√ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | |
| 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... | Howard R. Smith | Howard R. Smith | [paper on H. G. wells's 'Mankind in the Making'] | 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... | Howard R Smith | H.G. Wells | Mankind in the Making | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'At a meeting held on March 20 1905 at the home of Edward Little at 33 Marlborough Avenue Tolstoi's Life & Works were ... | Howard Smith | Leo Tolstoy | Resurrection, The | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Mrs Smith then read an interesting biography of Keats which was followed by a reading of "I stood tiptoe upon a littl... | Howard R. Smith | John Keats | Endymion | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Howard R. Smith then read a paper on the history of the House of Lords which was followed by considerablee discussion... | 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 b... | Howard R Smith | Howard R Smith | [paper on life of RL Stevenson] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'W.S. Rowntree then read a very interesting paper on four Punch artists which was followed by readings from Punch of a... | Howard Smith | | Punch | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1900-1945 | 'Papers were then read by Mr Ridges on the Works of Borrow & on the Life of Borrow by R. Heelas. Readings were given b... | Howard Smith | George Borrow | Romany Rye, The | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The following was the programme for the evening
Viz a paper by W.S. Rowntree on W.W. Jacobs' works. C.E. Stansfield,... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Paper on William Pett Ridge] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The following was the programme for the evening
Viz a paper by W.S. Rowntree on W.W. Jacobs' works. C.E. Stansfield,... | Howard Smith | William Pett Ridge | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The subject of Occultism was introduced in a general & comprehensive way [by] C. Stansfield. H.R. Smith read a paper ... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [paper on Subliminal Consciousness] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The subject of the evening Vers de Societe was introduced by H.M. Wallis & illustrative readings from various authors... | Howard Smith | | [example of Vers de Societe] | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'W.S. Rowntree read a paper on Dante & Florence [,] H.R. Smith explained the Vita Nuova from which Mrs W.H. Smith & Mr... | Howard R. Smith | Dante Alighieri | La Vita Nuova | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The subject of this evening's discussion was The Philosophy of Henri Bergson. Interesting papers were given by C.E. S... | Howard R. Smith | Henri Bergson | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The subject of this evening's discussion was The Philosophy of Henri Bergson. Interesting papers were given by C.E. S... | Howard R. Smith | Howard R. Smith | [paper on Henri Bergson] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'A series of more or less five minutes essays or talks on various aspects of Browning by the folowing members were the... | Howard Smith | [a member of the XII Book Club] | [essay on Browning] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The Life & works of Anatole France were then dealt with in an interesting programme - an appreciation by H.R. Smith R... | Howard Smith | Anatole France | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The Life & works of Anatole France were then dealt with in an interesting programme - an appreciation by H.R. Smith R... | Howard Smith | Anatole France | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Chaucer's life & work were then described & illustrated by the following: A Paper on the Life & Times by Charles E. S... | Howard Smith | Geoffrey Chaucer | General Prologue | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The evening was given over to the consideration of Thackeray.
A paper by J.J. Cooper was read by Miss Marriage follo... | Howard Smith | William Makepeace Thackeray | Henry Esmond | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The evening was then devoted to Richard Jefferies - Poet-Naturalist. Ernest E. Unwin read a paper dealing with his li... | Howard Smith | Richard Jefferies | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The meeting then entered the gloomy portals of New Grub St & attempted to follow the fortunes of George Gissing. The ... | Howard R. Smith | George Gissing | New Grub Street | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibilit... | Howard R. Smith | Howard R. Smith | 'Etaples & the Air raids' | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The rest of the meeting was devoted to Fanny Burney. Mrs Robson read a paper which had been prepared by Miss Cole dea... | Howard R. Smith | Fanny Burney | [from works or diary] | Manuscript: Sheet, copy from book, taken by Miss Cole |
| 1900-1945 | 'The rest of the evening was devoted to John Bunyan. H.R. Smith read a paper dealing with the main episodes of his lif... | Howard R. Smith | Howard R. Smith | [paper on Bunyan's life] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The remainder of the evening was devoted to the writings of Maurice Hewlett. [C.I. Evans outlined a few facts of his ... | Howard R. Smith | Maurice Hewlett | Forest Lovers, The | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The remainder of the evening was devoted to the writings of Maurice Hewlett. [C.I. Evans outlined a few facts of his ... | Howard R. Smith | Maurice Hewlett | Forest Lovers, The | Print: Book |
| 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 a... | Howard R. Smith | Howard R. Smith | [essay on Pepys] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The subject of the evening, 'Ballads', now occupied attention.
