the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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First A.I.F. : 

At Sea, 26 January, 1915. ... A little sketch of the multifarious activities which are going on, simultaneously, on this ship, throughout the live-long day, may interest you ... The 14th band is practising aft, and the 13th band is playing operatic selections forward, while in all the intervening spaces, in the interstices between these various activities, men and officers in all sorts of dress and undress are sitting, sprawling and lying about, yarning, reading and sleeping ...'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: First A.I.F.     Print: Unknown

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