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1900-1945'... we went into the Reading Rooms, and the "Daily Telegraph" Correspondent read us the article he had written on our trek across the mountains, which is to appear in th...Dorothy Minnie Newhall unknown unknown[article in the "Daily Telegraph" on Serbian missi...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'We are much interested in the view taken by Mr. Norris in his book "When will the Lord return" that His coming is indicated by Scripture to be about 1918.'Albert Ruskin Cook Harold NorrisWhen Will Our Lord Return? Prophetic Times and War...Print: Book
1900-1945'A delightful 2 weeks mail began to come in at noon. Many Hindustani books, etc. Reuters very interesting. Italy on the verge. 7 ops. in the day.'Albert Ruskin Cook [Reuters cables]Manuscript: Telegraph cablegram
1900-1945'Enjoyed reading war news and papers.'Albert Ruskin Cook unknownunknownPrint: NewspaperManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'M. [Marjorie Cook, A. R. Cook's daughter] still has a high temp. — 104.1 in aft. Began to give Citrated milk. She enjoyed me reading to her "The man at the gate" and The...Albert Ruskin Cook unknown unknown'The Man at the Gate'Print: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'M. [Marjorie Cook, A. R. Cook's daughter] still has a high temp. — 104.1 in aft. Began to give Citrated milk. She enjoyed me reading to her "The man at the gate" and The...Margaret Ellen Cook unknown unknownThe Man at the GatePrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'M. [Marjorie Cook, A. R. Cook's daughter] still has a high temp. — 104.1 in aft. Began to give Citrated milk. She enjoyed me reading to her "The man at the gate" and The...Margaret Ellen Cook Max PembertonThe Impregnable City: A RomancePrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'M. [Marjorie Cook, A. R. Cook's daughter] still has a high temp. — 104.1 in aft. Began to give Citrated milk. She enjoyed me reading to her "The man at the gate" and The...Margaret Ellen Cook Max PembertonThe Impregnable City: A RomancePrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'M. [Marjorie Cook, A. R. Cook's daughter] enjoys being read to in the aft. I have read to her "The Impregnable City" and "The Diamond Ship".'Albert Ruskin Cook Max PembertonThe Impregnable City: A RomancePrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'M. [Marjorie Cook, A. R. Cook's daughter] enjoys being read to in the aft. I have read to her "The Impregnable City" and "The Diamond Ship".'Albert Ruskin Cook Max PembertonThe Diamond ShipPrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'M. [Marjorie Cook, A. R. Cook's daughter] enjoys being read to in the aft. I have read to her "The Impregnable City" and "The Diamond Ship".'Margaret Ellen Cook Max PembertonThe Diamond ShipPrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'M. [Marjorie Cook, A. R. Cook's daughter] enjoys being read to in the aft. I have read to her "The Impregnable City" and "The Diamond Ship".'Margaret Ellen Cook Max PembertonThe Impregnable City: A RomancePrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'A most refreshing and quiet day in Makindye — did not even go to church. Got 9 letters written[;] in the aft. sat on the hill side and read to K. [Katharine Cook] Jowett...Katharine Cook John Henry JowettThings That Matter Most: Devotional ReadingsPrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'A most refreshing and quiet day in Makindye — did not even go to church. Got 9 letters written[;] in the aft. sat on the hill side and read to K. [Katharine Cook] Jowett...Albert Ruskin Cook John Henry JowettThings That Matter Most: Devotional ReadingsPrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'I am enjoying Moule's "Veni Creator".'Albert Ruskin Cook Handley Carr Glyn MouleVeni CreatorPrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'Brigadier General Sir Charles Crewe ... came in to inspect the Hospital. The General was so nice. He had diligently read up the literature on Uganda, Bp. Tucker's book, ...Charles Preston Crewe Alfred Robert TuckerAfrican Sketches, or, Uganda and the Way ThitherPrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'Ps. 116 v. precious
Began Ps 119 in Spurgeon.'
Albert Ruskin Cook Charles Haddon Spurgeon?Our Own Hymnbook: A Collection of Psalms and Hymn...Print: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'Little Marjorie's birthday. The verses in Daily Light were as usual uplifting ... Much enjoyed J. 20. 19, 20 with the patients in Hope Ward.'Albert Ruskin Cook ?The Daily Light Birthday BookPrint: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1900-1945'Little Marjorie's birthday. The verses in Daily Light were as usual uplifting ... Much enjoyed J. 20. 19, 20 with the patients in Hope Ward.'Albert Ruskin Cook [n/a] [n/a]Bible (John)Print: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1850-1899'Boys finishing their maps. Finish reading to them Ocean Waifs.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Mayne ReidThe Ocean WaifsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Exper: of Sister of Mercy.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Margaret GoodmanExperiences of an English Sister of MercyPrint: Book
1900-1945'To 5 Rosslyn Hill at 10 a.m. Had an hour's Greek reading with Eva + read all 1st Chapter of John's Gospel.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook John 1Print: Book
1900-1945'Read story to May while she worked — afterwards verified cheque book and pass book.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Read aloud to May.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Read to May.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Read "The Mother".'Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknown unknownThe MotherPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Read John Woolman.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook ?William Teignmouth ?Shore?John Woolman: His Life and Our Times: Being a Stu...Print: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Afternoon — Rest till 3.45. worked together. Read "24 hours in a day" How to use them. Good hints but do not agree with much of it. To bed 9.15.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Arnold BennettHow to Live on 24 Hours a DayPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Finished "In heart of Africa".'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Adolphus Frederick Albert Henry, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin In the Heart of AfricaPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Read paper. British vessel sunk by German mine. Many German vessels captured by British. Great success in Belgium. Lord Kitchener Minister of War.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknownPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Read evening papers. Germans defeated with great loss. Belgians splendid both in tactics and bravery. To rest at 9.15 with hot bottle.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook [London evening newspapers]Print: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Hedley took [me to] Reading Room and changed book and read Times and Illustrated News.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook TimesPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Hedley took [me to] Reading Room and changed book and read Times and Illustrated News.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Illustrated London NewsPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Read Xtian Observer on War ... Began Father & Son by Goss. 9. May filled hot water bottle & brought hot water. To bed 9.30.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Christian ObserverPrint: Serial / periodicalUnknown
1900-1945'Read Xtian Observer on War ... Began Father & Son by Goss. 9. May filled hot water bottle & brought hot water. To bed 9.30.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Edmund GosseFather and Son: A Study in Two TemperamentsPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Tea in Garden[.] Went out with May to lower Heath. Finished "Lay down yr. arms" Read again Stephen [indecipherable]. Supper in garden. Hot bath.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Martha von TillingLay Down Your ArmsPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Went with May to reading room at 10 a.m. Read Times. Back at 11.30.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook TimesPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Bkft in garden. Elsie read Prayers. Carefully studied newspapers.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook unknownPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Finished Batchelor's Comedy.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook J. E. Buckrose (pseud.)A Bachelor's ComedyPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Knitted and Daily Mail. Rheims Cathedral destroyed by Germans. Early dinner ¼ 1. Rested in d:r:'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Daily MailPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Wrote to Clara & thanked for flowers & book & gave account of birthday. Finished Wall of Partition.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Florence Louisa BarclayThe Wall of PartitionPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Went out with May to pay bills when snow & sleet stopped. She left me at Reading Room where I read Times & daily mirror & Graphic.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook TimesPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Went out with May to pay bills when snow & sleet stopped. She left me at Reading Room where I read Times & daily mirror & Graphic.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Daily MirrorPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Went out with May to pay bills when snow & sleet stopped. She left me at Reading Room where I read Times & daily mirror & Graphic.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook The GraphicPrint: NewspaperUnknown
1900-1945'Rained all day without stopping. Read Butler's Crusade. May bought winter dress at Selfridge's £1.0.5. payed her with cheque..'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Josephine Elizabeth ButlerPersonal Reminiscences of a Great CrusadePrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Dense fog. Could hardly see ... May had to go to bed till night. I read Memoir of J. E. Butler.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Josephine Elizabeth ButlerPersonal Reminiscences of a Great CrusadePrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'May finished Only a Governess. Pr. ¼ past 9. 1 Cor vii.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook 1 Corinthians 7Print: BookUnknown
1900-1945'May finished Only a Governess. Pr. ¼ past 9. 1 Cor vii.'May Rosa Nouchette CareyOnly a GovernessPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Returned Belloc's book on June 4th not got another yet.'Mary Ethel Corry Knocker Hilaire BellocunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'I hope you got the books and that you wanted them. The Jokai is very extraordinary. I don't feel to be able to judge books in which the young ladies of the house sit in ...Gertrude Bell Mór (Maurus) Jókai unknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'This has been a very uneventful week and I have nothing much to add to my letter to Father, except that I've read "Sayonara" and think it excellent.' Gertrude Bell John Paris [pseud. Frank Trelawney Arthur Ashton-GwatkinSayonaraPrint: Book
1900-1945'News from the front there was none. No one knew where the front was. The "Evening Paper," a single sheet, printed in large characters on one side only, confined itself t...Ian Vivian Hay Evening Paper, ThePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Not many miles away to the left lies Landrecies, which R. L. Stevenson refers to, in "An Inland Voyage," as, "a point in the great warfaring system of Europe which might...Ian Vivian Hay Robert Louis StevensonAn Inland VoyagePrint: Book
1900-1945'The suppression of all newspapers left the universal craving for news unsatisfied, and the daily paper was replaced by short type-written notes which were secretly passe...Ian Vivian Hay unknown unknown[type-written note]Manuscript: Type-written notes.
