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William Smith

 

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 : Temple of Reason

Witness statement in trial for publishing a blasphemous and seditious libel: William Smith: "I saw [the prisoner] serving in the shop and bought this book of him... I read part of the pamphlet as I went along the streets..."

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: William Smith      

  

William Henry Smith : [Paper on Ruskin]

'Mr W. H. Smith then read a paper on the life of John Ruskin'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: William Henry Smith      Manuscript: Unknown

  

Percy Bysshe Shelley : 

'Mr Smith read a paper on Shelley & Mrs Ridges selections from a paper by Dr Scott on the poet's literary characteristics while other members read selections from his works'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: William Smith      Print: Book

  

William Smith : [paper on Shelley]

'Mr Smith read a paper on Shelley & Mrs Ridges selections from a paper by Dr Scott on the poet's literary characteristics while other members read selections from his works'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: William Smith      Manuscript: Unknown

  

Rudyard Kipling : 'How the Camel got his Hump'

'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianoforte solo. Selection from Debusy [sic] Miss Bowman Smith 2. Reading. Modern Froissart Chronicles Mrs W.H. Smith 3. Reading. Migrations. Anon. Contrib. from Punch by Alfred Rawlings 4. Recitation. In a Gondola (Browning) Miss Cole 5. Song. 2 French Bergerettes. Mrs Unwin 6. Essay. 'The Pious Atrocity' R.B. Graham 7. Reading. Wedding Presents (Punch) Mrs Reynolds 8. Song. My dear Soul. Mrs Robson 9. Reading 'How the Camel got his Hump' W.H. Smith 10. Song. The Camel's hump. E.E. Unwin 11. Reading. The Man of the Evening (A.A. Milne Punch) Miss R. Wallis 12. Song. Hebrides Galley Song. Miss Bowman Smith 13. Reading. Arms of Wipplecrack S.A. Reynolds 14. Reading. Joints in the Armour. E.V. Lucas. H.M. Wallis 15. Song-Chant Folk Song [ditto] 16. Essay. 'Bad morality & bad art' R.H. Robson 17. Song. Winter. Miss Bowman Smith 18. Essay 'Etaples & the air raids' H.R. Smith 19. Recitation. These new fangled ways. E.E. Unwin 20. Song. Goodnight. Mrs Robson.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: William Henry Smith      Print: Book

 

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