Evidence: | 'The Life & Works of Oliver W. Holmes were then dealt with. John J. Cooper read an interesting biographical paper, concluding with a reading "Latter Day Warnings" for The Autocrat.
Mrs Robson a reading from "The Poet at the Bt table"
Mrs Evans [ditto marks] from "Elsie Venner"
R.H. Robson read a paper dealing with the characters of "The Professor at the Bt table". The paper was illustrated by well selected readings from the book - making a most interesting communication.
C.I. Evans read "The Chambered Nautilus" & "The Wonderful One-hoss Shay".' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 25 Nov 1914 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading specific address: Grove House |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Reginald Robson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Members of XII Book Club |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Reginald Robson |
Title: | [paper on Holmes's 'the Professor at the Breakfast Table'] |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 26882 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Ernest Unwin | |
Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 1 (1895-1915) | |
Location: | Private collection | |
Call no: | n/a | |
Page/folio: | 157 |
Citation: | Ernest Unwin, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 1 (1895-1915) Private collection, p. n/a, p. 157, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26882, accessed: 01 June 2023 |
Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php). |
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