1900-1945'In a much-thumbed copy of the "Figaro," dated October 25th—a copy which, it was said, had been dropped from an aeroplane, and which we secretly circulated from ward to w...Ian Vivian Hay Le FigaroPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The bulletin of war news, posted up each morning outside the Kommandantur, boasted each day of the capture of countless Russian and French prisoners.' Ian Vivian Hay [bulletin of war news]Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'Reported sick again as the swelling on my leg has not gone down. There is not a sound of a gun to be heard now ... We are now having a thunderstorm, the first rain for f...Stuart Chapman Guy BoothbyA Millionaire's Love StoryPrint: Book
1900-1945'We were allowed to see two German papers—the "Kölnische Zeitung" and the "Lokal Würzburger Anzeiger." These papers arrived after lunch, and anything of interest in t...Ian Vivian Kölnische ZeitungPrint: NewspaperManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'We were allowed to see two German papers—the "Kölnische Zeitung" and the "Lokal Würzburger Anzeiger." These papers arrived after lunch, and anything of interest in t...Ian Vivian Lokal Würzburger AnzeigerPrint: NewspaperManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'Snow was falling ... and there was no chance of getting out to the terrace, so that the rest of the day had to be devoted to Poker and Bridge, games of which we were all...Ian Vivian Hay unknown unknownunknownManuscript: SheetUnknown
1900-1945'Zeppelin. A great rush for the windows ... This evening was marked by the arrival of a parcel of books, Tauchnitz edition, which we had been allowed to order. No doubt t...Ian Vivian Hay unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookManuscript: SheetUnknown
1900-1945'In one of the thoughtful editorials to which readers of the "Irish Homestead" are accustomed, I find condensed into a single phrase the idea which I have been struggling...Ian Vivian Hay George William Russell[editorial in the "Irish Homestead"]Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: SheetUnknown
1900-1945'During the period of our captivity at Munden the time passed more heavily, I think, than at any later period, owing to the fact that we had practically no reading matter...Horace Gray Gilliland unknown unknown[English novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'One day when drawing our parcels we received some little cardboard packets of compressed dates as usual, but this time a small white strip of paper was pasted on the out...Gerald Featherstone Knight [strip of paper]Print: Strip of paper bearing produce information
1900-1945'Cards, roulette, ping-pong and chess greatly assisted in passing the time. We also had quite a good camp library, the books mostly having been received from home. I have...British officers waiting for hot water in the afternoonsunknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I found a letter-box and feverishly endeavoured to decipher, in the semi-darkness, a long word printed in black letters on a white background. With a sinking heart I slo...Gerald Featherstone Knight unknown unknown[sign]Print: BookManuscript: Painted sign.
1850-1899
1900-1945
'I was sent out first thing in the morning for a number of racing newspapers, over which my father pored while having his breakfast. Then he carefully wrote down the name...Thomas Garratt [racing newspapers] Print: Newspaper
1850-1899
1900-1945
'As classes were large and teachers few, individual tuition was scant. The three R's were the basic subjects, and scripture study took up a big slice of the time. And thr...Vero Walter Garratt LeviticusPrint: Book
1900-1945' ... as I had started adolescence in a blaze of idealism, the conflicting ugliness of factory life often drove my spirits into the depths. I rushed to poetry for escape ...Vero Walter Garratt unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Each night I hurried into my best second-hand suit of clothes, hurried down my tea and then hurried off to evening class to learn English grammar and literature. And wha...Vero Walter Garratt Thomas Babington MacaulayunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Each night I hurried into my best second-hand suit of clothes, hurried down my tea and then hurried off to evening class to learn English grammar and literature. And wha...Vero Walter Garratt Joseph AddisonunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Each night I hurried into my best second-hand suit of clothes, hurried down my tea and then hurried off to evening class to learn English grammar and literature. And wha...Vero Walter Garratt John Keats'Ode to the Nightingale'Print: Book
1900-1945'Every available evening I spent in the reference room [at Birmingham Central Library], searching for books which put me in company with the literary giants of the past. ...Vero Walter Garratt Homer IliadPrint: Book
1900-1945'Every available evening I spent in the reference room [at Birmingham Central Library], searching for books which put me in company with the literary giants of the past. ...Vero Walter Garratt Homer OdysseyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Every available evening I spent in the reference room [at Birmingham Central Library], searching for books which put me in company with the literary giants of the past. ...Vero Walter Garratt Epictetus Discourses of EpictetusPrint: Book
1900-1945'Every available evening I spent in the reference room [at Birmingham Central Library], searching for books which put me in company with the literary giants of the past. ...Vero Walter Garratt Longinus On the SublimePrint: Book
1900-1945'Every available evening I spent in the reference room [at Birmingham Central Library], searching for books which put me in company with the literary giants of the past. ...Vero Walter Garratt Plato DialoguesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tennyson was my earliest love, not because he gave any deep insight into human nature, but because his lyrical simplicity appealed strongly to adolescent romanticism. Th...Vero Walter Garratt Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Lilian'Print: Book
1900-1945'Tennyson was my earliest love, not because he gave any deep insight into human nature, but because his lyrical simplicity appealed strongly to adolescent romanticism. Th...Vero Walter Garratt Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Isabel'Print: Book
1900-1945'Tennyson was my earliest love, not because he gave any deep insight into human nature, but because his lyrical simplicity appealed strongly to adolescent romanticism. Th...Vero Walter Garratt Alfred, Lord Tennyson'Idylls of the King'Print: Book
1900-1945'With Shelley I shared the sadness of human frailty. Except for some of his shorter poems, Browning was too involved for me, while I restricted my reading of Shakespeare ...Vero Walter Garratt Percy Bysshe ShelleyunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'With Shelley I shared the sadness of human frailty. Except for some of his shorter poems, Browning was too involved for me, while I restricted my reading of Shakespeare ...Vero Walter Garratt Robert BrowningunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'With Shelley I shared the sadness of human frailty. Except for some of his shorter poems, Browning was too involved for me, while I restricted my reading of Shakespeare ...Vero Walter Garratt William ShakespeareSonnetsPrint: Book
1900-1945'With Shelley I shared the sadness of human frailty. Except for some of his shorter poems, Browning was too involved for me, while I restricted my reading of Shakespeare ...Vero Walter Garratt John KeatsunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I was ... thankful for the monthly and quarterly magazines that lay on the tables of the library, for their instructive articles were equal to anything I could have hear...Vero Walter Garratt Hibbert's JournalPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I was ... thankful for the monthly and quarterly magazines that lay on the tables of the library, for their instructive articles were equal to anything I could have hear...Vero Walter Garratt English ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I was ... thankful for the monthly and quarterly magazines that lay on the tables of the library, for their instructive articles were equal to anything I could have hear...Vero Walter Garratt Edinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I was ... thankful for the monthly and quarterly magazines that lay on the tables of the library, for their instructive articles were equal to anything I could have hear...Vero Walter Garratt CriterionPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'By the time I was seventeen, my passion for reading had become so intense that a few hours [study in the public library] in the evenings seemed totally insufficient ... ...Vero Walter Garratt Ralph Waldo EmersonunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'By the time I was seventeen, my passion for reading had become so intense that a few hours [study in the public library] in the evenings seemed totally insufficient ... ...Vero Walter Garratt Marcus Aurelius The Golden Book of Marcus AureliusPrint: Book
