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1900-1945

Meeting held at St. Margaret’s, Shinfield Road: 20. 1. 38.

F. E. Pollard in the chair

1. Minutes of last read and approved

[...]

6. C....

Charles E. Stansfield Charles E. Stansfield[A detailed biographical sketch of Æ (AE, or Georg...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House, L[eighton]. P[ark].: 18. i. 33.
    Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved...		Francis E. Pollard Francis E. Pollard[A discussion of the versification of Edmund Spens...Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'G went at 8 and I spent the evening alone for the first time since we have been at Berlin. I read G's Farce - Robson's adventure with a Russian Princess'.George Eliot [pseud] George Henry Lewes[a farce]Manuscript: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'I had a letter from Ly. -- on Tuesday that gave me great content, for I, like you, felt a little afraid that the Lady Augusta might give offence. However, her withers ar...Mr Ap Rees Samuel Foote[a farce]Print: Book
1700-1799'I had the good Fortune to divert him [Lord Galway] with my comical stuff so well that he left me a Task, which was, to translate a [italics] French Chanson a boire [end ...Laetitia Pilkington [unknown][a French drinking song]Unknown
1850-1899'[A Mr Murphy was looking for something to print in "The Gray's Inn Journal" and a Mr Foote suggested] "Here is a French magazine, in which you will find a very pretty or...Mr Foote [unknown][a French magazine]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'[A Mr Murphy was looking for something to print in "The Gray's Inn Journal" and a Mr Foote suggested] "Here is a French magazine, in which you will find a very pretty or...Mr Murphy [unknown][a French magazine]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue. 20. 8. 40
A. B. Dilks in the chair.
[...]
8. After coffee we were faced with the Herculean task of answering a G...		Members of the XII Books ClubHoward Smith and A. B. Dilks [A general knowledge quiz paper]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Hillsborough, Glebe Road: 15. V. 34.
    Reginald H. Robson in the chair.

1. Minutes of last read & approved
...		Francis E. Pollard Francis E. Pollard[A general survey of William Morris and his work]
1900-1945'One day, alone for a moment in a girl's room in Lady Margaret Hall - she had gone to fetch a tea-pot from along the corridor - I saw that she had left her diary open, it...Ralph Glasser [unknown][a girl's diary]Manuscript: Codex
1800-1849'He [William Lamb] grew so out of spirits that he quite cried--as women do & has just recovered his spirites--however they are returned as usual for he is reading a Greek...William Lamb unknown[a Greek play]Unknown
1900-1945Meeting held at 22, Cintra Avenue. 17th Sept. 1942 F. E. Pollard in the chair.
1. A card of greetings was read from Janet Rawlings, Beth and Victor Alexander.		Margaret Dilks Janet Rawlings (and Elizabeth and Victor Alexander)[a greetings card]Manuscript: postcard
1850-1899'Murray (of the Hand-Books) has lately put forward a work which I have found very full of entertaining reading: a couple of well-sized volumes treating of every place o...Henry James [a guidebook to the areas round London]Print: Book
1900-1945'Growing up in Clapton during the Depression, Michael Stapleton needed a signature from his father (an Irish navvy) for a public library card, "but I asked him on the wro...Michael Stapleton anon[a handbook for vegetarians]Print: Book
1800-1849'During my stay with the clergyman my mother again became a servant in the family and well do I remember reading by the kitchen fire, during the long winter nights. My fa...James Watson [A history of England]Print: Book
1700-1799'[editor's words] Previous to her arrival in Stirlingshire she had learnt to read with distinctness and propriety; and, under the tuition of Mrs Marshall, became an adept...Elizabeth Hamilton [unknown][A history of England]Print: Book
1800-1849During my stay with the clergyman my mother again became a servant in the family and well do I remember reading by the kitchen fire, during the long winter nights. My fav...James Watson [A history of Europe]Print: Book
1850-1899'[italics] Whose [end italics] history of the F. Revolution are you reading?'Marianne Gaskell [unknown][a history of the French Revolution]Print: Book
1700-1799[Having written an ode in the manner of Horace, she showed it to her husband who had also written one and] 'who, contrary to my Expectation (for I imagin'd he would be pl...Laetitia Pilkington Matthew Pilkington[a Horatian Ode]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899"Before this walk we had service in chapel, on this wise. Two or 3 collects, 3 psalms, 1 lesson out of the apocrypha, a Latin speech in praise of the Civil Law, a list (a...Leslie Stephen [a Latin speech in praise of the Civil Law]Print: Book


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