Record Number: 25515

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The meeting held at the Lawn on March 27th was devoted to the reading of five minute anonymous essays of which the following is a list of the titles. Recollections of Childhood, Superstitions, On the Origin of Mourning, Procrastination, An Alpine Climb, Wanted a new Line of Temperance Work and De Pueris [?]'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

27 Mar 1901

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Reading
specific address: The Lawn, Upper Redlands Rd

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

---

Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

XII Book Club

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Quaker or associated with the Friends

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Members of the XII Book Club

Additional Comments:

n/a

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[essay entitled] 'On the Origin of Mourning'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

n/a

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

25515

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Alfred Rawlings

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 1 (1895-1915)

Location:

Private Collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

58

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Alfred Rawlings, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 1 (1895-1915), Private Collection, n/a, 58, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25515, accessed: 24 November 2024

---

Additional Comments:

Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php).