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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'"The Syonan Sinbun" reports that the museum authorities in Singapore are busy translating all the thousands of explanatory data from English to Nippon-go. English is to ...Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan SinbunPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I go to the library; luckily there is no queue. I get "Trent's Last Case" - a grand book. I've read it at least three times in a previous existence.'Thomas Kitching E. C. BentleyTrent's Last CasePrint: Book
1900-1945'"The Syonan Sinbun" announces that there are 18 large mailbags in Tokyo with letters from Great Britain for war prisoners in the Southern Region - that's us.'Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan SinbunPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'"The Syonan Sinbun" reports Tokyo as saying that "the maltreatment and petty annoyances to which Nipponese internees are subjected in Great Britain and the USA are in sh...Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan SinbunPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'"The Syonan Sinbun" reports that Yamashita, the conqueror of Malaya, has been promoted to General.'Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan SinbunPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'"The Syonan Sinbun" for Tuesday and Wednesday surpasses itself.'Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan SinbunPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'"The Syonan Sinbun" leader is quite amusing; it tells the people how changed things are for them compared with a year ago and adds in brackets "for the better" - in case...Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan SinbunPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'"The Syonan Sinbun" reports that the Nipponese Government has decided not to consider Indians and the other peoples of the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaya, Borneo and the...Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan SinbunPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I am reading "Haworth Parsonage" by Isabel C. Clarke. I have never read a book on the Brontes before, although I have often passed Cowan Bridge, the notorious school, wh...Thomas Kitching Isabel Constance ClarkeHaworth ParsonagePrint: Book
1900-1945'It is St Patrick's Day - there is a reading of "The White Headed Boy" by an Irish author with an Irish cast.'Thomas Kitching Lennox RobinsonThe White Headed BoyPrint: Book
1900-1945'the minutes of the previous meeting were read & confirmed'Alfred Rawlings Alfred Rawlings[Minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
1900-1945'Mrs Edminson then read an interesting paper on Lecky's Map of Life'Elizabeth Edminson Elizabeth Edminson[Paper on Lecky's 'Map of Life']Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Mrs Edminson then read an interesting paper on Lecky's Map of Life'Elizabeth Edminson William Edward Hartpole LeckyMap of LifePrint: Book
1900-1945'Mrs Goadby then sang a song which was followed by a paper by Mr Stansfield on "The Hasty"'.Charles Stansfield Charles Stansfield[Paper delivered to XII Book Club]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Mr W. H. Smith then read a paper on the life of John Ruskin'.William Henry Smith William Henry Smith[Paper on Ruskin]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'[Discussion of Ruskin] was followed by a reading by Mrs Ridges from "The Crown of Wild Olive". Mrs Stansfield read a paper on Ruskin's Economics principally with referen...Blanche Ridges John RuskinCrown of Wild Olive: Three Lectures on Work, Traff...Print: Book
1900-1945'[Discussion of Ruskin] was followed by a reading by Mrs Ridges from "The Crown of Wild Olive". Mrs Stansfield read a paper on Ruskin's Economics principally with referen...Charles Stansfield Charles Stansfield[Paper on Ruskin's Economics] Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'[Discussion of Ruskin] was followed by a reading by Mrs Ridges from "The Crown of Wild Olive". Mrs Stansfield read a paper on Ruskin's Economics principally with referen...Charles Stansfield John RuskinUnto this LastPrint: Book
1900-1945'After a period of refreshment A. Rawlings then read a paper on Ruskin as an art critic, in which he gratuituously attacked the literary style of Modern Painters with whi...Alfred Rawlings Alfred Rawlings[paper on Ruskin as art critic]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'After a period of refreshment A. Rawlings then read a paper on Ruskin as an art critic, in which he gratuituously attacked the literary style of Modern Painters with whi...Alfred Rawlings John RuskinModern PaintersPrint: Book


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