√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on meals] Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on Perspex] Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on inventions and their ben... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on whether white lies can b... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on the microscopic creature... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on what earns a man the rep... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on the claim that ‘Whom the... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on whether punishment is a ... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on whether hereditary monar... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on when might has triumphed... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on water divining] Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on astrology] Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on whether party politics ... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust question on the effects of climate o... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945 Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks, or another member of the XII Book Club [Brains Trust questions on pigeons, cats, and cuck... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 Meeting held at 64, Northcourt Avenue. 24th. Sept. 1945.
Rosamund Wallis in the chair. Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 9... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64, Northcourt Avenue. 24th. Sept. 1945. Arnold Joselin Arnold Joselin [a brief outline of the history of science] Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64, Northcourt Avenue. 24th. Sept. 1945. A. Austin Miller A. Austin Miller [on the theory of the scientific method, and its a... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64, Northcourt Avenue. 24th. Sept. 1945. Arnold Joselin Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at 7 Marlborough Avenue 22/10/45 [unknown member of the XII Book club] Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at 7 Marlborough Avenue 22/10/45 Dorothea Taylor Frank Kingdon Ward Modern Exploration Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 7 Marlborough Avenue 22/10/45 Howard Smith Francis Sydney Smythe Camp 6: An Account of the 1933 Mount Everest Exped... Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 7 Marlborough Avenue 22/10/45 Elsie Harrod J. M. Scott Gino Watkins Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 7 Marlborough Avenue 22/10/45 Cyril Langford James Leslie Mitchell Hanno, or, The future of exploration Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 7 Marlborough Avenue 22/10/45 Thomas Hopkins Richard Evelyn Byrd [memoir of an Antarctic expedition] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 7 Marlborough Avenue 22/10/45 A. Austin Miller [An acting secretary of the XII Book Club] Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945. Margaret Dilks [An acting secretary of the XII Book Club] Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945. Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks XII Book Club Account Book Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945. Francis E. Pollard John Drinkwater X = 0: A Night of the Trojan War Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945. Bruce Dilks John Drinkwater X = 0: A Night of the Trojan War Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945. Thomas Hopkins John Drinkwater X = 0: A Night of the Trojan War Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945. A. Austin Miller John Drinkwater X = 0: A Night of the Trojan War Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945. Hilda Hopkins John Drinkwater X = 0: A Night of the Trojan War Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945. Dora Langford Guess [pseud.] Scenes from the Life of Nickleby Married: containi... Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945. Muriel Stevens J. M. Barrie A Window in Thrums Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 67 Eastern Avenue, 28th. Nov. 1945. Stella Hopkins R. W. Thompson An Englishman Looks at Wales Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Bruce Dilks William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Muriel Stevens William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Howard Smith William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Sylvanus A. Reynolds William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Kenneth F. Nicholson William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Francis E. Pollard William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Roger Moore William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Margaret Dilks William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Ruth Beck William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Mary Pollard William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Arnold Joselin William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Elsie Harrod William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Rosamund Wallis William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Alice Joselin William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Arnold Joselin William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue 25.1.43 Sylvanus A. Reynolds Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43 Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks, Minutes of the meeting of the XII ... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43 Rosamund Wallis C. S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43 Alice Joselin Alice Joselin Experiment in Education Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43 Alice Joselin E. S. Grant-Watson The Old School Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43 Alice Joselin A. S. Neill That Dreadful School Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43 Francis E. Pollard Francis E. Pollard Party Politics Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43 Kenneth F. Nicholson Kenneth F. Nicholson The English Attititude towwards Games Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43 Arnold Joselin Arnold Joselin Serial Time Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43 Arnold Joselin J. W. Dunne An Experiment with Time Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 2.3.43 Roger Moore Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Roger Moore Roger Moore [Address on ballads and folk song] Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Roger Moore Arthur Quiller-Couch Studies in Literature: First Series Print : Book1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Elsie Harrod anon Tam Lin Unknown 1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Kenneth F. Nicholson anon Sir Patrick Spens Unknown 1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Margaret Dilks anon The Suffolk Miracle Unknown 1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Knox Taylor anon Chevy Chase Unknown 1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Howard Smith anon Archbishop Laud Unknown 1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Howard Smith anon Mollie Mog Unknown 1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Howard Smith anon The Lay of the Hunted Pig Unknown 1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Howard Smith anon Cupid’s Garden Unknown 1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Isabel Taylor anon John Barleycorn Unknown 1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Bruce Dilks anon Edward Unknown 1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Muriel Stevens Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 3... Manuscript : Unknown, Notebook1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Roger Moore Arthur Quiller-Couch Studies in Literature: First Series Print : Book1900-1945 'Minutes of Meeting held at School House. 3rd April 1943 Bruce Dilks anon Sir Patrick Spens Unknown 1900-1945 'Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 8th May ’43 Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 3... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 8th May ’43 Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 3... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 8th May ’43 Knox Taylor Knox Taylor [the historical background to Samuel Johnson and h... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 8th May ’43 Howard Smith Howard Smith [the life and publications of Samuel Johnson] Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 8th May ’43 Isabel Taylor Samuel Johnson [letter to Lord Chesterfield] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 8th May ’43 Roger Moore James Boswell The Wedding Day Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 8th May ’43 Roger Moore James Boswell [an account of Boswell’s first meeting with Johnso... Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 8th May ’43 Francis E. Pollard Francis E. Pollard [a description of Samuel Johnson’s circle] Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 8th May ’43 Bruce Dilks Samuel Johnson The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Tenth Satire of Ju... Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 8th May ’43 Howard Smith Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 8... Manuscript : Unknown, Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 8... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Francis E. Pollard Aleksandr Afinogenov Distant Point Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Margaret Dilks Aleksandr Afinogenov Distant Point Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Elsie Harrod Aleksandr Afinogenov Distant Point Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Kenneth F. Nicholson Aleksandr Afinogenov Distant Point Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Isabel Taylor Aleksandr Afinogenov Distant Point Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Sylvanus A. Reynolds Aleksandr Afinogenov Distant Point Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Bruce Dilks Aleksandr Afinogenov Distant Point Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Roger Moore Aleksandr Afinogenov Distant Point Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Howard Smith Aleksandr Afinogenov Distant Point Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Muriel Stevens Aleksandr Afinogenov Distant Point Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Arnold Joselin Aleksandr Afinogenov Distant Point Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Rosamund Wallis Aleksandr Afinogenov Distant Point Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Margaret Dilks anon [Write-up on the cover of a copy of the play Dista... Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 22nd June 1943 Francis E. Pollard Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 4th September 1943
F. E. Pollard in the chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 4th September 1943
F. E. Pollard in the chair. Edith B. Smith Dorothy L. Sayers The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 4th September 1943
F. E. Pollard in the chair. Mary S. Stansfield Freya Stark Letters from Syria Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 4th September 1943
F. E. Pollard in the chair. Arnold Joselin James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 4th September 1943
