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George Gordon, Lord Byron :
'In the [italics]Autobiography[end italics] he tells us of the impact of Byron on him and his friend Dave: "His influence on Dave was so great that it was publicly shown to all the boys and girls in the chapel's schoolroom... While we were playing kiss in the ring, singing and laughing... Dave would lean his figure... against a pillar, biting his lips and frowning at our merrymaking"... His friend soon tired of this Byronic posing, but Davies marks the occasion as the first time he was really attracted to poetry with enjoyment and serious purpose. He went on to read Shelley, Marlowe's plays, and some further Shakespeare. Wordsworth failed to attract him, though he later studied him very diligently'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: [Dave, friend of W.H. Davies] anon Print: Book
[n/a] : Bible
Accounts of prisoners: 'W.H., 35, Reg. no. 637 - Convicted of a felony about five months since, and had been three times previously convicted. His mental improvement has been surprising, and his general conduct such as to encourage the hope of reformation.' Evidence of intensive reading of the Scriptures provided in copy of his completed exam included by Field in the book.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: W.H. Print: Book
Miguel (de) Cervantes : Don Quixote
'Our library too was a weighty affair. Shipton had the longest novel that had been published in recent years, Warren a 2,000-page work on physiology.[...] On Good Friday [...] the rest of us lay about ,played chess or read the less technical portion of our curiously assorted library. This included "Gone with the Wind" (Shipton) "Seventeenth Century Verse" (Oliver), "Montaigne's Essays" (Warren), "Don Quixote" (self), "Adam Bede" (Lloyd), "Martin Chuzzlewit" (Smythe), "Stones of Venice" (Odell) and a few others. Warren,who rejoined us that day, besides his weighty tome on Physiology -in which there were several funny anecdotes if one took the trouble to look - had with him a yet weightier volume on the singularly inappropriate subject of Tropical Diseases. '
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: W.H.(Bill) Tilman Print: Book
W.H. Bruce : [paper on Swiss history]
'W.H. Bruce read an interesting paper on the history [of Switzerland] which was followed by soome supplementary remarks by C.E. Stansfield & a general discussion'
