Scrapbook of articles, stories, poems, and letters to the editor which John Roy Musick (1849-1901) wrote under his own name as well as under several pseudonyms. Musick was a Kirksville, Missouri, newspaper publisher (The Tattler, 1875 January-July), attorney and author. His best-known work was the 12-volume Columbian Historical Novels (1892); a 13th volume was published about the time of his death.