F. E. Pollard in the chair. Arnold Joselin Frances Burney My Streatham Visit Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 4th September 1943
F. E. Pollard in the chair. Francis E. Pollard David Mitrany A working peace system: an argument for the functi... Print : Pamphlet1900-1945 'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 4th September 1943
F. E. Pollard in the chair. Howard Smith André Maurois Disraeli: a picture of the Victorian age Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 4th September 1943
F. E. Pollard in the chair. Muriel Stevens Hsieh Ping-ying Autobiography of a Chinese girl: a genuine autobio... Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 4th September 1943
F. E. Pollard in the chair. Howard Smith Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 4... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 4... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson Kenneth F. Nicholson [a paper on style] Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson The Telephone Directory Print : Book, Or a manuscript copy of some parts of the book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson [an advertisement for Sanitas powder] Print : Advertisement1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson A Dean of Harvard [unspecified text] Unknown 1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson Charles Morgan [unspecified text] Unknown 1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson Walter Pater [unspecified text] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson C. E. Montague [unspecified text] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson G. K. Chesterton [unspecified text] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson H. G. Wells [unspecified text] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson T. E. Lawrence [unspecified text] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson unknown boy from Leighton Park School [unspecified text] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson unknown press reporter [unspecified text] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. unknown members of the XII Book Club unknown/various [legal documents] Unknown 1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. unknown members of the XII Book Club unknown/various [official forms] Unknown 1900-1945 'Meeting held at Frensham. 6th Oct. 1943
Howard R. Smith in the chair. Francis E. Pollard [seven anonymous authors] [extracts from seven unspecified prose writings] Unknown 1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue. 8th Nov. 1943
A. Bruce Dilks in the chair. Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks [on the development of music in England from the F... Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'I lay all day upstairs on the sofa groaning and grumbling and reading ''The Last Days of Pompeii''.' Charles Darwin Edward Bulmer Lytton The Last Days of Pompeii Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue. 8th Nov. 1943
A. Bruce Dilks in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson Kenneth F. Nicholson [on A. E. Housman, and A Shropshire Lad] Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue. 8th Nov. 1943
A. Bruce Dilks in the chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson A. E. Houseman A Shropshire Lad Print : Book1900-1945 Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue. 8th Nov. 1943
A. Bruce Dilks in the chair. Muriel Stevens Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 8... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 2nd. Dec. 1943
Muriel Stevens in the chair. Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 8... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 2nd. Dec. 1943
Muriel Stevens in the chair. Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks XII Book Club Account Book Manuscript : Account book1900-1945 Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 2nd. Dec. 1943
Muriel Stevens in the chair. Members of the XII Book Club [a Committee of the XII Book Club comprising Knox Taylor, Muriel Stevens and Rosamund Wallis] [An alternative list of books proposed for purchas... Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 Meeting held at Gower Cottage. 2nd. Dec. 1943
Muriel Stevens in the chair. Arnold Joselin Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. Alice Joselin Margaret Dilks Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1... Manuscript : Notebook1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson Kenneth F. Nicholson [an introduction to modern poetry] Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson Gerard Manley Hopkins [poems] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson William Butler Yeats [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson T. S. Eliot [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson Wilfred Owen [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson W. H. Auden [unspecified poetical works] Print : Book1900-1945 Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson T. S. Eliot [unspecified poetical works] Print : Book1900-1945 Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson Wilfred Owen [unspecified poetical works] Print : Book1900-1945 Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. Kenneth F. Nicholson W. H. Auden [unspecified poetical works] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Gerard Manley Hopkins [poems] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] William Butler Yeats [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Thomas Stears Eliot [poems] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Wilfred Owen [war poetry] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Wystan Hugh Auden [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Cecil Day Lewis [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Steven Spender [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Louis MacNeice [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Gerard Manley Hopkins [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] William Butler Yeats [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Thomas Stearns Eliot [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Wilfred Owen [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Wystan Hugh Auden [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Cecil Day Lewis [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Steven Spender [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Louis MacNeice [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. [a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Dylan Thomas [unknown] Print : Book1900-1945 Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942
J. Knox Taylor in the Chair. Arnold Joselin [unidentified acting secretary of the XII Book Club] Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2... Manuscript : Notebook1600-1699 She would every yeare read over the whole Bible in an ordinary course, which
course she constantly observed for the space of fifteene yeares together,
beginning her t... Mary Gunter The Bible Print : Book1850-1899 'I have not been able to ride the last few days because it has been so hot. We have finished "The Voyage of the Constance" and it is so pretty, we are reading "The Prince... Gertrude Bell Mary Gillies The Voyage of the "Constance": A Tale of the Polar... Print : Book1850-1899 'I have not been able to ride the last few days because it has been so hot. We have finished "The Voyage of the Constance" and it is so pretty, we are reading "The Prince... Gertrude Bell Charlotte Mary Yonge The Prince and the Page: A story of the last Crusa... Print : Book1850-1899 'Evening wrote to Billy[.] Mammy read to us a very amusing book called "The little savage".' Florence Bell Frederick Marryat The Little Savage Print : Book1850-1899 'Afternoon stopped at home and finished "Cuckoo Clock"[...].' Gertrude Bell Mary Louise Molesworth The Cuckoo Clock Print : Book1850-1899 'Morning it was so hot went into the garden and read. Afternoon Miss Klug began the most beautiful book called "Helen's babies" after lessons she read again tea in the ga... Gertrude Bell John Habberton Helen's Babies Print : Book1850-1899 'Will you send me the second volume of Pattison's essays, if you are not reading it. I have nearly finished the first and will post it to you. I think some of them most i... Gertrude Bell Mark Pattison Essays Print : Book1850-1899 'I have read Swinburne's "Jonson" which I will keep for you, it is quite excellent.' Gertrude Bell Algernon Charles Swinburne A Study of Ben Jonson Print : Book1850-1899 'I then read a book of Kipling's, "Under the Derdens [sic] ", which I had brought home with me and will send to you as soon as Grandmamma [Lady Olliffe] has read it. It i... Gertrude Bell Rudyard Kipling Under the Deodars Print : Book1850-1899 'I then read a book of Kipling's, "Under the Derdens [sic] ", which I had brought home with me and will send to you as soon as Grandmamma [Lady Olliffe] has read it. It i... Gertrude Bell Rudyard Kipling Soldiers Three Print : Book1850-1899 'This morning we have read and talked — it's very wet so we haven't been out. I have been reading Mr Morley's "Walpole" which Sir Lewis [?Louis] Mallet says is supr... Gertrude Bell John Morley Walpole Print : Book1850-1899 'I have just returned from Clarence where I found only a few Mothers, but some very agreeable ladies amongst them. I read them "Barbara T[t]hwaite" by which they were muc... Gertrude Bell Florence Bell Will o' the Wisp Print : Book1850-1899 'I am sending you a play of Sudermann's, "Heimat", which I have just read and which I must say I thought tremendous. I fancy it will suit Mr Hyde's taste and I wonder if ... Gertrude Bell Hermann Sudermann Heimat Print : Book1850-1899 'I have finally decided to come north tomorrow at 2.15. I don't like not to be there — I can read Strzygowski all the way in the train, pace you! I shall come back ... Gertrude Bell Josef Strzygowski unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'In the morning to Santa Maria where we looked at the Spanish Chapel with Ruskin.[...] In the afternoon poked about in the back streets behind the Duomo which are all fu... Gertrude Bell John Ruskin ?Mornings in Florence Print : Book1850-1899 'In the morning to Santa Maria where we looked at the Spanish Chapel with Ruskin.[...] In the afternoon poked about in the back streets behind the Duomo which are all fu... Gertrude Bell Dante Alighieri ?La Divina Commedia Print : Book1850-1899 'Read some of the Farinata Canto [Canto 10 of "La Divina Commedia"]'
Gertrude Bell Dante Alighieri La Divina Commedia Print : Book1850-1899 'Home to tea. Read some of Fratesi's [sic] "In Provincia" which I think is very good. Awfully cold.'
Gertrude Bell Mario Pratesi In provincia: novelle e bozzetti Print : Book1850-1899 'After lunch they all went to the Eiffel Tower and I stayed at home and read Stevenson and wrote letters.'
Gertrude Bell Robert Louis Stevenson unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'Lunched at Troyes, reached Bale at 7.30. Hotel Euler. Read Stevenson's "Men and Books" and Miss Warlson's "Horace Chase".'
Gertrude Bell Robert Louis Stevenson Familiar Studies of Men and Books Print : Book1850-1899 'Lunched at Troyes, reached Bale at 7.30. Hotel Euler. Read Stevenson's "Men and Books" and Miss Warlson's [sic] "Horace Chase".'