1900-1945'By the time I was seventeen, my passion for reading had become so intense that a few hours [study in the public library] in the evenings seemed totally insufficient ... ...Vero Walter Garratt Samuel Taylor ColeridgeBiographia LiterariaPrint: Book
1900-1945'By the time I was seventeen, my passion for reading had become so intense that a few hours [study in the public library] in the evenings seemed totally insufficient ... ...Vero Walter Garratt Thomas CarlyleSartor ResartusPrint: Book
1900-1945'At one end of the shop stood the foreman's little glass office, from which he could observe all that was going on through the windows in front of him. To obstruct his vi...Vero Walter Garratt Thomas CarlyleSartor ResartusPrint: Book
1900-1945'Sometimes it was more convenient to take a book into the lavatory and to sit there an inordinate length of time. On other occasions I disappeared into a small stock-room...Vero Walter Garratt unknown unknown[Books from the 'Everyman's Library' series]Print: Book
1900-1945'Sometimes it was more convenient to take a book into the lavatory and to sit there an inordinate length of time. On other occasions I disappeared into a small stock-room...Vero Walter Garratt unknown unknown[Books from the 'Everyman's Library' series]Print: Book
1900-1945'Despite my opposition ... I looked about for literature that would extend my knowledge of the subject [of Socialism]. One of the first and best discoveries I was a penny...Vero Walter Garratt Paul B. BullWhat Is Socialism?Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945'... the Alliance of Honour existed to support my trend of thought and from my early teens to claim me as an ardent worker and propagandist for the cause of personal puri...Vero Walter Garratt unknown unknown[publications of the Alliance of Honour]Print: Book, Pamphlet
1900-1945'The book that influenced me most in this direction was Sylvanus Stall's, What a Young Man Ought to Know, which I accepted as the guiding testament of youth in all...Vero Walter Garratt Sylvanus StallWhat a Young Man Ought to KnowPrint: Book
1900-1945'I ... took an active part in the work of the [Old Meeting Church] and became a Sunday School teacher. Happily, the class of small boys I was called on to manage could be...Vero Walter Garratt BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'I ... took an active part in the work of the [Old Meeting Church] and became a Sunday School teacher. Happily, the class of small boys I was called on to manage could be...Vero Walter Garratt Charles KingsleyunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'As I was keen to go abroad, and half fearful of the war ending before my dream was consummated, I was not to be tempted by Marian's opinions ... And so she proceeded to ...Vero Walter Garratt Workers' DreadnoughtPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'As I was keen to go abroad, and half fearful of the war ending before my dream was consummated, I was not to be tempted by Marian's opinions ... And so she proceeded to ...Vero Walter Garratt Cambridge MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'As I was keen to go abroad, and half fearful of the war ending before my dream was consummated, I was not to be tempted by Marian's opinions ... And so she proceeded to ...Vero Walter Garratt FreedomPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'As I was keen to go abroad, and half fearful of the war ending before my dream was consummated, I was not to be tempted by Marian's opinions ... And so she proceeded to ...Vero Walter Garratt ClarionPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'As I was keen to go abroad, and half fearful of the war ending before my dream was consummated, I was not to be tempted by Marian's opinions ... And so she proceeded to ...Vero Walter Garratt Christian CommonwealthPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'As I was keen to go abroad, and half fearful of the war ending before my dream was consummated, I was not to be tempted by Marian's opinions ... And so she proceeded to ...Vero Walter Garratt [Communist pamphlets]Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945'Fortunately, the casualties were not very heavy and we varied the time by hunting rats and watching the mice playing about in the dug-outs. My own favourite practice was...Vero Walter Garratt Francis Turner Palgrave (ed.)Golden Treasury, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'My friend Marian continued to send the bunch of periodicals that helped to shatter my illusions about the righteousness of the War. Particularly I was impressed by the <...Vero Walter Garratt Cambridge MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Here I enjoyed a number of days in reading A Tale of Two Cities, and in sending off contributions to the Balkan News, which was a racy little news sheet pu...Vero Walter Garratt Charles DickensTale of Two CitiesPrint: Book
1900-1945'... when evening came I sought the isolation of a disused hut at the bottom of a garden and revelled in poetic creations by candlelight as a solace to my distraught mind...Vero Walter Garratt Francis Turner Palgrave (ed.)Golden Treasury, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'I am longing to hear what you think of "D.[David]G.[Grieve]" I read the first volume this morning — oh! how dull it is, how dull! how full of unnecessary detail, h...Gertrude Bell Mary Augusta (Mrs Humphry) WardA History of David GrievePrint: Book
1850-1899'He [Mr Ritchie] presented me with a fascinating work as a birthday present — Boswell's "Letters" — you can't think how entertaining they are.'Gertrude Bell James Boswell[unspecified letters]Print: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook ?Mary ?Bayly?The Life and Letters of Mrs SewellPrint: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Frances Hodgson BurnettHis Grace of OsmondPrint: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Helen Adams KellerOut of the Dark: Essays, Letters and Addresses on ...Print: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Frances Hodgson BurnettA Lady of QualityPrint: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook May SinclairThe Three BrontesPrint: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Florence Louisa BarclayThe Broken HaloPrint: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook ?Robert ?Bridges?PoemsPrint: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Octavia HillThe Life of Octavia Hill as Told in Her LettersPrint: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Edward CookThe Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 1.Print: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Flora Annie SteelIn the Guardianship of GodPrint: Book
1900-1945'March 11 [1914]
Joined Hampstead Library £1..5.
Books read March [1914:] Mrs Sewell
His Grace of Osmond
Helen Keller Out of the...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Kate Douglas WigginRose o' the RiverPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] April [1914:] F. Nightingale Vol. II
Kingsley. Vol I.
[indecipherable]
Pennell 10/6 Edit. asked for.
The land of open doors.
B...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Edward CookThe Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2.Print: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] April [1914:] F. Nightingale Vol. II
Kingsley. Vol I.
[indecipherable]
Pennell 10/6 Edit. asked for.
The land of open doors.
B...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Frances Eliza KingsleyCharles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His ...Print: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] April [1914:] F. Nightingale Vol. II
Kingsley. Vol I.
[indecipherable]
Pennell 10/6 Edit. asked for.
The land of open doors.
B...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Alice Maud PennellPennell of the Afghan FrontierPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] April [1914:] F. Nightingale Vol. II
Kingsley. Vol I.
