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

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1900-1945

Meeting held at School House, L. P. : 13.9.35

   Francis E. Pollard in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved.

Victor Alexander Victor Alexander[Minutes of meeting of the XII Book Club held 18 J...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945

Meeting held at School House, L. P. : 13.9.35

   Francis E. Pollard in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved.

2. Account o...

Reginald H. Robson Reginald H. RobsonThe Excursion – Saturday July 13th. 1935: Byways o...Manuscript: Notebook, with photographs of the excursion pasted alongside the text.
1900-1945

Meeting held at School House, L. P. : 13.9.35

   Francis E. Pollard in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved.

2. Account of the Excu...

Victor Alexander Celia Burrow[A letter offering to hold a meeting of the XII Bo...Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945

Meeting held at School House, L. P. : 13.9.35

   Francis E. Pollard in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved.

2. Account of the Excu...

Rosamund Wallis Ann BridgeIllyrian SpringPrint: Book
1900-1945

Meeting held at School House, L. P. : 13.9.35

Francis E. Pollard in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved.

2. Account of the Excu...

Francis E. Pollard H. A. L. FisherHistory of EuropePrint: Book
1900-1945'On the whole my experience of being read to by my parents was not a success. Alice in Wonderland was spoiled by my constant habit of asking questions and my intol...Wilfred Ruprecht Bion Charles Lutwidge DodsonAlice Adventures in WonderlandPrint: Book
1900-1945'On Wednesdays the bells of St. Michael's Church on the neighbouring hill pealed for a service or, as some said, "choir practice". They filled me with dread, a reminder o...Wilfred Ruprecht Bion Frederick W. FarrarEric, or, Little by LittlePrint: Book
1900-1945'For hour after hour we did "Search the Scriptures". These were booklets in which texts from a book in the Bible were printed with blank spaces; we were to fill in the ch...Wilfred Ruprecht Bion Search the ScripturesPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'Religion was a sore trial ... Dean Farrar contributed to my suspicion of God, and my suspicion of God — "I haven't done anything; really I haven't" — gave ghastly realit...Wilfred Ruprecht Bion Frederick W. FarrarEric, or, Little by LittlePrint: Book
1900-1945'C. [David Lloyd George] says that Ibsen's Doll's House was the work that converted him to woman suffrage, & presented the woman's point of view to him.' David Lloyd George Henrik IbsenA Doll's HousePrint: Book
1900-1945'Le Havre, though undamaged by war, was stark and gloomy to march through ... "We are quite near Agincourt", I wrote dutifully to my old history master at school, feeling...Wilfred Ruprecht Bion William ShakespeareHenry VPrint: Book
1900-1945'C. [David Lloyd George] is in very good spirits after a week-end rest. Yesterday I went down to W.H. [Walton Heath] & spent the afternoon with him, & we had a jolly time...Frances Stevenson Herbert George WellsThe Wife of Sir Eric HarmanPrint: Book
1900-1945'C. [David Lloyd George] is in very good spirits after a week-end rest. Yesterday I went down to W.H. [Walton Heath] & spent the afternoon with him, & we had a jolly time...Frances Stevenson Herbert George WellsAnne VeronicaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Am reading Meredith's Egoist. C. [David Lloyd George] said he was afraid it would lessen my love for him, as he throws such a clear light on the male character. C. says ...Frances Stevenson George MeredithThe EgoistPrint: Book
1900-1945'C. [David Lloyd George] is in very good spirits after a week-end rest. Yesterday I went down to W.H. [Walton Heath] & spent the afternoon with him, & we had a jolly time...David Lloyd George Herbert George WellsThe Wife of Sir Eric HarmanPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I think it was Victor Hugo's book Les Miserables that decided me to do what I could to alleviate the distress and suffering of the poor. That story gives you such a viv...David Lloyd George Victor HugoLes MiserablesPrint: Book
1900-1945'I lunched with him ["a high dignitary of the Anglican Church"] at Shepheard's; and , leaving him for half and hour, during which I rushed home and read all up in Baedek...Ronald Storrs Karl BaedekerEgypt
1900-1945'Not having frequented a club before I was at first enchanted by the number and variety of the newspapers and magazines, but soon found them spiritually a diet of hors d'...Ronald Storrs The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Not having frequented a club before I was at first enchanted by the number and variety of the newspapers and magazines, but soon found them spiritually a diet of hors d'...Ronald Storrs La Vie ParisiennePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Without personal influence on my life he [Harry de la Rose Farnall] he nevertheless put into my hands the small poorly printed volume that led me into communion, how rem...Ronald Storrs Dante Alighieri?La Divina CommediaPrint: Book



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