From an introductory paper prepared by Mary Hayward ... | Howard R. Smith | | Bonnie House of Airlie, The | Print: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The evening was then devoted to Samuel Johnson as seen through the biography of Boswell. Two papers were contributed.... | Howard R. Smith | Howard R. Smith | [paper on Boswell] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| | 'The subject of the evening was L.P. Jacks. A few moments sufficed to pool our information as to the man. Too late the... | Howard R. Smith | L.P. Jacks | 'Farmer Jeremy and his Ways' | Print: Book |
| | 'The Minutes of the last meeting were read & signed' | Howard R. Smith | Ernest E. Unwin | [Minutes of XII Book Club] | Manuscript: book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The Minutes of the last meeting were read & approved' | Howard R. Smith | Howard R. Smith | [Minutes of XII Book Club] | Manuscript: book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The Minutes of last meeting were read & agreed' | Howard R. Smith | Howard R. Smith | [Minutes of XII Book Club] | Manuscript: book |
| 1900-1945 | 'C.I. Evans read Geoffrey Young's [?] poem 'Mountain Playmates' & Mary Hayward read Leslie Stephen's account of the fi... | Howard R. Smith | Henry Marriage Wallis | [parody of 'We are Seven'] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'Mr Burrow then introduced John Masefield's work setting out the little publicly known of his life following with a sh... | Howard R. Smith | John Masefield | 'Reynard the Fox' | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Mr Robson then gave us some short notes on Sir A.T. Quiller Couch and read us his short story "Once aboard the lugger... | Howard R. Smith | Arthur Quiller-Couch | Mayor of Troy, The | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Mr Geo Burrow read a paper on George Sand indicating her semi-patrician origin & the County surroundings in which she... | Howard R. Smith | George Sand | Consuelo | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'H.R. Smith gave a brief outline of S. Baring Gould's Life following which H.M. Wallis read from "John Herring" a Dart... | Howard R. Smith | Sabine Baring-Gould | Vicar of Morwenstow, The | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The rest of the evening was devoted to Anthony Trollope. C.E. Stansfield read an amusing passage from Dr Thorne. H.M.... | Howard R. Smith | Anthony Trollope | Prime Minister, The | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The Secretary reported that he had found "Ebony & Ivory" to be an unsuitable book to go round the club & had procured... | Howard R. Smith | Llewelyn Powys | Ebony and Ivory | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'R.H. Robson opened the subject of Joan of Arc by giving a historical sketch of her life & then attempting to "Put her... | Howard R. Smith | Mark Twain | Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'R.H. Robson opened the subject of Joan of Arc by giving a historical sketch of her life & then attempting to "Put her... | Howard R. Smith | Mark Twain | Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The evening's subject of William de Morgan was introduced by Geo Burrow who gave some account of his life drawing att... | Howard R. Smith | William de Morgan | Somehow Good | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The Financial Statement was read & approved' | Howard R. Smith | Edith Smith | [financial statement of XII Book Club] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'The subject for the evening Herman Melville was then proceeded with & R.H. Robson gave a short account of his life fo... | Howard R. Smith | Herman Melville | Moby Dick | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The subject for the evening Hugh Walpole was then taken F.E. Pollard giving us a brief outline of the writer's life. ... | Howard R. Smith | Hugh Walpole | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The subject of Mrs Gaskell was then taken & Chas E. Stansfield gave an interesting account of her life & work. Follow... | Howard R. Smith | Elizabeth Gaskell | Mary Barton | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'After refreshment Geo Burrow told us of Meinholt's [sic] book "The Amber Witch" & of witchcraft & Howard R. Smith re... | Howard R. Smith | Henry Marriage Wallis | "The Price of his Soul" | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'C.I. Evans read a short essay on W.H. Hudsons story Green Mansions H.R. Smith followed on Rates & Taxes & Geo Burrow ... | Howard R. Smith | Howard R. Smith | [paper on "Rates and taxes"] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'Letters & Letter writing were then proceeded with.
