs Imported from Old Countries · [Various] · ct (r) 550 · Food for Skeptics · John Barton Oxford · ss 555 · Some of John Bull’s Best · [Various] · ct (r) 556 · Mending Broken Hearts with Gold · Margaret Rohe · ar; on breach of promise actions. 559 · An Experiment in Psychology · K. Pommerhanz · ct (r); from Meggendorfer Blatter. 560 · Terror [Part 4 of 4] · Maurice Level; translated by J. Lee McAuliffe · sl

The Scrap Book [v7 #4, April 1909] (Frank A. Munsey Co., 190pp, pulp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 571 · The Accusing Conscience · Montague Glass · ar 578 · The Autograph Fiend · Franklin P. Adams · pm 580 · The Voices · Jennie Harris Oliver · ss 585 · The Passing of Geronimo, The Cruelest Apache That Ever Lived · George M. Richards · bg 588 · Niagara—An Inspired Poem · John G. Brainard · pm (r) 589 · Salome and Salomes · Homer Croy · ar 593 · Dreaming—My Soul and I · John Wallace (“Capt. Jack”) Crawford · pm 594 · In the Jaws of a Man-Eating Lion · Anon. · ar 595 · The Sky Pirate [Part 1 of 6] · Garrett P. Serviss · sl 607 · High Life at Low Rates · E. L. Bacon · ar 611 · The Mob and the Maid · Alfred Damon Runyon · ss 617 · “April Fool!” · George Gray Haven · ar 621 · Battle Sunset · Ethel Talbot · pm 622 · Rare American Newspapers · Robert F. Roden · ar 625 · Jasper Hoag Finds a Law Agin’ It · William H. Hamby · ss 629 · Every-Day Notions Upset by Science · Olin Crawford · ar 633 · The Germaniac · Eddie · ct 634 · A Final Word About “Casey” · Anon. · ar; on the authorship of “Casey at the Bat”. 635 · Brand New Superstitions · Arthur B. Reeve · ar 641 · The Modern Hat as a Man-Trap · Eriebner · ct (r); from Lustige Welt. 642 · The Lions and the Lady · Leigh Hunt · pm (r) 643 · The Gray Wolf [Part 3 of 5] · F. K. Scribner · sl 657 · The Play Must Go On · Elise G. Gifford · pm 658 · The Real Secrets of Alchemy · Anon. · ar 659 · The Widow in History · Marion Y. Bunner · ar 665 · Actor Chat · The Dramatic Critic’s Wife · cl 679 · People Who Change Their Names · George M. Chase · ar 681 · A Question of Empire · Perley Poore Sheehan · ss 686 · Excuse Me! · Coultaus · ct 688 · Youngsters Who Earn Fortunes · Anon. · ar 689 · Stories of the Capitol Dome · Josephine Tighe · ar 692 · An Alphabetical Poem (“An Austrian army, awfully arrayed...”) · Anon. · pm (r) 693 · Fools for Luck [Part 3 of 4] · William Wallace Cook · sl 704 · The First Country Club · Mark Fenderson · ct 706 · Paul Revere’s Story of His Ride · Paul Revere · mm (r) 708 · Making Chinese Cloisonne · Anon. · ar 709 · Dad Now Wears a Derby · K. Pommerhanz · ct (r); from Fliegende Blatter. 710 · The Song of the Smithy · Alfred Percival Graves · pm (r) 711 · “Opened by Mistake” · Nan Lord & Chester Kane · ss 718 · Odd Ancestors of the Aeroplane · C. F. Carter · ar 727 · Wonders of the Human Ear · William George Jordan · ar 729 · Faking on the “Great White Way” · George Jean Nathan · ar; on NYC con games. 735 · A Few Frisky Falls · Anon. · ct 736 · Sea-Power and the Dreadnought · Anon. · ar 738 · The Gold Brick · John Barton Oxford · ss 743 · Unsung Heroes of the Cloth · L. E. Adams · ar 747 · The Isle of Dead Ships [Part 4 of 4] · Crittenden Marriott · sl