[indecipherable]
Pennell 10/6 Edit. asked for.
The land of open doors.
B...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook John Burgon BickerstethThe Land of Open Doors: Being Letters from Western...Print: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] April [1914:] F. Nightingale Vol. II
Kingsley. Vol I.
[indecipherable]
Pennell 10/6 Edit. asked for.
The land of open doors.
B...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Edward Harold BegbieThe Cage: A NovelPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] April [1914:] F. Nightingale Vol. II
Kingsley. Vol I.
[indecipherable]
Pennell 10/6 Edit. asked for.
The land of open doors.
B...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Edward Harold BegbieThe VigilPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] May [1914]. Alice Ottley Memoir.
Pennell 10/6 Memoirs. at last!
Neve Kashmir
A woman in the antipodes & far east
    by Mary ...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Ernest Frederic NeveBeyond the Pir Panjal: Life Among the Mountains an...Print: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] May [1914]. Alice Ottley Memoir.
Pennell 10/6 Memoirs. at last!
Neve Kashmir
A woman in the antipodes & far east
    by Mary ...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Alice Maud PennellPennell of the Afghan FrontierPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] May [1914]. Alice Ottley Memoir.
Pennell 10/6 Memoirs. at last!
Neve Kashmir
A woman in the antipodes & far east
    by Mary ...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Mary E. JamesAlice Ottley: First Headmistress of the Worcester ...Print: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] May [1914]. Alice Ottley Memoir.
Pennell 10/6 Memoirs. at last!
Neve Kashmir
A woman in the antipodes & far east
    by Mary ...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Mary HallA Woman in the Antipodes and Far EastPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] May [1914]. Alice Ottley Memoir.
Pennell 10/6 Memoirs. at last!
Neve Kashmir
A woman in the antipodes & far east
    by Mary ...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Frederick Hugh CapronAnatomy of Truth, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] May [1914]. Alice Ottley Memoir.
Pennell 10/6 Memoirs. at last!
Neve Kashmir
A woman in the antipodes & far east
    by Mary ...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Charles Norris WilliamsonCar of Destiny and Its Errand in SpainPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] May [1914]. Alice Ottley Memoir.
Pennell 10/6 Memoirs. at last!
Neve Kashmir
A woman in the antipodes & far east
    by Mary ...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Ernest Charles Temple ThurstonGarden of ResurrectionPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] June [1914]. Life's Trivial Round
White Linen Nurse. Most bits rubbish
A passage perilous
Prisons & prisoners (suffragists)'
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyLife's Trivial RoundPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] June [1914]. Life's Trivial Round
White Linen Nurse. Most bits rubbish
A passage perilous
Prisons & prisoners (suffragists)'
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Eleanor Hallowell AbbottWhite Linen Nurse, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] June [1914]. Life's Trivial Round
White Linen Nurse. Most bits rubbish
A passage perilous
Prisons & prisoners (suffragists)'
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyPassage Perilous, APrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] June [1914]. Life's Trivial Round
White Linen Nurse. Most bits rubbish
A passage perilous
Prisons & prisoners (suffragists)'
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Constance LyttonPrisons and Prisoners: Some Personal ExperiencesPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] August [1914:] By waters of Germany.
Queenie's whim.
Timothy's quest.
Basil Lyndhurst.
Highway of Fate.
Lamp Lighter
Boo...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Norma Octavia LorimerBy the Waters of GermanyPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] August [1914:] By waters of Germany.
Queenie's whim.
Timothy's quest.
Basil Lyndhurst.
Highway of Fate.
Lamp Lighter
Boo...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyQueenie's Whim: A NovelPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] August [1914:] By waters of Germany.
Queenie's whim.
Timothy's Guest.
Basil Lyndhurst.
Highway of Fate.
Lamp Lighter
Boo...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Kate Douglas WigginTimothy's QuestPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] August [1914:] By waters of Germany.
Queenie's whim.
Timothy's Guest.
Basil Lyndhurst.
Highway of Fate.
Lamp Lighter
Boo...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyBasil LyndhurstPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] August [1914:] By waters of Germany.
Queenie's whim.
Timothy's Guest.
Basil Lyndhurst.
Highway of Fate.
Lamp Lighter
Boo...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Rosa Nouchette CareyHighway of Fate, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'[Books read] August [1914:] By waters of Germany.
Queenie's whim.
Timothy's Guest.
Basil Lyndhurst.
Highway of Fate.
Lamp Lighter
Boo...
Harriet Bickersteth Cook Maria Susanna CumminsLamplighter; Or, an Orphan Girl's Struggles and Tr...Print: Book
1900-1945'Had an earnest talk with Outram — said he still had the text book I gave him years ago, but had no time for religion. Often took up his bible but was interrupted.' BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'After tea, K. [Katharine Cook] & I went up in the side car & spent some time with Wallace. He was reading out of the Sunday School Times ... Most incoherent. K brought h... Sunday School TimesPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Am enjoying Leviticus with commentaries in the morning.'Albert Ruskin Cook [n/a] [n/a]Bible (Leviticus)Print: Book
1900-1945'To Makindye. Enjoyed reading Jowett's "Things That Matter Most".'Albert Ruskin Cook John Henry JowettThings That Matter Most: Devotional ReadingsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Enjoyed "The second mile" by Fosdick. Actually in bed by 10.30 pm!'Albert Ruskin Cook Harry Emerson FosdickThe Second MilePrint: Book
1900-1945'Enjoyed Ps 39.'Albert Ruskin Cook [n/a] [n/a]Bible (Psalms)Print: Book
1900-1945'Off at 5.15 am. Sea smooth. Read 60 pp. of Surgical Diagnosis.'Albert Ruskin Cook Edward MartinSurgical DiagnosisPrint: Book
1900-1945'Getting on capitally with the Anatomy of the Brain in Gerrish.'Albert Ruskin Cook Frederic Henry GerrishA Text-Book of AnatomyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Still very rough. No chance of [church] service. Finished George Eliot's "Middlemarch".'Albert Ruskin Cook George Eliot (pseud.)MiddlemarchPrint: Book
1900-1945'Pilot came on board & took us up the 16 miles to Beira. Landed at 3.15 pm ... had tea at the Savoy & latest telegrams & papers. There was a Times of Jan 16 & a Spectator...Albert Ruskin Cook [telegrams]Manuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Pilot came on board & took us up the 16 miles to Beira. Landed at 3.15 pm ... had tea at the Savoy & latest telegrams & papers. There was a Times of Jan 16 & a Spectat...Albert Ruskin Cook [n/a] [n/a]The TimesPrint: NewspaperManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Pilot came on board & took us up the 16 miles to Beira. Landed at 3.15 pm ... had tea at the Savoy & latest telegrams & papers. There was a Times of Jan 16 & a Spectat...Albert Ruskin Cook [n/a] [n/a]SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Beira all day — am getting on with Surgical Diagnosis, & Tropical Diseases by Stitt.'Albert Ruskin Cook Edward MartinSurgical DiagnosisPrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Beira all day — am getting on with Surgical Diagnosis, & Tropical Diseases by Stitt.'Albert Ruskin Cook Edward Rhodes StittThe Diagnosis and Treatment of Tropical DiseasesPrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Finished Surgical Diagnosis by Martin 750 pp.'Albert Ruskin Cook Edward MartinSurgical DiagnosisPrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Finished Abdominal Injuries.'Albert Ruskin Cook James Rutherford MorisonAbdominal InjuriesPrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Enjoyed Bees in Amber.'Albert Ruskin Cook John Oxenham (pseud.)Bees in Amber: A Little Book of Thoughtful VersePrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'750 miles due E. of Ascension Island. Wireless Reuters as usual. America in State of War. W. drive still continues. Close on St. Quentin ... Finished Stitt's Tropical Di...Albert Ruskin Cook Edward Rhodes StittThe Diagnosis and Treatment of