Mrs Burrow read three letters of William Cowper characteristica... | Howard R. Smith | Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield | [letter to his son] | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'After supper the Secretary read the Minutes of the last Meeting' | Howard R. Smith | Howard R. Smith | [Minutes of XII Book Club] | Manuscript: book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The Minutes of last Meeting were read & approved' | Howard R. Smith | Howard R. Smith | [Minutes of XII Book Club] | Manuscript: book |
| 1900-1945 | 'Geo Burrow then read portions of Thackeray's essay on Swift. H. R. Smith read several short extracts from the Journal... | Howard R. Smith | Jonathan Swift | Journal to Stella | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | A Meeting held at Mark Ash Tuesday May 8th 1928
C. J. Evans in the Chair
1 Minutes of last approved
| Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 23 March 1928] | Manuscript: Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue [Oct 19/28]
Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
1. Minutes of l... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Minutes of the meeting held 8 May 1928] | Manuscript: Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue [Oct 19/28]
Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
1. Minutes of l... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Minutes/report of the picnic meeting held 12 Jun 1928] | Manuscript: Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at 9 Denmark Rd 13/11/1928 F. E. Pollard in the chair
1. Minutes of last read and approved<... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 13 November 1928] | Manuscript: Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | 'A meeting held at School House 4/12/28 T. C. Elliott in the chair
1 Minutes of the last read and approved<... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Minutes/report of the meeting held 13 November 1928] | Manuscript: Unknown, Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | 'A meeting held at School House 4/12/28 T. C. Elliott in the chair
1 Minutes of the last read and approved<... | Howard Smith | William Shakespeare | The Tempest | Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at Whinfell 21/1/29 Alfred Rawlings in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved<... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Minutes of the meeting held 4 Dec 1928] | Manuscript: Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at Oakdene 20/2/1929 S. A. Reynolds in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting read and approv... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 21 Jan 1929] | Manuscript: Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at Oakdene 20/2/1929 S. A. Reynolds in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting read and approv... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [A brief sketch of Victor Hugo's life] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'A. Meeting held at Frensham 19/3/1929 H. R. Smith in the chair
Min 1 Minutes of last read and approved ... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 26 Feb 1929] | Manuscript: Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at Grove House May 3rd H. B. Lawson in the chair
Min 1. Minutes of last Read and approved | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 19 Mar 1929] | Manuscript: Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at Grove House May 3rd H. B. Lawson in the chair
Min 1. Minutes of last Read and approved | Howard Smith | Geoffrey Chaucer | Canterbury Tales (General Prologue) | Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at Grove House May 3rd H. B. Lawson in the chair
Min 1. Minutes of last Read and approved | Howard Smith | Geoffrey Chaucer | The Prioress's Tale, from The Canterbury Tales | |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at Grove House May 3rd H. B. Lawson in the chair
Min 1. Minutes of last Read and approved | Howard Smith | Geoffrey Chaucer | The Wife of Bath's Tale, from The Canterbury Tales | |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at Grove House May 3rd H. B. Lawson in the chair
Min 1. Minutes of last Read and approved | Howard Smith | Hilaire Belloc | Cautionary Tales for Children | Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at Broomfield June 6 1929
Geo H Burrow in the chair
Min 1. Minutes of last time rea... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Minutes of XII Book Club meeting, 3 May 1929] | Manuscript: Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue 25th September 1929 C. E Stansfield in the
chair
Min 1. Minutes o... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Minutes of XII Book Club meeting, 6 June 1929] | Manuscript: Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue 25th September 1929 C. E Stansfield in the
chair
Min 1. Minutes o... | Howard Smith | Muriel Bowman-Smith | [letter of resignation from the XII Book Club] | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1900-1945 | 'A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue 19/10/29 Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
1. Minutes of last time re... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 25 Sep 1929] | Manuscript: Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
G. Burrow in the chair
1. Minutes of last read and approved
... | Howard Smith | John Galsworthy | The Roof | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Meeting held at Ashton Lodge July 10th 1930
H. M. Wallis in the chair
Min 1. Minutes of last meeting approv... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 3 June 1930 | Manuscript: Notebook |
| 1900-1945 | Meeting held at Ashton Lodge July 10th 1930
H. M. Wallis in the chair
Min 1. Minutes of last meeting approv... | Howard Smith | John Masefield | Philip the King | Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'Meeting held at Fairlight: 9 Denmark Rd. 18th April 1932.
Francis Pollard in the Chair.
1. Minutes... | Howard Smith | Francis Thompson | ?"At Lords" | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Meeting held at Fairlight, Denmark Rd.: 21.iii.33
Francis E. Pollard in the Chair.
1. Minutes of l... | Howard Smith | Janet Rawlings | [Moroccan memories] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue 28/4/1933
C. E. Stansfield in the chair
1 Minutes of l... | Howard Smith | John J. Cooper | Some Worthies of Reading | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Meeting held at Oakdene, Northcourt Av, 20.3.34.
Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the Chair.
1. Minute... | Howard Smith | Edith Goadby | Glastonbury | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | Meeting held at 9 Denmark Road, 20 IV. 1934
F. E. Pollard in the chair
1. Minutes of last read & a... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [An account of the life of William Morris] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 18. 6. 35.
Charles E. Stansfield in the Chair
1. Minutes of... | Howard Smith | Howard Smith | [A paper on the early history of London] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | Meeting held at Ashton Lodge :- 3. 7. 37.
Henry Marriage Wallis in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last ... | Howard Smith | | Trials for Witchcraft | Unknown |
| 1900-1945 | 'Meeting held at Whinfell, Upper Redlands Rd. 23.10.’37
Alfred Rawlings in the Chair
1. T... | Howard Smith | William Fryer Harvey | The Tortoise | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 14. 12. 37
[...]
6. The evening was completed by the reading of extra... | Howard Smith | Roger Martin du Gard | Les Thibault | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Meeting held at Ashton Lodge: 14.3.38.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
[...]
4. Readings from Iri... | Howard Smith | | [a story about an illicit still] | Unknown |