Evidence: | 'Essays were then read. The Secretary does not feel able to do more than indicate the general nature of these essays.
1. Read by R.H. Robson. An essay written by H.M.W. about the remains of an altar stone found near Carthage. Vivid & interesting, bloodstained though the stone was, with human sacrifice.
2. Mrs Smith read a very interesting paper dealing with the mind & its training. 'My mind to me a kingdom is'. Considerable discussion followed.
3. Mr Stansfield read a fantasia (written surely by a historian. R.H.R.) relating the musings of Mendax II giving expression to a cynical prophecy of European politics if events evolved or devolved along present lines. We hope that the assassination of Ld. George by a Quaker pacifist & the suppression of L.P.S. will not be fulfilled.
4. E.E. Unwin read a paper entitled 'The Humours of Man' which consisted of a number of humorous stories lightly linked together'. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 23 Feb 1918 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading specific address: 29 Upper Redlands Rd |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Elizabeth Ann Smith |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1850 |
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: | Elizabeth Ann Smith |
Title: | [paper on the mind and its training] |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 27234 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Ernest E. Unwin | |
Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) | |
Location: | Private Collection | |
Call no: | n/a | |
Page/folio: | 49-50 |
Citation: | Ernest E. Unwin, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) Private Collection, p. n/a, p. 49-50, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27234, accessed: 23 March 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). I assume it was this Mrs Smith (wife of W.H.) as Howard R. Smith is not listed as having a wife as co-member |
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