Tropical DiseasesPrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'750 miles due E. of Ascension Island. Wireless Reuters as usual. America in State of War. W. drive still continues. Close on St. Quentin ... Finished Stitt's Tropical Di...Albert Ruskin Cook [Reuters cables]Manuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Still the same fine weather. Reading Head Injuries.'Albert Ruskin Cook Louis Bathe Rawling?Surgery of the HeadPrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Reading Injuries to Joints — capital. Nice & cool again.'Albert Ruskin Cook Robert JonesInjuries to JointsPrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Finished Hey Groves' modern methods of treating fractures an excellent book. Started Saville's Clinical Medicine — 7 hrs. reading.'Albert Ruskin Cook Ernest William Hey GrovesOn Modern Methods of Treating FracturesPrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Finished Hey Groves' modern methods of treating fractures & excellent book. Started Saville's Clinical Medicine — 7 hrs. reading.'Albert Ruskin Cook Thomas Dixon SavillA System of Clinical MedicinePrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Marjorie [Cook's daughter] has lost her little gold locket. Reading Savile's Clinical Medicine.'Albert Ruskin Cook Thomas Dixon SavillA System of Clinical MedicinePrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'Forged ahead with Savile's Clinical Medicine.'Albert Ruskin Cook Thomas Dixon SavillA System of Clinical MedicinePrint: BookManuscript: Letter, telegram
1900-1945'The house in which I was born was ... a two-centuries-old Georgian mansion, a barrack of a place that seemed even larger in my juvenile perspective than it actually was ...Desmond Malone William CarletonThe Squanders of Castle SquanderPrint: Book
1900-1945'The house in which I was born was ... a two-centuries-old Georgian mansion, a barrack of a place that seemed even larger in my juvenile perspective than it actually was ...Desmond Malone Samuel LoverHandy AndyPrint: Book
1900-1945'The house in which I was born was ... a two-centuries-old Georgian mansion, a barrack of a place that seemed even larger in my juvenile perspective than it actually was ...Desmond Malone Maria EdgeworthThe AbsenteePrint: Book
1900-1945'It was from [my father, a policeman] that I acquired the habit, which I have never been able to shake off, of reading in bed; and one of my most vivid recollections is o...Desmond Malone Samuel ButlerHudibrasPrint: Book
1900-1945'On many nights I would sit beside the kitchen fire, listening to my father reading or telling tales. There was no wireless then and no gramophones, and our fireside talk...Desmond Malone Marion CrawfordunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'On many nights I would sit beside the kitchen fire, listening to my father reading or telling tales. There was no wireless then and no gramophones, and our fireside talk...Desmond Malone Robert Louis StevensonThrawn JanetPrint: Book
1900-1945'On many nights I would sit beside the kitchen fire, listening to my father reading or telling tales. There was no wireless then and no gramophones, and our fireside talk...Desmond Malone Joseph Sheridan Le FanuGreen TeaPrint: Book
1900-1945'On many nights I would sit beside the kitchen fire, listening to my father reading or telling tales. There was no wireless then and no gramophones, and our fireside talk...Desmond Malone Joseph Sheridan Le FanuThe WatcherPrint: Book
1900-1945'On many nights I would sit beside the kitchen fire, listening to my father reading or telling tales. There was no wireless then and no gramophones, and our fireside talk...Desmond Malone Edward Bulwer-LyttonThe Haunted and the HauntersPrint: Book
1900-1945'"Been across before?" I asked him, condescendingly.
"Once or twice," he answered with a grin. "Have you?"
"A few times," I admitted largely; and I proceeded ...
Desmond Malone Darcy LeverThe Young Sea Officer's Sheet AnchorPrint: Book
1900-1945'"Been across before?" I asked him, condescendingly.
"Once or twice," he answered with a grin. "Have you?"
"A few times," I admitted largely; and I proceeded ...
Desmond Malone Frederick MarryatMidshipman EasyPrint: Book
1900-1945'"Been across before?" I asked him, condescendingly.
"Once or twice," he answered with a grin. "Have you?"
"A few times," I admitted largely; and I proceeded ...
Desmond Malone Frederick MarryatPeter SimplePrint: Book
1900-1945'"Been across before?" I asked him, condescendingly.
"Once or twice," he answered with a grin. "Have you?"
"A few times," I admitted largely; and I proceeded ...
Desmond Malone Rolf Boldrewood (pseud.)Robbery Under ArmsPrint: Book
1900-1945'"Been across before?" I asked him, condescendingly.
"Once or twice," he answered with a grin. "Have you?"
"A few times," I admitted largely; and I proceeded ...
Desmond Malone Henry Morton StanleyunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I knew that enlistment in the Navy was out of the question, because I had not the faintest hope of passing the eyesight test ... At last, while I was still itching with ...Desmond Malone John Clayborough HawksheadHandbook of Technical Instruction for Wireless Tel...Print: Book
1900-1945'Erich had a little book which he greatly valued. In order to cheer my captivity he showed this book to me. When I saw the way Erich used to linger over its pages at nigh...Desmond Malone unknown unknown[German pornography]Print: Book
1900-1945'During the whole of my stay I continually asked to be allowed to have English books, but apart from one small, rather sloppy novel I was only permitted a German-English ...Lorimer John Austin unknown unknown["small, rather sloppy novel"]Print: Book
1900-1945'During the whole of my stay I continually asked to be allowed to have English books, but apart from one small, rather sloppy novel I was only permitted a German-English ...Lorimer John Austin unknown unknown[German-English Grammar]Print: Book
1900-1945'The routine of every day was precisely the same. We were wakened at five, and the coffee for breakfast was provided at half-past ... After dressing, and performing the m...Lorimer John Austin unknown unknown[German-English Grammar]Print: Book
1900-1945'The British officers formed a circulating library, and it was always possible to get any number of the Tauchnitz books in English and in French. There was no lack of rea...Lorimer John Austin unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'We were always allowed to take in the German newspapers, and for a short time by the courtesy of a highly placed gentleman, a few copies of The Times and some ill...Lorimer John Austin TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'We were always allowed to take in the German newspapers, and for a short time by the courtesy of a highly placed gentleman, a few copies of The Times and some ill...Lorimer John Austin [German newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'We were always allowed to take in the German newspapers, and for a short time by the courtesy of a highly placed gentleman, a few copies of The Times and some ill...Lorimer John Austin [Illustrated English newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'On July 5th [1918] Katharine [Cook] saw Albert [Ruskin Cook] off from Paddington station. As the train pulled out Albert was "glad to have a corner seat and a copy of ...Albert Ruskin Cook [n/a] [n/a]The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Joseph Houldsworth OldhamThe World and the GospelPrint: Book
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Edward Arthur BurroughsValley of Decision, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Frederick Scott OliverOrdeal by BattlePrint: Book
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Minos DevineEcclesiastes: Or, the Confessions of an Adventurou...Print: Book
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Terrot Reaveley GloverJesus of History, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Adoniram Judson GordonIn ChristPrint: Book
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Harry Emerson FosdickManhood of the MasterPrint: Book
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Harry Emerson FosdickMeaning of PrayerPrint: Book
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Frank Theodore WoodsCreed of a ChurchmanPrint: Book
1900-1945'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
...
Albert Ruskin Cook John Edgar McFadyenProblem of Pain: A Study in the Book of JobPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
Surgical Diagnosis – Martin
Tropical Diseases – Stitt
Abdominal Injuries – Morison & R.
Household ...
Albert Ruskin Cook James Rutherford MorisonAbdominal InjuriesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
Surgical Diagnosis – Martin
Tropical Diseases – Stitt
Abdominal Injuries – Morison & R.
Household ...
