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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 “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.
1. Minutes of the last meeting were read & approved.

[...] ...		Francis E. Pollard Francis E. PollardParty PoliticsManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

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9. Kenneth Nicholson read a monograph entitled...		Kenneth F. Nicholson Kenneth F. NicholsonThe English Attititude towwards GamesManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

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9. Kenneth Nicholson read a monograph entitled...		Arnold Joselin Arnold JoselinSerial TimeManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

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9. Kenneth Nicholson read a monograph entitled...		Arnold Joselin J. W. DunneAn Experiment with TimeManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

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9. Kenneth Nicholson read a monograph entitled...		Roger Moore Margaret DilksMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held on Monday 27th October at the Palace Theatre

The Book Club turned out almost in its entirety to see in Marie Tempest in “The First Mrs. Fras...		Francis E. Pollard Margaret Dilks[Note of a visit made by members of the XII Book C...Manuscript: Note
1800-1849'Melville is a terribly dull book: I do not think it will take so well as Knox'.James Hogg Thomas McCrieLife of Andrew Melville, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Melville is a terribly dull book: I do not think it will take so well as Knox'.James Hogg Thomas McCrieLife of John Knox, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'merchant seaman Lennox Kerr ditched overboard his early experiments in authorship:"... writing isn't for the working man. It sets him apart. He isn't such a toiler if he...Lennox Kerr William Shakespeare[works]Print: Book
1900-1945'merchant seaman Lennox Kerr ditched overboard his early experiments in authorship:"... writing isn't for the working man. It sets him apart. He isn't such a toiler if he...Lennox Kerr n/aBiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'merchant seaman Lennox Kerr ditched overboard his early experiments in authorship:"... writing isn't for the working man. It sets him apart. He isn't such a toiler if he...Lennox Kerr William CobbettA Grammar of the English Language in a Series of L...Print: Book
1900-1945'Merriman is a far cry from the Brontes. Both of course are good, but while they should be sipped with luxurious slowness in the winter evening, he may be read in a che...Clive Staples Lewis Henry Seton Merriman[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Meta & I have read this 1st vol of Rachel Gray - I think it very interesting'Elizabeth and Margaret (Meta) GaskellJulia KavanaghRachel GrayPrint: Book
1850-1899'Meta is turning out such a noble beautiful character - Her intellect and her soul, (or wherever is the part in which piety & virtue live) are keeping pace, as they shoul...Margaret Emily Gaskell [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Metastatio is improving I finish Themistocles and the second book of Annals today also - what tempted you to send me that deplorable (these blots are no work of mine) vo...Jane Baillie Welsh Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonvantura Trapassi (AKA Metastatio)UnknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'Methodist millworker Thomas Wood attended a school where there was only one book, the Bible, which was never read beyond the first chapter of St John. Therefore he later...Thomas Wood n/aBiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Methodist millworker Thomas Wood attended a school where there was only one book, the Bible, which was never read beyond the first chapter of St John. Therefore he later...Thomas Wood Charles RollinAncient HistoryPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'Mildred was a fanatical teetotaller; and took in, believe it or not, a periodical called "The Journal of Inebriety"'.Mildred Massingberd The Journal of InebrietyPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799
1800-1849		'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, classic histories and voyages and, ultimately, Willi...Samuel Bamford [classic histories]Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, classic histories and voyages and, ultimately, Willi...Samuel Bamford [voyages]Print: Book


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