√ | 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 | '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 | '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 | '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 |