Gertrude Bell Constance Fenimore Woolson Horace Chase Print : Book1850-1899 'Last night I read the correspondence between Vanessa and Swift — I wonder if any man, beginning with the man to whom those letters were first addressed has ever un... Gertrude Bell Jonathan Swift unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'At 1.30 p.m. the Headmaster posted an edition of the 'Argus ' containing the news of the Declaration of War made by England against Germany. So the die is cast. Pr... Kenneth Julian Faithfull Bickersteth Melbourne Argus Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'Last night a year ago I was reading Mother the "Shadow of Death" at Kirby Thore and today a year ago the shadow fell very near me. I thought much last night of him [the ... Gertrude Bell unknown unknown [?The] Shadow of Death Print : Book1850-1899 'Finished the journal to Stella. What a bitter story!'
Gertrude Bell Jonathan Swift The Journal to Stella Print : Book1850-1899 'Read "Esther Waters" which I though excellent — so direct and simple — and "La Seconde Vie de Michel Teissier" which interested me. Prosperous journey &mdash... Gertrude Bell George Moore Esther Waters: A Novel Print : Book1850-1899 'Read "Esther Waters" which I though excellent — so direct and simple — and "La Seconde Vie de Michel Teissier" which interested me. Prosperous journey &mdash... Gertrude Bell Edouard Rod La Seconde Vie de Michel Teissier Print : Book1850-1899 'Left at 10.40 Frontier 12.15, lunch Belfort 12.40 where I got "Lourdes" and read it with wild interest all the rest of the way. Tea at Nancy. Reims 7.30.'
Gertrude Bell unknown unknown Lourdes [...] Print : Book1850-1899 'Left at 12.30 and reached Munich at 9, but the journey didn't seem at all long. Read Morelli and "La Cousine Bette". Stopped at the Hotel Belle Vue, supper and so to bed... Gertrude Bell Giovanni Morelli (pseud. Ivan Lermolieff) ?Kunstkritische Studien über italienische Ma... Print : Book1850-1899 'Left at 12.30 and reached Munich at 9, but the journey didn't seem at all long. Read Morelli and "La Cousine Bette". Stopped at the Hotel Belle Vue, supper and so to bed... Gertrude Bell Honoré de Balzac La cousine Bette Print : Book1850-1899 'Long long evening — the children played Corelli's sonatas, I read "Guerre et Paix", felt dreadfully depressed.' Gertrude Bell Leo Tolstoy War and Peace Print : Book1850-1899 'Mr [Horatio] Brown showed us all sorts of interesting Stevenson things yesterday — particularly a little paper book of poems, with all the Stevenson grace about th... Gertrude Bell Robert Louis Stevenson ?Moral Emblems Print : Book1850-1899 'Then to the Scuola of St Rocco where, with the help of the good old Ruskin, I got near to Tintoret[to].' Gertrude Bell John Ruskin Modern Painters, Vol. 2 Print : Book1850-1899 'We were taken round the Archives by the Director. I never saw such a place as the Archives. They are in an enormous building of 4 courts, formerly a monastery, and from... Gertrude Bell Manuscript : Letter in a bound volume of MSS 1850-1899 'Round by San Vitale and Galla Placidia's tomb — such a dark beautiful blue in the morning light and home to the hotel where we met Mr Hogarth who took us to the Library ... Gertrude Bell Dante Alighieri La Divina Commedia (Canto V) Manuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'The library was wonderfully interesting. They have the only complete MS of Aristophanes, of the 10th century, from which all the editions have been printed, Mr Hogarth r... Gertrude Bell Aristophanes The Frogs Manuscript : Unknown1850-1899 'I went up to the Musee this morning and read a Persian life of Hafez with a Latin crib. I think I got at the meaning of it with the help of a Persian dictionary, but a L... Gertrude Bell unknown unknown [Biography of Hafiz] Print : Book1850-1899 'I am reading the Renan book and am fascinated with it. It is really a beautiful book. I daresay I shall finish it before I get to London and will post it back to you. Yo... Gertrude Bell Ernest Renan unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'I have just finished Barrie's delicious book — to my great sorrow. It is a charming little work — the only pity of it is that she could not read it! ' Gertrude Bell James Matthew Barrie ?Margaret Ogilvy: by her son J. M.Barrie Print : Book1850-1899 'Uncle Frank [Lascelles] and I are reading Lord Roberts' book which is awfully interesting.' Gertrude Bell Frederick Sleigh Roberts unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'Florence [Lascelles] the Marshalls and I went to the [Berlin] National Gallery to see the modern pictures. It was most interesting because I had been reading about moder... Gertrude Bell unknown unknown unknown Print : Unknown, presumably book, exhibition catalogue or periodical 1850-1899 'We even sat on deck though the ship rolled too much to allow of our having up deck chairs. Read Rose's "Greek War" lent me by Sir W.S. [Smith]; "Life of Nicholson" the d... Gertrude Bell William Kinneard Rose With the Greeks in Thessaly Print : Book1850-1899 'We even sat on deck though the ship rolled too much to allow of our having up deck chairs. Read Rose's "Greek War" lent me by Sir W.S. [Smith]; "Life of Nicholson" the d... Gertrude Bell Lionel James Trotter The Life of John Nicholson: soldier and administra... Print : Book, Unknown1850-1899 'We even sat on deck though the ship rolled too much to allow of our having up deck chairs. Read Rose's "Greek War" lent me by Sir W.S. [Smith]; "Life of Nicholson" the d... Gertrude Bell F. Marion Crawford Corleone: A Tale of Sicily Print : Book1850-1899 'Perfectly delicious bright warm day. Sat on deck in a hot sun, pitching our tents near the L[amont]s with whom we are making friends. Began Renan's "History of the Jews"... Gertrude Bell Ernest Renan Histoire du peuple d'Israël Print : Book1850-1899 'Fog in the early morning, sun came out after lunch. Quite chilly. Read Arabic and "Les Misérables".' Gertrude Bell Victor Hugo Les Misérables Print : Book1850-1899 'Fog in the early morning, sun came out after lunch. Quite chilly. Read Arabic and "Les Misérables".' Gertrude Bell unknown unknown [Arabic texts] Print : Book1850-1899 'All day we sailed along an absolutely barren coast. A tiny fringe of green along the sand and then great mts with nothing but brown scrub upon them. It sometimes doesn't... Gertrude Bell unknown unknown [novel in Spanish] Print : Book1850-1899 'Very foggy; raw and cold all morning; the sun came out a little after lunch, but it was still cold. Wrapped myself in fur cloaks and rugs and sat on deck reading novels.... Gertrude Bell unknown unknown unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'Still cool and grey. Read Griffith's "Japan" all morning and talked to Mrs Brittingham who is travelling with her husband and a Mr Hickson with astonishing eyebrows.' Gertrude Bell Walter Dening Japan in Days of Yore Print : Book1850-1899 'Read Prescott all morning with intervals of talking to the two American men, the Engineer and the Captain.' Gertrude Bell Wiliam Hickling Prescott unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'After lunch, finished a book on Hawaii Mr W[alford] lent me.' Gertrude Bell unknown unknown unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'Rode down to Miyajino where we tiffined under a tea house shed by the edge of the river. Very delicious. Came back the other side of the stream, valley the last half hou... Gertrude Bell Claude Reignier Conder unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'Long dull day. Read "Dead Man's Book" [?] all afternoon.' Gertrude Bell ?The Book of the Dead Print : Book1850-1899 'Finished the "Misérables" and began "Simon Dale". [...].The little Morel boy and I made paper boats and sailed them in the bath this afternoon. We passed the Northern po... Gertrude Bell Anthony Hope Simon Dale Print : Book1850-1899 'Finished the "Misérables" and began "Simon Dale". [...].The little Morel boy and I made paper boats and sailed them in the bath this afternoon. We passed the Northern po... Gertrude Bell Victor Hugo Les Misérables Print : Book1850-1899 'Read till Dejeuner; sat opposite the Espieux. Afterwards finished the "Cathédral[e]" and talked to M. de Rival. Played chess with the bearded gentleman, finished "Paris"... Gertrude Bell Honoré de Balzac La Recherche de l'Absolu Print : Book1850-1899 'Read till Dejeuner; sat opposite the Espieux. Afterwards finished the "Cathédral[e]" and talked to M. de Rival. Played chess with the bearded gentleman, finished "Paris"... Gertrude Bell Joris-Karl Huysmans La Cathédrale Print : Book1850-1899 'Read till Dejeuner; sat opposite the Espieux. Afterwards finished the "Cathédral[e]" and talked to M. de Rival. Played chess with the bearded gentleman, finished "Paris"... Gertrude Bell Paris Print : Book1850-1899 'Very hot. 92 and a following wind. Read the "Déracinés".'