The Scrap Book [v7 #5, May 1909] (Frank A. Munsey Co., 190pp, pulp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 761 · Tragedies of the “Vaudeville Tryout” · Walter Eaton · ar 769 · The Missing Text · Sir John Harrington · pm (r) 770 · This Is Our Town When... the Fire-Bells Ring! · Raymond C. Ewer · ct 772 · A River Harmony · Raymond Spears · ss 777 · Guarding the Crown Jewels · Anon. · ar 778 · Revising the Vulgate · Harry Thurston Peck · ar 780 · “Beward!” Says Mmme. de Thebes · Anon. · ar 781 · Rescuing a Circus Elephant · Sam Davis · ar 785 · The Life of “Lucky” Baldwin · George Jean Nathan · bg 787 · Flood Tide [Part 1 of 4] · W. Bert Foster · sl 801 · The Pedigree of the Submarine · John R. Butler · ar 803 · Some More Licenses · Anon. · ct 804 · Providence and Presidents · Louis Baury · ar; on narrow escapes. 809 · Some Proverbs from the German · Anon. · ms 810 · The Names of the Nations · Anon. · ar; on their origins. 811 · The Imprisoned Ghosts · Eleanor Van Horn · ss 816 · The Death-Song of Alaric · Edward Everett · pm 818 · How Monkeys Express Emotion · Anon. · ar 819 · The Sunny Side of Wall Steet · George Jean Nathan · ar 826 · Hunting Whale with Cannon · Anon. · ar 827 · It’s an Ill Wind— · Freeman Putney, Jr. · ss 830 · The Germaniac · Eddie · ct 831 · The Script of the Spirits · Arthur Hewitt · ar; on contacting the dead. 834 · The Widow Malone · Charles Lever · pm (r) 835 · The Sky Pirate [Part 2 of 6] · Garrett P. Serviss · sl 846 · The First County Club · Mark Fenderson · ct 848 · Coming!—a Lunar Eclipse · Harold E. Somerville · ar 850 · The First of May · Robert Stevenson Coffin · pm (r); from The Oriental Harp, Poems of the Boston Bard. 851 · The Boat They Built on the Koogarok · Perley Poore Sheehan · ss 855 · Man—a Hindoo Myth · Anon. · vi 856 · “Honor Among Thieves” · Henry Kirk · ss 860 · Variations of the Compass · J. B. Van Deusen · ar 861 · Convicted Albert T. Patrick’s Cry for “Liberty or Death” · Arthur B. Reeve · ar 869 · The Legislative Side Show and Some Other Freaks · Paul West · ar 872 · The Meaning of May · Donald Cameron · ar 876 · To Prolong Human Life One-Third · Anon. · ar 877 · The Third Act · H. Clyde Buckingham · ss 880 · Birdie and Baby [from “Sea Dreams, an Idyll”] · Alfred Tennyson · pm Macmillan’s Magazine Jan 1860 881 · Pranks Played by Earthquakes · Elliot Balestier · ar 885 · The Gray Wolf [Part 4 of 5] · F. K. Scribner · sl 897 · Paragons of Faithful Service · Gustave Kobbee · lt 897 · Was This the First Appendix Removed? · J. W. Colcord · lt 898 · Recent Whims and Fancies of the Foreign Fun-Smiths · [Various] · ct (r) 900 · Helpless, She Helped Others · George Hamlin · bg; on invalid philanthropist Bella Cook. 902 · Stolen Things Are Sweetest · Thomas Randolph; translated by Leigh Hunt · pm (r); translated from the Latin. 903 · Actor Chat · The Dramatic Critic’s Wife · cl 915 · Was Willie One of Them? · [signature illegible] · ct The Tatler 916 · Ananias Club Has a Fish Night · Anon. · ar 917 · The Profits of Treason · Serge Robinovich · ar 919 · Fate of Great Inventors · Mary E. O’Donnell · ar 920 · Excuse Me! · Coultaus · ct 922 · The Luck of the Horseshoe · Anon. · ar 923 · Love Laughs at Lawyers · T. S. Dayton · ar 927 · “The Star of Hope” · Paul Regard · ar; on a prison newspaper. 929 · The Road to Fortune · John Barton Oxford · ss 934 · Three Imported Smiles · [Various] · ct (r) 935 · My Most Thrilling Moment · [Various] · ar 940 · Disillusion · Charles S. Calverley · pm (r) 941 · Fools for Luck [Part 4 of 4] · William Wallace Cook · sl