Albert Ruskin Cook Edward MartinSurgical DiagnosisPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
Surgical Diagnosis – Martin
Tropical Diseases – Stitt
Abdominal Injuries – Morison & R.
Household ...
Albert Ruskin Cook Edward Rhodes StittThe Diagnosis and Treatment of Tropical DiseasesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
Surgical Diagnosis – Martin
Tropical Diseases – Stitt
Abdominal Injuries – Morison & R.
Household ...
Albert Ruskin Cook William Richard BoelterHousehold Pests and Household RemediesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
Surgical Diagnosis – Martin
Tropical Diseases – Stitt
Abdominal Injuries – Morison & R.
Household ...
Albert Ruskin Cook Robert JonesInjuries to JointsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
Surgical Diagnosis – Martin
Tropical Diseases – Stitt
Abdominal Injuries – Morison & R.
Household ...
Albert Ruskin Cook Louis Bathe Rawling?Surgery of the HeadPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
Surgical Diagnosis – Martin
Tropical Diseases – Stitt
Abdominal Injuries – Morison & R.
Household ...
Albert Ruskin Cook Ernest William Hey GrovesOn Modern Methods of Treating FracturesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
Surgical Diagnosis – Martin
Tropical Diseases – Stitt
Abdominal Injuries – Morison & R.
Household ...
Albert Ruskin Cook Thomas Dixon SavillA System of Clinical MedicinePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Arther Everett ShipleyMinor Horrors of War, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Nathaniel Bishop HarmanStaying the PlaguePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Robert JonesNotes on Military OrthopædicsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook John Edward SquireMedical Hints for the Use of Medical OfficersPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook D'Arcy PowerWounds in War, Their Treatment and ResultsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Louis Bathe Rawling?Surgery of the HeadPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Thomas J. HorderCerebro-Spinal FeverPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook James Purves-StewartDiagnosis of Nervous DiseasesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook James ThoringtonRefraction of the Human Eye and Methods of Estimat...Print: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Patrick MansonTropical DiseasesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Francis Seymour KiddCommon Diseases of the Male UrethraPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook James MacKenzieDiseases of the HeartPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Alan Harapath ToddPractical Handbook of Surgical After-TreatmentPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook William George WilloughbyAnti-Malaria Work in Macedonia Among British Troop...Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Grafton Elliot SmithShell Shock and Its LessonsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Montague David EderWar Shock: The Psycho-Neuroses in War Psychology a...Print: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Paul HartenbergTreatment of NeurastheniaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Arthur John Jex-BlakeTuberculosis: A General Account of the Disease, It...Print: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Leonard Llewellyn Bulkeley WilliamsMinor Maladies and Their TreatmentPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Jean Jacques L'HermittePsychoneuroses of War, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Charles Eucharist de Medicis SajousInternal Secretions and the Principles of MedicinePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Edward Mansfield BrockbankTreatment and Diagnosis of Heart DiseasesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Frederic Henry GerrishA Text-Book of AnatomyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
...
Albert Ruskin Cook Practitioner, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook George Eliot (pseud.)Felix HoltPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook George Peabody GoochHistory of Our Time, 1855–1911Print: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook George Eliot (pseud.)Mill on the Floss, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook Sapper (pseud.) Men, Women, and GunsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook Donald HankeyStudent in Arms, APrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook James Hastings (ed.)Great Texts of the Bible: PsalmsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook Encyclopedia BrittanicaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook William II, Emperor of Germany Real Kaiser, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook Alice Muriel WilliamsonWhat I Found Out in the House of a German PrincePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook Henry Morton StanleyAutobiography of Sir Henry Morton StanleyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook Arthur Donald InnesGeneral Sketch of Political History From the Earli...Print: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook William Young FullertonPractice of Christ's PresencePrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook Marr MurrayBible Prophecies and the Present WarPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook ?Moses ?Harvey?Where Are We and Whither Tending?Print: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook unknown unknownLost Tribes, ThePrint: Unknown
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
[...]
B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...
Albert Ruskin Cook Arthur Corbett-SmithMarne—And After, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'At the end of 1922, some unknown benefactor had given him a book, called Natural Wonders Every Child Should Know. Alan told his mother later this book had opened ...Alan Mathison Turing Edwin Tenney BrewsterNatural Wonders Every Child Should KnowPrint: Book
1900-1945'Alan taught himself to read in about thee weeks from a book called Reading without Tears.'Alan Mathison Turing Fauvel Lee MortimerReading Without TearsPrint: Book
1900-1945'The only books he had were little nature-study notebooks, supplemented by his mother reading The Pilgrim's Progress aloud. Once she cheated by leaving out a lon...Alan Mathison Turing John BunyanThe Pilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945
'"An Ex Mill Girl," [Ethel Carnie] who wrote the novel, "Helen of Four Gates," telling an English interviewer of the twenty years she spent in a cotton factory in the Nor...Ethel Carnie Holdsworth unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'The truth is that every true admirer of the novels cherishes the happy thought that he alone — reading between the lines — has become the secret friend of th...Katherine Mansfield Jane Austen Print: Book
1850-1899'For the first time we seem to hear the echo of the voice, and to see the picture of the unknown friend who has charmed us so long... So we gladly welcome one more glimps...Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie Jane Austen Print: Book
1850-1899'I have been reading "Robinson Crusoe". It is a splendid story. But I think Robinson need not have stayed so long on the island. He made a boat and hoisted a sail, and I ...Andrew J.C. Daniel DefoeRobinson CrusoePrint: Book
1850-1899'I tell you it [Robinson Crusoe] is a grand book . . . I am reading it a second time, and I think I like it better than I did at first. Every boy should get it. You know ...Daniel DefoeRobinson CrusoePrint: Book
1900-1945'One young man, a collier . . . was seen reading the war news to a group of men just up out of the pit. The newspaper had been passed on by a friend in the incoming shift...Daniel DefoeRobinson CrusoePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have read, since being here, Evelyn's Life of Mrs Godolphin; it is very pretty, but she is too virtuous and too nun-like...'Charles Darwin John EvelynThe Life of Mrs GodolphinPrint: Book
1900-1945'The French postcards and magazines are very rude!!! Streets are cobbled only. I have some photographs and postcards of views.'Leslie Semple unknown unknown[French pornography]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The last few days have been all the same, Nothing to do but sit around reading and chatting. The weather has changed. It is now pouring with rain.'Leslie Semple unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Very nice weather. Very hot indeed. Reading on the sands. Also took a shot of some fisher girls in their picturesque costumes, digging for worms and bait.'Leslie Semple unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Raid on Valenciennes. Very little to do each day but reading. Have given my name in for a correspondence course.'Leslie Semple unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Read the new Army of Occupation Orders. We are to get 28/- per week bonus for staying on. Rather good work.'Leslie Semple unknown unknownArmy of Occupation OrdersPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'Thanks most awfully for your letters & parcels, the gloves were "topping" also the books — I have read most of them but will read them again!'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tea at the Y.M.C.A. Club. Read after tea. Rain off. Bought socks. Supper in town — bed.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Lovely day ... Read in afternoon and played bridge — lost 4f 25 c! Bed — v cold!'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'To tea at No 1 [squadron's mess] with Moore, v.good tea. Not to church all day — must go next week. Read in the evening.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Cummings in for dinner and another from No 1 [squadron]. Read and talked ... after dinner. Bed at 11 — slept excellently.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Brekker in bed: Up on patrol at 10 am v.thick, line patrol. Got lost ... Back after lunch. Thick as pea soup! Nearly lost. Bridge in evening. Lost 3 fr. Bed early, read ...Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Strong [westerly] wind ... in morning. 3 E.A. [enemy aircraft] seen which hove off at once — both my guns froze up hard.
Read in afternoon and evening.'
Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thanks most awfully for the topping parcel of Xmas things. The pipe's ripping & so are the cigarettes & I am sure the books will be most interesting.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thanks so much for your letter & the little Book. (The Vision Splendid by John Oxenham) That was a ripping little poem wasn't it? I guess it's just about right!' Guy Mainwaring Knocker John Oxenham (pseud.)The Vision SplendidPrint: Book
1900-1945'Bed at 12. Read and smoked till then. Very cold — frozen in bed. "B" Flt came back from break.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Up for early show ... Started to snow and carried on nearly all day! No patrols; did nothing except read and smoke.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thanks so much for your two letters & the copies of "Flying" books — very good. I am afraid I didn't think much of Boyd Cable's story "Quick Work". The maniac of a pilot...Guy Mainwaring Knocker Boyd Cable (pseud.)'Quick Work'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thanks so much for your two letters & the copies of "Flying" books — very good. I am afraid I didn't think much of Boyd Cable's story "Quick Work". The maniac of a pilot...Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknown'Impressions of Leave'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Read and wrote letters in the afternoon. Got 3 parcels for Xmas. To Church in evening and stayed to H.C. very nice service. Tender driven into ditch on way back — bitter...Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'To tea with No 1 [squadron]. The Hun [i.e., the aircraft shot down by the squadron in the morning's engagement] fought jolly well and was Lt Voss who had got 17 of our m...Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Brekker in bed! Bon! Up at 11.30 — down town and bought some things. Read and drew in the afternoon. To dance at Dr Lawrie's in evening: 8.30 to 1.45. Quite bon show. My...Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'To see "Ching Lee Soo" with whole family at 6 p.m. Very bon show. Read and wrote letters after dinner. Gally in to dine. Raining.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Down town with Dad and Mum in morning. Gally and Leon in for tea and dinner. Dad read "Literary Lapses" after dinner — very bon! Bed early.'Cuthbert George Knocker Stephen LeacockLiterary LapsesPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Down town with Dad and Mum in morning. Gally and Leon in for tea and dinner. Dad read "Literary Lapses" after dinner — very bon! Bed early.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker Stephen LeacockLiterary LapsesPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Tea with the Wilkinsons ... pretty appalling! Not to Church in evening. Read and had prayers.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Got C.O.'s car at Omer at 10.30. Arrived 65 at 12.30, foggy. Patrol out but got lost. Shanks & Kennedy crashed. OK.
Read in afternoon and played new records. Down ...
Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Foggy all day. Down for patrol but no bon. Read in Mess all day. Wrote letters. Beastly cold.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Dud all day. No flying ... Did nothing, but read and smoke. Bed early.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Dud for patrols all day. Wind and low clouds. Read and smoked. 15 guests for dinner! Cinema after. I read and stayed in Peacock's room. Bed early.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'High wind and low clouds. No patrols at all. Rugger v Australian team in afternoon. Won 7–6. Ripping game. Read and wrote letters in evening.' Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Read and played bridge in evening. Lost 18 fr. Beastly cold, no patrol.' Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Read and smoked (beaucoup) in evening. Bed at 11.00.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Dud and no patrols all day. Read and smoked. Dinner in Pop. [Poperinge] with Jack.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Too dud for O.P.'s. Did reserve patrol in afternoon. Went up to Belgian aerodrome to see the [captured German] Gotha [bomber].
Church in morning. Read in evening.'
Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'9 Albs. [German Albatros scouts] came and sat above us but did not attack me. Attacked Symons.
Walked down town with Major Howe after tea. Read and wrote letters i...
Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Pretty dud. No patrols ... Read in evening. Belgian Hanriot over.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Strong East wind and no flying.
Read and smoked all day.'
Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'In bed all day. Read and smoked. Talked rot to the T.wire most of the time. About time I went home, the Day sister hates me! ... Leg rather sore.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'In bed all day. Dad and Mum came in the afternoon, Great. Nickie and Northwood called after. Read and smoked all day. Played bridge. Huns have got Messines ... this is a...Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'In bed all day. Elsie in afternoon. Read and smoked all day.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'In bed all day. Bob Craig and Janie Clark in afternoon. Bob gave me "Traffics and Discoveries". Leg much better. Bailleul has fallen. Damn and Blast it!'Guy Mainwaring Knocker Rudyard KiplingTraffics and DiscoveriesPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Fall of Wythschaete and Meteren. Back to our old line on the ridge. In bed all day. Gin and Kathleen and Cousin Aggie in afternoon. Read and smoked all day.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'To Cinema with girl in afternoon, quite good fun. Back at 6.15. Read and smoked and talked in evening.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Down town with Dad. Mess about on bike all day and read and smoked in garden. Leg rather sore.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Brian flew over. Kirk in p.m. I did not go as leg pretty sore. Read poems in afternoon, felt rotten at night.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'V quiet all day, rested leg. Read and sketched most of the time.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Sketched and read all day. Leg rather sore — did not dash about much.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Mowed lawn all morning with Dad. Then boked down town. Then biked round and round the lawn! ... Supper and after short stroll came back and finished "The Red Planet", pe...Guy Mainwaring Knocker Norman CrossThe Red Planet and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Uncle Jack came down for lunch. To dentist in afternoon. Read and smoked all day. Saw Uncle J. off. Read in evening.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read and looked at Joe's Bible after Kirk. Bed v.tired.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'Better. Read a bit and smoked a bit. Head still bad. Bed all day.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Better. Read and wrote and smoked all day.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Discharged from Hospital. No word from the Air Board ... Swept paths etc and read and smoked. Chilly day rather. Mum bad gout in foot.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Read in afternoon and then clipped all the border for Dad. Pretty tiring work ... Bed at 12. Finished book "The Pendulum" — rather poor. Pretty tired.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker Elinor MordauntThe PendulumPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read and played croquet in evening.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Raining hard nearly all day. Down town with Mum in morning and then sat and read and smoked in front of fire.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'To King's funeral at noon [Alexander King-Clark, Knocker's brother-in-law, who had committed suicide]. R.I.P. he did his bit and I think it is for the best. Lunch at Wes...Guy Mainwaring Knocker Jeffery FarnolOur Admirable Betty: A RomancePrint: Book
1900-1945'I spent all the morning in my office in the barn at Battalion H.Q. writing up my official War Diary, writing a card home, reading the French Paper and doing some strengt...Thomas Stafford Wollocombe [French newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'Several French soldiers were reading newspapers. I asked one to get me one. He gave me his and when I offered him a "sou", there was a regular chorus from all his pals o...Thomas Stafford Wollocombe [French newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I was very soon interrupted by a sergeant of the Royal Fusiliers, who brought me a message ... from their C.O. to ours. He stumbled over the pillow (the baggage end of m...Thomas Stafford Wollocombe [Hand-written communique]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Meeting held at 72 Shinfield Road Monday 23rd Feb. 1942. A. G. Joselin in the Chair
1. Minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
Margaret Dilks [unidentified acting secretary of the XII Book Club] Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72 Shinfield Road Monday 23rd Feb. 1942. A. G. Joselin in the Chair
1. Minutes of the last meeting were read & signed. [...]
3. The ...
Arnold Joselin [Unidentified member of the XII Book Club (edited by a committee of the club)] [Brains trust question on the criteria of classic ...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72 Shinfield Road Monday 23rd Feb. 1942. A. G. Joselin in the Chair
1. Minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
[...]
...
Arnold Joselin [Unidentified member of the XII Book Club (edited by a committee of the club)] [Brains trust question on natural history]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72 Shinfield Road Monday 23rd Feb. 1942. A. G. Joselin in the Chair
1. Minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
[...]
...
Arnold Joselin [Unidentified member of the XII Book Club (edited by a committee of the club)] [Brains trust question on the desirability of an i...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72 Shinfield Road Monday 23rd Feb. 1942. A. G. Joselin in the Chair
1. Minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
[...]