Gertrude Bell Maurice Barrès Les Déracinés Print : Book1850-1899 'Up pretty late. Breakfasted with M. de P. who told me travellers' tales. Long talk with him afterwards. He then gave me "Mireille" which I proceeded to read. '
Gertrude Bell Frédéric Mistral Mireille (Mirèio) Print : Book1850-1899 'Sat by my Germans [who had like Gertrude Bell and her guides, been climbing the Meije the previous day] and Mr Scott at dinner and then early to bed after reading a gre... Gertrude Bell The Times Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'Bright and fine, a lot of new snow on the Meije. Breakfasted in my room and down at 9. The Germans [fellow climbers] joined me outside. Read my "Figaros".'
Gertrude Bell Le Figaro Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'Wrote and read till lunch. Merry lunch, we 3 after which I read Whymper's book and account of the 1st ascension of the Ecrins. Prince Louis of Orleans passed with Faure ... Gertrude Bell Edward Whymper Scrambles among the Alps in the years 1860-18691 Print : Book1850-1899 'My day has been beguiled by a long Persian lesson this morning and a long [?conversation ?lesson with Mr] Frollock this afternoon! He has given me his Spinoza which is v... Gertrude Bell Baruch de Spinoza unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'I had a good lunch at Calais — how I love the lunch at Calais don't you! — and am now extremely comfy in a sleeping compartment all to myself. The train is n... Gertrude Bell Arthur Edward J. Legge Either Mutineers OR Both Great and Small Print : Book1850-1899 'I'll post A. [Anatole] France tomorrow. How good it is!' Gertrude Bell Anatole France unknown Print : Book1850-1899 'After lunch I went to the Borghese Villa. Aren't the gardens a dream! I had my Morelli with me and spent a long peaceful time looking at the pictures with the help of hi... Gertrude Bell Giovanni Morelli (pseud. Ivan Lermolieff) Della pittura italiana: Studii storico critici di ... Print : Book1850-1899 'I had a most successful afternoon with Mrs [Humphrey] Ward yesterday. Their villa is a vision of beauty, looking over the Alban Lake on one side and the Campagna on the ... Gertrude Bell Mary Augusta Ward Preface to "Jane Eyre" Unknown 1850-1899 'I'm going to return you "La Terre qui Meurt" which is most excellent.' Gertrude Bell René Bazin La Terre qui Meurt Print : Book1850-1899 'I had a most thrilling batch of "Timeses" yesterday containing Labori's appeal to the Emperor. I see by a local paper that the military attachés are to be interrogated i... Gertrude Bell The Times Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'I had a most thrilling batch of "Timeses" yesterday containing Labori's appeal to the Emperor. I see by a local paper that the military attachés are to be interrogated i... Gertrude Bell Annuaire du Club Alpin Français Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'We were coasting down Corsica — I saw it out of my bathroom window — in perfect weather, mild and calm and sunny. We passed through the Straits of Bonifac[c]... Gertrude Bell Robert Louis Stevenson The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson to his famil... Print : Book1900-1945 'I have begun reading Genesis in Hebrew with Dr R[osen, the German Consul]! It's frightfully thrilling — but as yet I have only read one verse so I don't feel to ha... Gertrude Bell Genesis Print : Book1900-1945 'Do you know, these wet afternoons I have been reading the story of Aladdin to myself for pleasure, without a dictionary! It's not very difficult, I must confess, still i... Gertrude Bell Anon One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) Print : Book1900-1945 'This valley led us up onto a little Col from whence we looked down into the beautiful Wady Sir [Wadi es Sir] with Arak [Iraq] el Emir lying in the bottom of it and heigh... Gertrude Bell Flavius Josephus Complete Works Print : Book1900-1945 'This valley led us up onto a little Col from whence we looked down into the beautiful Wady Sir [Wadi es Sir] with Arak [Iraq]el Emir lying in the bottom of it and height... Gertrude Bell Flavius Josephus ?Complete Works Print : Book1800-1849 'I think Anne's 'Tales' particularly interesting ... I prefer the first, there is greater purity and far greater truth. 'The Admiral's Daughter' is deficient in both thes... Jessie Sismondi Anne Marsh Caldwell Two Old Men's Tales: The deformed and The Admiral'... Print : Book1800-1849 'Fanny has just been reading a little of one of Jeffrey's reviews of Wordworth...' Fanny Wedgwood Francis Jeffrey [Review of Wordsworth] Print : Serial / periodical, Edinburgh Review1900-1945 'Father saw me off at Naples — I felt most dreadfully sad at saying goodbye to my dear family, but I consoled myself by reading "Ulysses" which is a most beautiful ... Gertrude Bell Alfred, Lord Tennyson Ulysses Print : Book1900-1945 'I send you back "L'Etape" — I don't think Bourget is well suited to the character of a writer of tracts.' Gertrude Bell Paul Bourget L' Etape Print : Book1900-1945 'I read Sir A. Lyall's "Essays", thanks to you! and reread them for they are so so good that I can't tear myself away from them. I want you to read one or two on religion... Gertrude Bell Alfred C. Lyall ?Asiatic studies: religious and social : being a s... Print : Book1900-1945 'It rained all the afternoon. I finished "L'Etape" and began Sir A Lyall's "English in India" and was rather bored and cold.'
Gertrude Bell Alfred C. Lyall ?The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in... Print : Book1900-1945 'Dined on soup and chicken at 5. Read Whymper's book. Cold and mist all round. Decide on an easy day tomorrow as I rather feel the effects of the first day's gymnastics. ... Gertrude Bell Edward Whymper Scrambles among the Alps in the years 1860-69 Print : Book1900-1945 'Lovely fine day — sat out wrapped up and read Freeman and did Italian with Hugo till he felt uncomfy and went down.' Gertrude Bell Edward Augustus Freeman unknown Print : Book1800-1849 'I have just received my dear Mackintosh's 'History of the Revolution' ... I cannot read it with quiet nerves.' Jessie Sismondi James Mackintosh History of the Revolution in England in 1688 Print : Book1900-1945 'We saw dimly some of the lovely African coast. Lots of porpoises lying on the surface of the water, lazily turning up a fin. Hugo and I sat all morning in the sun readin... Gertrude Bell George Grote ?History of Greece Print : Book1900-1945 'Perfectly fine and calm again. Father read us the finished article [on Trade Unions] to our great admiration. Then we did Italian and I read Sicilian history and a littl... Gertrude Bell ?Edward Augustus ?Freeman ?A History of Sicily from the earliest times Print : Book1900-1945 'Perfectly fine and calm again. Father read us the finished article [on Trade Unions] to our great admiration. Then we did Italian and I read Sicilian history and a littl... Gertrude Bell Hugh Bell unknown Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'Cloudy but very pleasant. Sighted Gozzo [Gozo] about 10. Read Thucydides and packed. Very amusing watching Gozo with its high perched little towns and terraced fields ru... Gertrude Bell Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War Print : Book1900-1945 'The storm came up on us and lightning began so we turned back. Past a grove of lemons and through a farm yard where a woman showed us her miserable baby eaten up with Ma... Gertrude Bell George Eliot (pseud.) Middlemarch Print : Book1900-1945 'I am housed in a sleeping carriage of 2 compartments of wh[ich] Mr Hatton has the other. Most comfy. Wrote my diary and read "Adam Bede".'