The Scrap Book [v7 #6, June 1909] (Frank A. Munsey Co., 182pp, pulp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 951 · Coney Island at Home and Abroad · James L. Ford · ar 958 · Langdon Smith’s “Evolution” · Anon. · ar 959 · Evolution · Langdon Smith · pm New York Herald 1895 962 · Our Town Has a Hoss-Race · Raymond Crawford Ewer · ct 964 · Books Written in Prison · Paul Regard · ar 965 · Her Father’s Light · Sara Hoeg · ss 969 · Actresses I Have Really Known: Being the Confessions of a Reformed Press-Agent · Anna S. Richardson · mm 977 · The Billiard-Table at Sea · Anon. · ct Punch 979 · From Lawyer to Dictator · Frank MacDonald · bg; on Charles E. Magoon. 980 · A Galatea of the Pacific · Elliot Balestier · ss 986 · The Amenities of War · Anon. · ar 987 · Action · Sam P. Davis · pm 988 · When Hook Foiled the Actor · Anon. · ar [Theodore Hook] 989 · Solving the Great Riddle of Life · Joseph Johnson, Jr. · ar 992 · Regarding That Dollar Bill · Anon. · ar; on anti-counterfeit markings. 993 · Lines from the Indian Poets · Anon. · ms 994 · Excuse Me! · H. Coultaus · ct 996 · Were These Nightmares Real? · Rose C. Tillotson · ar; on dreaming of the devil. 1003 · Drama? Naw!—Just Plain Stunts · Augustus Thomas · ar; on a Lambs Club event. 1005 · The Courting of Lucky Chance · Izola Forrester · ss 1010 · Bringing Debtors to Time · Anon. · ar 1011 · New Mexico · Payson Irwin · ar 1014 · The First Country Club · Mark Fenderson · ct 1016 · Letter to a June Bride · Anon. · ms 1017 · Guardians of the Great · George Jean Nathan · ar; on security personnel. 1024 · The Longest Day · Edith Matilda Thomas · pm (r) 1025 · Origins of Mr. Mrs. & Miss · Lyndon Orr · ar 1027 · Flood Tide [Part 2 of 4] · W. Bert Foster · sl 1041 · The Foreloper: a Long-Lost Poem by Rudyard Kipling · Rudyard Kipling · pm (r) 1044 · All About Common Colds · Charlotte C. West, M.D. · ar 1047 · Alaska’s Misunderstood Climate · Anon. · ar 1048 · Actor Chat · The Dramatic Critic’s Wife · cl 1060 · Artistic and Economical · Casparv · ct (r); from Fliegende Blatter. 1061 · The Penance of Jim Fiddler · Charles Francis Bourke · ss 1066 · Molly Pitcher—June, 1778 · Kate Brownlee Sherwood · pm 1067 · New York’s Five-Million-Eyed Night · E. L. Bacon · ar 1070 · Tried It on the Horses · Anon. · ms 1071 · Golf and the Square Deal · Starr Wood · ct 1072 · Before Artificial Ice · John D. Champlin · ar 1073 · Dictating What Woman Shall Wear · Arthur B. Reeve · ar; dress laws and reform. 1077 · Effect of Light on Tools · Anon. · ar 1078 · When Fido Took a Nip · J. Mac Wilson · ct 1079 · The Sky Pirate [Part 3 of 6] · Garrett P. Serviss · sl 1091 · How to Walk in Safety · Anon. · ar 1092 · Jokes That Won Smiles—from Our Solemn Cousins · [Various] · ct (r) 1094 · An Irish Poem by Whittier (“Brightly figure thy shores...”) · John Greenleaf Whittier · pm (r) 1095 · How Man First Found Fire · Franklin Conger · ar 1098 · Wanted: More American Doctors · Anon. · ar 1099 · A Comedy of Cupid · Elise Gifford · ss 1102 · The American of To-Morrow · Anon. · ar; on some racial merging by 2000? 1103 · The Business Woman’s Problem · Mary K. Maule · ar; on combining career and family, or going without. 1108 · The Honors Were Even · Fred Buchanan · ct The Tatler 1109 · Famous Detectives in Fiction · Robert F. Roden · ar; mostly on Dupin, Lecoq, Holmes. 1110 · Getting Even with Barnes · Robert Mackay · ss 1116 · Where Lies Great Britain’s Peril? · Anon. · ar; on the threat of coastal invasion. 1118 · Preparing for That Invasion · L. Raven Hill · ct Punch 1119 · The Gray Wolf [Part 5 of 5] · F. K. Scribner · sl