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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
'Meeting held at “Frensham” 8th July 1944
Howard R. Smith in the chair.

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7. “Love Came In” by Beatrice Saxon-Snell was read with...		Howard Smith Howard Smith[The historical background to the events dramatise...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Grove House. 16th October 1944
    J. Knox Taylor in the chair.

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2. The minutes of the last me...		Howard Smith Howard Smith[a biographical sketch of Charles Dickens]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 8th May ’43
    Muriel Stevens in the Chair
1. Minutes of last meeting read & signed

[...] ...		Howard Smith Howard Smith[the life and publications of Samuel Johnson]Manuscript: Unknown
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 22, Cintra Avenue, 16th December 1941 F. E. Pollard in the Chair.
Before beginning our meeting the Chairman referred to the loss the Club has ...		Howard Smith Howard Smith[An account of how a section of the Friends Ambula...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, Elm Road.
18–7–40
M Stevens in the chair.
1. Minutes of last were read and signed.

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3...		Members of the XII Book ClubHoward Smith[a letter of thanks & good wishes from the XII Boo...Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, 20.II.’39
R. D. L. Moore, & subsequently H. Stevens in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read & approved.
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5. R....		Howard Smith Howard SmithThe Story of the River [Thames]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Read and read "Fame is the Spur" which is gorgeous.'Hilary Spalding Howard SpringFame is the SpurPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like anything good....something like "The Stars Looked Down" or "Gone with the Wind"...."Fame is the Spur" is a lovely book.'Howard SpringFame is the SpurPrint: Book
1900-1945'"I don't read much - oh, a very mixed lot - "My Son Absalom" and "Fame is the Spur"' [then in response to question from interviewer] '- who, them? I enjoy travel books, ...Howard SpringFame is the SpurPrint: Book
1900-1945Friday 19 March 1937: '"They" say almost universally that The Years is a masterpiece [...] The praise chorus began yesterday: by the way I was walking in Covent Garden & ...Virginia Woolf Howard Springreview of Virginia Woolf, The YearsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'But the real clue had been given by Howard Spring in an unpretentious article which appeared in "St. Martin's Review", the monthly magazine of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, ...Vera Brittain Howard SpringArticle in "St Martin's Review"Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Henry James to Howard Sturgis, 8 November 1903: 'I send you back the blooming proofs [of Sturgis's novel "Belchamber"] with many thanks and with no marks or comments at a...Henry James Howard SturgisBelchamberPrint: In proof
1900-1945Henry James to Howard Sturgis, 8 November 1903: 'I send you back the blooming proofs [of Sturgis's novel "Belchamber"] with many thanks and with no marks or comments at a...Henry James Howard SturgisA Sketch from MemoryPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, Elm Road.
18–7–40
M Stevens in the chair.
1. Minutes of last were read and signed.

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3...		Howard and Elsie Sykes[A letter of resignation from the XII Book Club]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Belchamber (1904) by Howard ("Howdie") Overing Sturgis (1855-1920), a prosperous American expatriate, has for its principal character "Sainty" -- the Marquis and Earl of...Virginia Woolf Howard Overing SturgisBelchamberPrint: Book
1900-1945'Howard R. Smith then read a paper on the history of the House of Lords which was followed by considerablee discussion. Mr Binns then followed with an exhaustive paper wh...Howard R. Smith Howard R Smith[paper on the House of Lords]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'An excellent programme illustrative of R.L. Stevenson's work was then proceeded with. A biographical paper was read by H. R. Smith & a critical appreciation of the works...Howard R Smith Howard R Smith[paper on life of RL Stevenson]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was spent in the company of Samuel Pepys (Peeps) The Club was much indebted to H.M. Wallis and to H.R. Smith for able essays giving an outline o...Howard R. Smith Howard R. Smith[essay on Pepys]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'A meeting was held at Whinfield [?] on Dec 8 1904 devoted to H.G. Wells's Mankind in the Making. Howard R. Smith gave a good resume of the political and social proposals...Howard R. Smith Howard R. Smith[paper on H. G. wells's 'Mankind in the Making']Manuscript: Unknown


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