Record Number: 29752
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Meeting held at 70, Northcourt Avenue 30. X. 34.
Charles E. Stansfield in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
2. There followed a fairly general escape of steam over the question of sending on books. Despite
the fact that every book carries on its brown paper cover the date on which each member of the
Club is in turn entitled to receive it [...], there had been once again considerable confusion.
[...]
To the satisfaction of all it was then resolved that if only the Secretary would write out twelve
nice little lists of all the books in the order of their rotation and paste them on the backs of the
brown paper covers all would in future go well. [...]
Amid the general enthusiasm for secretarial efficiency, one member came near to being
immortalized in these minutes by suggesting that it would be found helpful if the Secretary would
type and distribute reviews of books advertised in the Autumn lists of the various publishing
firms. This suggestion, though intended doubtless as a touching tribute to an obscure official, was
negatived by the intervention of a former Secretary.
The present holder of the office was then left alone, & allowed to go home and read and reflect
upon La Fontaine’s fable — “Les animaux malades de la peste”'
1900-1945
Date:30 Oct 1934
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 70 Northcourt Avenue
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1887
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Quaker or associated with the Friends
Country of Origin:n/a
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:Minutes of meeting of the XII Book Club held 19 September 1934
Genre:Minutes
Form of Text:Manuscript: Notebok
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:29752
Source:Manuscript
Author:Victor Alexander
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:113–117
Additional Information:
Victor Alexander was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1931 to 1940. It is inferred from this that he was the author of this set of minutes.
Citation:
Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938), private collection, 113–117, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29752, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
It is assumed that it was Victor Alexander, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting.
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).