Evidence: | 'A Meeting held at Grove House May 3rd H. B. Lawson in the chair Min 1. Minutes of last Read and approved
[Min] 4 The Subject of the evening "Humour" was then introduced by H. B. Lawson who fascinated us by his thoughtful attempts to define his subject[.] An interesting discussion followed in which the disputants backed their opinions by literary allusion and we were led to wonder if Humour flowed from F E Pollards heart & wit from R H Robsons head. After Supper the Club settled down to enjoy the following selections chosen to represent English Humour in literature down the
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 3 May 1929 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: Grove House |
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Reader: | Howard Smith |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1860 |
Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Members of XII Book Club |
Additional comments: | It is assumed that it was Howard Smith, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting |
Author: | Howard Smith |
Title: | [Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 19 Mar 1929] |
Genre: | minutes |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Notebook |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 29291 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Howard Smith | |
Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) | |
Location: | private collection | |
Call no: | n/a | |
Page/folio: | 189–190 |
Citation: | Howard Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. 189–190, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29291, accessed: 04 October 2023 |
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