Record Number: 29963
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at Hillsborough, 4 Glebe Road: 3.3.36
Reginald H. Robson in the Chair.
[...]
6. Celia Burrow read The Flowers.
7. H. R. Smith read a criticism from The Listener by Edwin Muir. [...]
8. R. H. Robson read “Tods’[sic] Amendment.”
9. Rosamund Wallis read “The Miracle of Purun Bhagat”, from The 2nd Jungle Book.
10. H. R. Smith read “My Sunday at Home” from The Day’s Work.'
1900-1945
Date:3 Mar 1936
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Hillsborough, 4 Glebe Road
(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:Female
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: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:The Flowers
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29963
Source:Manuscript
Author:Victor Alexander
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:158–9
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, 158–9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29963, accessed: 17 August 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).