Gertrude Bell George Eliot (pseud.) Adam Bede Print : Book1900-1945 'We ran down the S coast of Asia Minor, beautiful hills with snow on them. Printed and toned photographs; after tea sat on deck and read Mr Browne's Bubi book.'
Gertrude Bell Edward Granville Browne The Babis of Persia Print : Book1850-1899 'Clouds blowing over which increased as the day went on and decided me not to go to the Alpe. A good deal bored. Fortunately I found "Many Cargoes" and read it.'
Gertrude Bell William Wymark Jacobs Many Cargoes Print : Book1900-1945 'Sat on deck and read Buddhist Birth Stories and slept.'
Gertrude Bell anon Buddhist birth stories: or Jātaka tales. The... Print : Book1900-1945 'Finished the "Birth Stories" and began "La Mort des D....." which seems excellent.'
Gertrude Bell Dmitry Sergyeevich Merezhkovsky ?La Mort des Dieux: Le roman de Julien l'Apostat Print : Book1900-1945 'Quite warm but most agreeable. Talked to Mr Robertson about Justice and Maeterlinck and read some of the "Upanishad" book. Ditto after lunched [...].
Gertrude Bell unknown Upanishads Print : Book1900-1945 'It was explained to all "She is of the Sahib people, she gave in my house 4 annas and to a man in the street 2 annas, she has come for the purpose of seeing: Now she goe... Gertrude Bell The Times Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Into white clothes but it was not very warm. Read Shway Yoe all day and played Bridge after dinner.'
Gertrude Bell Shway Yoe (pseud. Sir George Scott) The Burman: His Life and Notions Print : Book1900-1945 'Read Mrs Gascoyne's [sic] book on Burmah, Kipling and Murray and wrote letters. Very steamy day. Read Mrs Cotes' "Delightful Americans" after dinner and thought it only ... Gertrude Bell Gwendolen Trench Gascoigne Among Pagodas and Fair Ladies Print : Book1900-1945 'Read Mrs Gascoyne's [sic] book on Burmah, Kipling and Murray and wrote letters. Very steamy day. Read Mrs Cotes' "Delightful Americans" after dinner and thought it only ... Gertrude Bell Rudyard Kipling unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'Read Mrs Gascoyne's [sic] book on Burmah, Kipling and Murray and wrote letters. Very steamy day. Read Mrs Cotes' "Delightful Americans" after dinner and thought it only ... Gertrude Bell John Murray (ed.) A Handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Cey... Print : Book1900-1945 'Read Mrs Gascoyne's [sic] book on Burmah, Kipling and Murray and wrote letters. Very steamy day. Read Mrs Cotes' "Delightful Americans" after dinner and thought it only ... Gertrude Bell Sara Jeannette Duncan (Mrs Cotes) Those Delightful Americans Print : Book1900-1945 'Jolted back to Nyaungu and got in soon after tea. Had tea, read and finished La Mort des Dieux and wrote to Uncle George.'
Gertrude Bell Dmitry Sergyeevich Merezhkovsky La Mort des Dieux: Le roman de Julien l'Apostat Print : Book1900-1945 'Very stuffy and hot though the temp. only 83. Played Bridge with Mrs Foster and Mr Grier and read Worsfeld's [sic] book on Java.'
Gertrude Bell W. Basil Worsfold A visit to Java: with an account of the founding o... Print : Book1900-1945 'And woke at 7 [she had been sleeping on deck] — no nonsense about swabbing down the decks here! Very hot and steaming and the smell downstairs appalling. Read the ... Gertrude Bell Sara Jeannette Duncan (Mrs Cotes) A Voyage of Consolation Print : Book1900-1945 'After lunch we went to our rooms and read novels till 4.45 when we found an excellent tea in the big drawing room. Scones to which we did ample justice. Sir F[rank Swett... Gertrude Bell unknown unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'Sir F[rank Swettenham] lent me two of his books to read: "Unaddressed Letters" and "Malay Sketches".[...] Excellent dinner [on board Dutch ship] with funny Dutch peas an... Gertrude Bell Flora Annie Steel On the Face of the Waters Print : Book1900-1945 'The coast of Sumatra is very low — we could see it as a belt of trees on the water. Felt very slack before dinner and went to sleep. It got hot again. Read some of... Gertrude Bell Frank Swettenham Unaddressed Letters Print : Book1900-1945 'Read some of Schultze's book on Java, lent me by Herr v Ditman. We got in unexpectedly early, about 3. The port of Tanjon Priok has outer roads where some English mercha... Gertrude Bell unknown [?]Schultze unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'First I must tell you that I have read, with immense satisfaction, the "Minor Moralist". It is excellent. I think perhaps the best of all is the essay on Manners. In my ... Gertrude Bell Florence Bell The Minor Moralist: Some essays on the art of ever... Print : Book1900-1945 'In parenthesis, I hope you'll like Mrs Sara Jeannette [Duncan]. I thought her charming and she was so kind to us [in Calcutta]. She longs to know you. Read "A Voyage of ... Gertrude Bell Sara Jeannette Duncan (Mrs Cotes) A Social departure: How Orthodocia and I went roun... Print : Book1900-1945 'Delicious day, bit of a roll, following wind pretty strong. Sat on deck all morning and read Bevan's "Scheurus"[??], which I finished, while we passed down Corsica [Cors... Gertrude Bell Bevan unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'Lovely hot day. Read Oppenheim and played Bridge after lunch.' Gertrude Bell Max von Oppenheim Vom Mittelmeer zum persischen Golf durch den Haurä... Print : Book1900-1945 'Extremely hot even at Therapia. Back at 7 and dined at home and read the "Marriage of William Ashe".' Gertrude Bell Mary Augusta (Mrs Humphry) Ward The Marriage of William Ashe Print : Book1900-1945 'I stayed with Sir Alfred Lyall for a couple of days on my way north [to Middleborough]. He gave me the proofs of his life of Lord Dufferin to read which was rather inter... Gertrude Bell Alfred C. Lyall The life of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava. Manuscript : Sheet, proofs1900-1945 'This morning I read till 11 about Byzantine MSS which I'm going to see at the Bibliothèque Nationale; then I went shopping with the Stanleys and bought a charming little... Gertrude Bell unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'This morning, [...] I went to the Bibliothèque Nationale. [Saloman] Reinach [editor of the "Revue Archéologique"] had given me a letter to one of the directors and I was... Gertrude Bell unknown Manuscript : Unknown1900-1945 'After dinner it was warmer and I sat on deck and read "Les Cosaques". I finished Putnam Neale's "Indiscreet Letters from Peking" in the afternoon, a curious book.' Gertrude Bell unknown Les Cosaques Print : Book1900-1945 'After dinner it was warmer and I sat on deck and read "Les Cosaques". I finished Putnam Neale's [sic] "Indiscreet Letters from Peking" in the afternoon, a curious book.'... Gertrude Bell B. L. Putnam Weale Indiscreet Letters from Peking: being the notes of... Print : Book1900-1945 'Finished "Les Cosaques" and began "Il Santo" which is rather dull reading. Saw a good many swallows some of which rested on the ship.' Gertrude Bell Antonio Fogazzaro Il Santo Print : Book1900-1945 'Back to the kaik [?caique] where I lunched but it was too windy to go on to Budrum so I returned sadly to Kuluk sat on the balcony in the sun and read Mr Ballard's novel... Gertrude Bell unknown unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'Spent the morning reading Father's Iron and Steel address and watching the camp being pitched and correcting my German [see additional information] proofs. After lunch w... Gertrude Bell Hugh Bell Presidential Address Print : Unknown1900-1945 'I felt rather lonely and therefore went out and measured 1 and 12 [sites] (which we had had cleared in the morning) and afterwards drew them out till tea. Read the "Spec... Gertrude Bell Spectator Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'The ... grandiloquent "education programme" we were able to satisfy sufficiently. A number of the "boys" were barely literate and Miss Nettleton could deal with the thre... Irene Nettleton Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island Print : Book1900-1945 'The ... grandiloquent "education programme" we were able to satisfy sufficiently. A number of the "boys" were barely literate and Miss Nettleton could deal with the thre... Irene Nettleton Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows Print : Book1900-1945 'A motor bicycle drew up at our door and a haggard dispatch rider stumbled in to put a scrap of paper into my hand. It was a page torn out of an army notebook with a scri... Barclay Josiah Baron unknown unknown unknown Manuscript : Letter, Pencilled note on a page torn out of an army notebook.1900-1945 'Well I am getting on topping: today we have been on a brigade field day round a place called "The Devils Punch bowl" It's a piece of land about 3 miles round the top. Th... Albert Edward Mortlock French unknown unknown unknown Manuscript : Engraved stone.1900-1945 'Well I am getting on topping: today we have been on a brigade field day round a place called "The Devils Punch bowl" It's a piece of land about 3 miles round the top. Th... Albert Edward Mortlock French unknown unknown unknown Manuscript : Milestone.1900-1945 'Our Adjutant told us the history of the 1st K.R.R [King's Royal Rifles] in this war, by a diary from one of their officers. They got on fine until they went into action ... Albert Edward Mortlock French unknown unknown [officer's diary] Manuscript : Codex1900-1945 'Soldiers who have been out here 6 months can speak French, and some of the French can speak English perfectly. I can speak just a little French now. In most of the Y.M.C... Albert Edward Mortlock French unknown unknown unknown Print : NewspaperManuscript : Codex1900-1945 'There travels with them an agreeable man called Pontremoli, who wrote an excellent book on the temple of Apollo Didymus. I've just read the book and I shall see the temp... Gertrude Bell Emmanuel Pontremoli (and Bernard Haussoullier Didymes: Fouilles de 1895 et 1896 Print : Book1900-1945 'Thank you for the delightful little book and for the far too delightful inscription you put into it. I opened it after breakfast at the vocabulary essay and read that ag... Gertrude Bell Florence Bell ?Topics for Conversation Print : Book1900-1945 'At 5 the Chelabi [?local chief] arrived with a large and picturesque following robed in white and armed with rifles. After visiting me he held a mejlis in the der. Befor... Gertrude Bell George Borrow The Bible in Spain: or, The journeys, adventures, ... Print : Book1900-1945 'Read Ritter.' Gertrude Bell Karl Ritter Die Erdkunde im Verhältniss zur Natur und zu... Print : Book1900-1945 'The papers are eagerly read, of course, and small groups constantly gather outside the newspaper offices to read the cablegrams which are also put up for passers-by to s... unknown unknown unknown Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Fine all day, sunny but cold. Mr Henriez, vice consul at Aleppo and at Mosul is on board, going to take up his post at Alexandria. Reading "Jean Christophe" — most... Gertrude Bell Romain Rolland Jean-Christophe Print : Book1900-1945 '[James] Garvin used very strong words in his article in the "Observer" today, the article was headed "England's Fame or Shame" ... Got the "Times" Sunday edition, the fi... J. P. Lynch James Louis Garvin 'England's Fame or Shame', in the 'Observer' (2 Au... Print : Newspaper1900-1945 '[James] Garvin used very strong words in his article in the "Observer" today, the article was headed "England's Fame or Shame" ... Got the "Times" Sunday edition, the fi... J. P. Lynch The Times (Sunday Edition) Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'We missed news more than anything else, there was a notice board in the court yard and we got the German version on that, needless to say this was not very satisfying.' J. P. Lynch unknown unknown unknown Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'When we were allowed to write post cards home on the 6th Oct 1914 (first time) Frau Braun [wife of the German camp commander] did the censoring, and as the Frau was not ... unknown unknown [Post cards written by officer POWs] Manuscript : Letter, Postcards1900-1945 '... all of us were at all times longing for news, and it was rare that we ever got any except for the German version, and that only from the local paper, all the leading... J. P. Lynch Berliner Tagblatt Print : NewspaperManuscript : Letter, Postcards1900-1945 '... all of us were at all times longing for news, and it was rare that we ever got any except for the German version, and that only from the local paper, all the leading... J. P. Lynch Leipziger Neueste Nachrichten Print : NewspaperManuscript : Letter, Postcards1900-1945 '... we got no news at Göttingen except from scraps of English papers which came in parcels, the Göttingen paper was one of the worst in Germany, and we did not take it ... J. P. Lynch unknown unknown [scraps of English newspapers] Print : NewspaperManuscript : Letter, Postcards1900-1945 'After tea sat over the fire and read the Lancet until time to go up to our cafe for dinner.' Harold Upcott The Lancet Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'We are getting together a good library of 1 franc English books.' Harold Upcott unknown unknown unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'Yesterday afternoon as I was lying reading in my hut the C.O. came in and told me I had to go to Warloy (behind Albert) to relieve the surgeon specialist.' Harold Upcott unknown unknown unknown Unknown 1900-1945 'I spent the day reading "Weekly Timeses" and sitting in Sheikh Muhammad's tent.' Gertrude Bell The Times [?weekly or Sunday edition] Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Came to Damascus and read "Arabia Deserta" all the way. Still autumn in the Beqa', leaves brown and gold, gold and green on the poplars.' Gertrude Bell Charles M. Doughty Travels in Arabia Deserta Print : Book1900-1945 'We pitched the men's tent and lighted a great fire at which we dried ourselves — I was wet too. In a moment's sunshine we pitched the other tents, and then came th... Gertrude Bell William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1900-1945 'It was very hot and stuffy, thundery — and by dinner time I had a headache and went to bed early, but not to sleep. Turkiyyeh [a Circassian woman sent from the She... Gertrude Bell Acts of the Apostles Print : Book1900-1945 'The sandstone all riven and broken, without water to smooth it. Great purposeless ruined gashes running up into the hills. We found our dulul here and camped on account ... Gertrude Bell George Meredith The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of Father... Print : Book1900-1945 'I haven't quite finished Mrs Wharton. It's very good and readable as she always is I think. It was a great solace to me on the way. Also I had a volume of poems by Ruper... Gertrude Bell Edith Wharton ?The Custom of the Country Print : Book1900-1945 ' I haven't quite finished Mrs Wharton. It's very good and readable as she always is I think. It was a great solace to me on the way. Also I had a volume of poems by Rupe... Gertrude Bell Rupert Brooke Poems Print : Book1900-1945 'I'm still in hospital but I've made a very rapid cure (I was pretty bad when I came) and I hope they will let me go back to Basrah in a day or two. I've been quite extra... Gertrude Bell Gilbert Murray [English verse translations of Greek plays] Print : Book1900-1945 'I'm still in hospital but I've made a very rapid cure (I was pretty bad when I came) and I hope they will let me go back to Basrah in a day or two. I've been quite extra... Gertrude Bell unknown [unspecified novels] Print : Book1900-1945 'Tell Mother I loved having the "N.E. Gazette" with the account of the Winter Garden. It seems a long way off from Ur somehow.' Gertrude Bell North Eastern Gazette Print : Newspaper1850-1899 'I don't think, talking of Americans, that I've told you about an old couple called Williams Jackson who have "debouchés" here as the trimmings of an American commission ... Gertrude Bell A.V. Williams Jackson Zoroaster: the prophet of ancient Iran Print : Book1900-1945 'I left Baghdad 9 days ago and have been steaming slowly down the Tigris with the I.G.C. on his luxurious ship. I eat, sleep, read novels and talk to the General — ... Gertrude Bell unknown [unspecified novels] Print : Book1900-1945 'By the way who wrote the "Mirrors of Downing St"? Some of the things in it are very good.' Gertrude Bell Harold Begbie The Mirrors of Downing Street: Some Political Refl... Print : Book1900-1945 'I've just been reading Mrs Asquith's book and I confess it leaves me bewildered. Unless my judgement has gone entirely astray, it is completely détraqué. She records con... Gertrude Bell Margot Asquith Autobiography Print : Book1900-1945 'It was delicious to sit outside my tent writing to you. The inhabitants of the village showed perfect manners and left me in peace; not so the sheep who kept bunting int... Gertrude Bell Lytton Strachey Queen Victoria Print : Book1900-1945 'I've just read Lord Esher's book about Lord Kitchener which is a very interesting human document, isn't it. What a very big figure he just failed to be. Yet he did play ... Gertrude Bell Reginald (Viscount) Esher The Tragedy of Lord Kitchener Print : Book1900-1945 'As for Mother I'm as usual lost in amazement at the amount she gets through without turning a hair. The "Cat and the Fiddle book" I thought a masterpiece — she wou... Gertrude Bell Florence Bell (and Mrs Herbert Richmond, née Elsa Bell) The Cat and Fiddle Book: Eight dramatised nursery ... Print : Book1900-1945 'As for Mother I'm as usual lost in amazement at the amount she gets through without turning a hair. The "Cat and the Fiddle book" I thought a masterpiece — she wou... Gertrude Bell Elizabeth von Armin Vera Print : Book1900-1945 'As for Mother I'm as usual lost in amazement at the amount she gets through without turning a hair. The "Cat and the Fiddle book" I thought a masterpiece — she wou... Gertrude Bell Elizabeth von Armin Vera Print : Book1900-1945 'As for Mother I'm as usual lost in amazement at the amount she gets through without turning a hair. The "Cat and the Fiddle book" I thought a masterpiece — she wou... Gertrude Bell May Sinclair [pseud. Mary Amelia St. Clair] Mr Waddington of Wyck Print : Book1900-1945 'I did read most of Mr Philby's book in proof but I found it somehow difficult to get through — indeed I don't think I quite finished it. The style is so terribly a... Gertrude Bell Harry St. John Philby The Heart of Arabia; a record of travel & explorat... Print : proofs1900-1945 'Did I thank you for George's history? I'm reading it now — it's a wonderful book. How wise and sane he is and how brilliantly he presents the picture. The first ch... Gertrude Bell George [?]Trevelyan ?British History in the Nineteenth Century Print : Book1900-1945 'I've just read Susan Townley's book — what poor stuff, isn't it. How can people write and publishers publish such feeble tosh. And then the reviews have the audaci... Gertrude Bell Susan Townley The 'Indiscretions' of Lady Susan Print : Book1900-1945 'The books you sent me lasted beautifully. I read the two Lucases (which I loved) and the Hutchinson (mediocre) in the train and am now deep in Ariel which is delightful.... Gertrude Bell Edward Verrall Lucas unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'The books you sent me lasted beautifully. I read the two Lucases (which I loved) and the Hutchinson (mediocre) in the train and am now deep in "Ariel" which is delightfu... Gertrude Bell ?Arthur Stuart-Menteth ?Hutchinson unknown Print : Book1900-1945 'The books you sent me lasted beautifully. I read the two Lucases (which I loved) and the Hutchinson (mediocre) in the train and am now deep in "Ariel" which is delightfu... Gertrude Bell André Maurois Ariel: ou La Vie de Shelley Print : Book1900-1945 'I don't see the "Spectator" now — I found it so tiresome and stuffy that I abandoned it for the "New Statesman", which is neither. But I really think a paper writt... Gertrude Bell Spectator Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 'I don't see the "Spectator" now — I found it so tiresome and stuffy that I abandoned it for the "New Statesman", which is neither. But I really think a paper writt... Gertrude Bell New Statesman Print : Serial / periodical1900-1945 ' I wish I had seen S.T. [Sybil Thorndike] in "Gruach" — I read it and thought it so fine. And I like all your talk about plays like Mr Pepys.' Gertrude Bell Gordon Bottomley Gruach and Britain's Daughter: Two Plays Print : playscript1900-1945 'I'm sure you have read "A Lost Dominion" — what a remarkable book! Well compare the picture there given with the views of our untutored Arab shaikhs and tell me if... Gertrude Bell A. Carthill (= al-katil. pseud. C. Kennedy) The Lost Dominion Print : Book1900-1945 'I have been reading a bunch of modern plays published by Benn. Some of them seem to me to be very good and to strike a very real and human note. What do you think of the... Gertrude Bell Miles Malleson The Fanatics Print : Book1900-1945 'But this is specially to thank you for the two books — the"Adding Machine" and "Men and Masses". Modern literature is very queer isn't it, but it's also extremely ... Gertrude Bell Elmer L. Rice The Adding Machine Print : Book1900-1945 'But this is specially to thank you for the two books — the "Adding Machine" and "Men and Masses". Modern literature is very queer isn't it, but it's also extremely... Gertrude Bell Ernst Toller ?Man and Masses Print : Book1900-1945 'But this is specially to thank you for the two books — the "Adding Machine" and "Men and Masses". Modern literature is very queer isn't it, but it's also extremely... Gertrude Bell George Bernard Shaw Saint Joan Print : Book1900-1945 'But this is specially to thank you for the two books — the "Adding Machine" and "Men and Masses". Modern literature is very queer isn't it, but it's also extremely... Gertrude Bell Sarah Gertrude Millin God's Step-Children Print : Book1900-1945 'But this is specially to thank you for the two books — the "Adding Machine" and "Men and Masses". Modern literature is very queer isn't it, but it's also extremely... Gertrude Bell Martin S. Briggs Muhammadan Architecture in Egypt and Palestine Print : Book1900-1945 'To wander into bookland — I'm very much engrossed in the "Cambridge Ancient History" which certainly is a very remarkable achievement. Its first two volumes have g... Gertrude Bell J. B. Bury, S. A. Cook, F. E. Adcock. The Cambridge Ancient History Print : Book1900-1945 'I always meant to ask you whether you read "Fidelity" by Susan Glaspell — of course you did, and didn't you think it excellent?' Gertrude Bell Susan Glaspell Fidelity Print : Book1900-1945 'I always meant to ask you whether you read "Fidelity" by Susan Glaspell — of course you did, and didn't you think it excellent? ' Gertrude Bell Susan Glaspell Fidelity Print : Book1900-1945 'I read the "Great Randolfo" in the train yesterday and began "Black Oxen" — both very good.' Gertrude Bell Gertrude Atherton Black Oxen Print : Book1900-1945 'I have been reading on board the life of Pasteur, provided by Sylvia. It would interest you both, especially you, for now that I come to think of it wriggling germs are ... Gertrude Bell René Vallery-Radot La Vie de Pasteur Print : Book1900-1945 'I have been reading on board the life of Pasteur, provided by Sylvia. It would interest you both, especially you, for now that I come to think of it wriggling germs are ... Gertrude Bell Pearson Choate The King who went on Strike Print : Book1900-1945 'Did you agree with the scheme the owners put before the coal commission? It looked to me very black if after all those nearly impossible, if not quite impossible, things... Gertrude Bell Ernest J. P. Benn Confessions of a Capitalist Print : Book1900-1945 ' We shall go to Kish on the way back and if only the weather is nice it will be delightful. It has been raining in such torrents that I hope we may have a dry spell for ... Gertrude Bell Dante Alighieri La Divina Commedia Print : Book1900-1945 'Incidentally I have read the enchanting volume of Page's letters to President Wilson which Aunt Maisie [Stanley] angelically sent me. Is not he the best letter writer th... Gertrude Bell Burton Jesse Hendrick Life and Letters of W. H. Page Print : Book1900-1945 'The greatest pleasure to me was to go with May to her bedroom and read the 103rd Psalm and [share?] with her a special birthday prayer before she got up.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Psalm 103 Print : Book1900-1945 'Didn't go out all day. May brought me from Library "Women the world over" and took back "Candles in the flame" and "Lighter side of school life["].' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Ethel Alec-Tweedie Women the world over: a sketch both light and gay,... Print : Book1900-1945 'Didn't go out all day. May brought me from Library "Women the world over" and took back "Candles in the flame" and "Lighter side of school life["].' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Ian Hay (pseud.) The Lighter Side of School Life Print : Book1900-1945 'Finished Women [the World Over?]. Bed 8.30 ... Naval victory important.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Ethel Alec-Tweedie Women the world over: a sketch both light and gay,... Print : Book1900-1945 'Answer to prayer: [May] came in safe and early Read Fanny Burney (Court of George III)' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Constance Hill Fanny Burney at the Court of Queen Charlotte Print : Book1900-1945 'Read Miss Burney George III illness + recovery' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Constance Hill Fanny Burney at the Court of Queen Charlotte Print : Book1900-1945 'Made my head ache reading + went to bed early.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknown unknown unknown Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Sister Edith remains and kindly helped me wind pink wool at night Read "what I found out" so long that I could not read any more!! so May hunted up wool for me to knit.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Alice Muriel Williamson What I Found Out in the House of a German Prince Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Went to Library[.] Finished "What I found out".' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Alice Muriel Williamson What I Found Out in the House of a German Prince Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Wrote to Albert [Albert Ruskin Cook, her son in Uganda] + posted. Mended skirt with brown wool. Read papers: Daily Mail and News.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Daily Mail Print : NewspaperUnknown1900-1945 'Wrote to Albert [Albert Ruskin Cook, her son in Uganda] + posted. Mended skirt with brown wool. Read papers: Daily Mail and News.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Daily News Print : NewspaperUnknown1900-1945 'Paid Laundress and Daily Mail ... Elsie at ¼ to six. Supper at 7.15. Read + worked. Bed 9.10.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknown unknown unknown Unknown 1900-1945 'Read Rev:6 in Greek with Eva.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Revelations 6 Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'May brought back from the Library Home of the Blizzard.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Douglas Mawson The Home of the Blizzard Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Dinner. Coffee and rest in my room. Read Observer carefully. Supper and bed at 9.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook The Observer Print : NewspaperUnknown1900-1945 'Finished Blizzard Land.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Douglas Mawson The Home of the Blizzard Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Rest and sleep upstairs[.] Read the Queen's Tragedy by Benson.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Robert Hugh Benson The Queen's Tragedy Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Out in motor with Miss Kitching who gave me picture testament and Observer. Read Greek Test. with Eva[.] Finished Rev. 9.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook The Observer Print : NewspaperUnknown1900-1945 'Out in motor with Miss Kitching who gave me picture testament and Observer. Read Greek Test. with Eva[.] Finished Rev. 9.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Revelations 9 Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Rest in dining room. Greek. Rev 10[.] Dinner 7.30. Signed against drink.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Revelations 10 Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Rest in dining room with hot bottle ... Finished Rev 11 in Gr. Testament with Eva.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Revelations 11 Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Back for early dinner. 1.30. Rest on sofa[.] Read Greek with Eva to Rev 14. v 13. Henry in for tea brought Evening Standard. Bombs dropped by Zeppelin, but no serious in... Harriet Bickersteth Cook Revelations 14 Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Greek with Eva Rev 15 to end.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Revelations 15 Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Read services at home and Sunday Times.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Sunday Times Print : NewspaperUnknown1900-1945 '[George?] Ward to tea — brought most interesting paper on Jews ardent to return to their own land.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook [paper on Zionist movement] Print : UnknownUnknown1900-1945 'Read service. Read Observer.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook The Observer Print : NewspaperUnknown1900-1945 'Up very early. Medicine successful. Joined in [Fam.?] Prayer. Clock run down at last and so wound by May ... Read "The Westcotes".' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Arthur Quiller-Couch The Westcotes Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Read Rev 20 with Eva.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Revelations 20 Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Arthur very pleased with photo frame. Read booklets by Rev. R F Horton DD.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Robert Forman Horton [booklets prophesying the Advent] Print : PamphletUnknown1900-1945 'Read fairy tales by George MacDonald.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook George MacDonald The Fairy Tales of George MacDonald Print : BookUnknown1900-1945 'Read story of a yacht race. Bed 9.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook anon The Winning Gun: The Story of a Yacht Race Print : PamphletUnknown1900-1945 'Read Morning Post newspaper. Rained all day cld. not go out.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Morning Post Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Very wet. Read "Mistress of Brae Farm" by Carey.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette Carey The Mistress of Brae Farm Print : Book1900-1945 'Finished Mistress of Brae Farm.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette Carey The Mistress of Brae Farm Print : Book1900-1945 'Very heavy rain. Early dinner in doors. Skimmed Observer.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook The Observer Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Began Court Life by HRH The Infanta Eulalia of Spain.' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Infanta Eulalia of Spain Court Life from Within Print : Book1900-1945 'Read Ordeal by battle by F. S. Oliver (very interesting).' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Frederick Scott Oliver Ordeal by Battle Print : Book1900-1945 'Bought book on War [possibly "Ordeal by Battle," by F. S. Oliver] to send to A. C. [Albert Ruskin Cook, her son in Uganda]. Finished reading The Tide on the Morning Bar.... Harriet Bickersteth Cook Frances Hodgson Burnett The Tide on the Morning Bar Print : Book1900-1945 'Out with May. She left me in Reading Room when she went about housemaid — read daily graphic[.] Took out "Through Central Africa from East to West". Very gratifying acco... Harriet Bickersteth Cook Daily Graphic Print : Newspaper1900-1945 'Out with May. She left me in Reading Room when she went about housemaid — read daily graphic[.] Took out "Through Central Africa from East to West". Very gratifying acco... Harriet Bickersteth Cook Cherry Kearton Through Central Africa from East to West Print : Book1900-1945 'Copied extracts p 93 of Kerton's [sic] E.A. [Through Central Africa from East to West]' Harriet Bickersteth Cook Cherry Kearton Through Central Africa from East to West Print : Book1900-1945 'An officer [of the Serbian army, Captain S. Chatni] who spoke English well put his head out, and called to us to know if we would come into his kola ... it was very comf... Dorothy Minnie Newhall unknown unknown unknown Print : Book
