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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'Meeting 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.<...		Howard Smith Howard Smith[on the life and character of Samuel Taylor Coleri...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue 18th Sept, 1944
    A. Bruce Dilks in the chair.

[...]

2. The minutes of the las...		Francis E. Pollard Francis E. Pollard[on the literature of William Blake]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Comte on the Middle Ages'George Eliot [pseud] Auguste Comte[on the Middle Ages]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Hilliers”, Northcourt Avenue. 18.XI.40
    Rosamund Wallis in the chair.

[...]

5. Mary S. W. Polla...		Francis E. Pollard Francis E. Pollard[On the poetry of John Keats]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945

'Meeting held at Fairlight: 9 Denmark Rd. 18th April 1932.

Francis Pollard in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved.

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Francis E. Pollard Francis E. Pollard[on the spirit of cricket]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 64, Northcourt Avenue. 24th. Sept. 1945.
Rosamund Wallis in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
A. Austin Miller A. Austin Miller[on the theory of the scientific method, and its a...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72, Shinfield Road, 14th November 1942 Arnold Joselin in the Chair
2. In the absence of the Secretary, the Treasurer [Bruce Dilks] took it upo...		Francis E. Pollard Francis E. Pollard[on the thought and writing of the Age of Pericles...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Broomfield: 22.3.1932
George Burrow in the chair
1. The minutes of last were read by Sylvanus Reynolds, who had kindly deputised for the Se...		Howard Smith Howard Smith[On the Victorians and their complacency]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Broomfield: 22.3.1932
George Burrow in the chair
1. The minutes of last were read by Sylvanus Reynolds, who had kindly deputised for the Se...		Francis E. Pollard Francis E. Pollard[On the Victorians and their literature]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read... Heeren on the XVth Century'.George Eliot [pseud] Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren[on the XVth Century]Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: Title = 'On vaccination'; Text [prose followed by verse] = 'A Mr Stewart writing on the Cowpax talks/ gravely of a most horrib...Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine [James?] Beresford[On vaccination]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene 22. II 1937
Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read (by F.E.P. in regretted absence of the Secretary) & approv...		Francis E. Pollard Francis E. Pollard[On various aspects of Robert Browning’s works]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945

Meeting held at Ashton Lodge, Kendrick Rd., 13.x.32.

Henry M. Wallis in the chair

1. Minutes of last read & approved.


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...		Alfred Rawlings Alfred Rawlings[on Walter Scott as a poet]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Reading Mommsen and Story's "Roba di Roma". Also Liddell's "Rome", for a narrative to accompany Mommsen's analysis'.George Eliot [pseud] Theodor Mommsen[one of his Roman history works]Print: Book
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....

Francis E. Pollard Æ [pseud.][One or more unidentified poems]Unknown
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....

Victor Alexander Æ [pseud.][One or more unidentified poems]Unknown
1900-1945'The Secretary read 'An Open Letter' to the XII Book Club. It was read without discussion - the discussion postponed until later in the evening.' [the letter was about th...Ernest E. Unwin [a member of the XII book Club][open letter to the XII Book Club]Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'Read Rights of woman - Opuscula of Cicero'Mary Godwin Cicero[Opuscula - Minor Works]Print: Book
1800-1849From Harriet Martineau's account of Queen Victoria's coronation: 'On reaching the gallery, I found that a back seat was so far better than a middle one that I should have...Harriet Martineau and two other females [Order of coronation service]Print: Pamphlet
1600-1699'Fen read me an order of council passed the 17th instant, directing all the Treasurers of any part of the King's revenue to make no payments but such as shall be approved... [unknown][order of council]Manuscript: Unknown


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