...
[Unidentified member[s] of the XII Book Club] [Unidentified member of the XII Book Club (edited by a committee of the club)] [An undidentified English dictionary]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene” Northcourt Avenue. 31st March 1942. S. A. Reynolds in the chair. 1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed. [...] 4. The...Muriel Stevens Eric GillAutobiographyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene” Northcourt Avenue. 31st March 1942. S. A. Reynolds in the chair. 1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed. [...] 4. The...Francis E. Pollard Harold Beresford ButlerThe Lost Peace: A personal ImpressionPrint: Book
1900-1945'Got to bed at about midnight again after finding a landscape of Messines and Wulverghem in our house in an illustrated Paper drawn for the same view or nearly so as on...Thomas Stafford Wollocombe [n/a] [n/a]Daily GraphicPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene” Northcourt Avenue. 31st March 1942. S. A. Reynolds in the chair. 1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed. [...] 4. The...Isabel Taylor Gertrude Bell[Letters]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene” Northcourt Avenue. 31st March 1942. S. A. Reynolds in the chair. 1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed. [...] 4. The...Howard Smith Henry Marriage WallisFlorence through Aged EyesUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene” Northcourt Avenue. 31st March 1942. S. A. Reynolds in the chair. 1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed. [...] 4. The...Dorothea Taylor William Henry HudsonA Shepherd’s LifePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene” Northcourt Avenue. 31st March 1942. S. A. Reynolds in the chair. 1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed. [...] 4. The...Sylvanus A. Reynolds T. B. Clark[Triolets]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Oakdene” Northcourt Avenue. 31st March 1942. S. A. Reynolds in the chair. 1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed. [...] 4. The...Margaret Dilks John BuchanSick Heart RiverPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Gower Cottage 4th. May 1942. M. Stevens in the chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read, pronounced rather more accurate than usua...
Margaret Dilks Margaret DilksMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 3...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Saw promotion to Captain in Gazette.'Thomas Stafford Wollocombe London GazettePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage 4th. May 1942.
M. Stevens in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read, pronounced rather more accurate ...
[Unnamed member of the XII Book Club] Victor and Elizabeth Alexander[telegram expressing apologies for absence from a ...Print: Telegram
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage 4th. May 1942.
M. Stevens in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read, pronounced rather more accurate ...
Arnold Joselin Sylvanus A. ReynoldsAn Autumn RambleUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage 4th. May 1942.
M. Stevens in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read, pronounced rather more accurate ...
Roger Moore Knox TaylorLangdale, Easter 1942Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage 4th. May 1942.
M. Stevens in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read, pronounced rather more accurate ...
Rosamund Wallis Margaret DilksSamuel Butler at the Book ClubManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage 4th. May 1942.
M. Stevens in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read, pronounced rather more accurate ...
Francis E. Pollard Mary PollardThree Weeks in KerryManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage 4th. May 1942.
M. Stevens in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read, pronounced rather more accurate ...
Bruce Dilks Roger Moore[an essay on the difficulty of choosing its subjec...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage 4th. May 1942.
M. Stevens in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read, pronounced rather more accurate ...
Bruce Dilks Margaret DilksMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 4...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2....
Margaret Dilks Muriel Stevens[apologies for absence from a meeting of the XII B...Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2....
Margaret Dilks Mary Stansfield[apologies for absence from a meeting of the XII B...Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2....
Margaret Dilks Margaret DilksMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 4...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2...
Margaret Dilks Margaret Dilks[an essay on programme music]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2...
Isabel Taylor Isabel Taylor[Biographical notes on Ludwig van Beethoven]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2...
Isabel Taylor Isabel Taylor[Biographical notes on Edward Elgar]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2...
Isabel Taylor Isabel Taylor[Biographical notes on Jean Sibelius]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2...
Isabel Taylor Isabel Taylor[Biographical notes on Carl Zeller]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2...
Isabel Taylor Isabel Taylor[Biographical notes on Richard Strauss]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2...
Isabel Taylor Isabel Taylor[Biographical notes on Tchaikovsky]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2...
Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks[The literary/poetical background to the ‘Storm’ s...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2...
Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks[The literary/poetical background to Elgar’s Enigm...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2...
Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks[The literary/poetical background to Sibelius’ inc...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 6th June ’42 A. B. Dilks in the chair.
1. Apologies for absence were read from Muriel Stevens and Mary Stansfield
2...
Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks[The literary/poetical background to Carl Zeller’s...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Set the night working parties on their job. Got the paper — no news.'Thomas Stafford Wollocombe unknownPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945Meeting held at Frensham. Saturday 11th July ’42 H. R. Smith in the chair
[...]
3. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed..
[...]<...
Margaret Dilks Margaret DilksMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 6...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham. Saturday 11th July ’42 H. R. Smith in the chair
[...]
3. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed..
[...]...
Howard Smith Anton ChekhovThe ProposalPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham. Saturday 11th July ’42 H. R. Smith in the chair
[...]
3. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed..
[...]...
Muriel Stevens Anton ChekhovThe ProposalPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham. Saturday 11th July ’42 H. R. Smith in the chair
[...]
3. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed..
[...]...
Arnold Joselin Anton ChekhovThe ProposalPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham. Saturday 11th July ’42 H. R. Smith in the chair
[...]
3. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed..
[...]...
Francis E. Pollard Augusta, Lady GregoryThe Workhouse WardPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham. Saturday 11th July ’42 H. R. Smith in the chair
[...]
3. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed..
[...]...
Bruce Dilks Augusta, Lady GregoryThe Workhouse WardPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham. Saturday 11th July ’42 H. R. Smith in the chair
[...]
3. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed..
[...]...
Rosamund Wallis Augusta, Lady GregoryThe Workhouse WardPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at 22, Cintra Avenue. 17th Sept. 1942 F. E. Pollard in the chair.
1. A card of greetings was read from Janet Rawlings, Beth and Victor Alexander.
Margaret Dilks Janet Rawlings (and Elizabeth and Victor Alexander)[a greetings card]Manuscript: postcard
1900-1945Meeting held at 22, Cintra Avenue. 17th Sept. 1942 F. E. Pollard in the chair.
1. A card of greetings was read from Janet Rawlings, Beth and Victor Alexander.
Margaret Dilks Margaret DilksMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1...Manuscript: notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22, Cintra Avenue. 17th Sept. 1942 F. E. Pollard in the chair.
1. A card of greetings was read from Janet Rawlings, Beth and Victor Alexander.<...
Howard Smith Howard Smith[on the life and character of Samuel Taylor Coleri...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22, Cintra Avenue. 17th Sept. 1942 F. E. Pollard in the chair.
1. A card of greetings was read from Janet Rawlings, Beth and Victor Alexander.<...
Bruce Dilks Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22, Cintra Avenue. 17th Sept. 1942 F. E. Pollard in the chair.
1. A card of greetings was read from Janet Rawlings, Beth and Victor Alexander.<...
Knox Taylor Samuel Taylor ColeridgeChristabelUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22, Cintra Avenue. 17th Sept. 1942 F. E. Pollard in the chair.
1. A card of greetings was read from Janet Rawlings, Beth and Victor Alexander.<...
Margaret Dilks Samuel Taylor ColeridgeKubla KhanUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22, Cintra Avenue. 17th Sept. 1942 F. E. Pollard in the chair.
1. A card of greetings was read from Janet Rawlings, Beth and Victor Alexander.<...
Isabel Taylor Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Devil’s ThoughtsUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22, Cintra Avenue. 17th Sept. 1942 F. E. Pollard in the chair.
1. A card of greetings was read from Janet Rawlings, Beth and Victor Alexander.<...
Sylvanus A. Reynolds Samuel Taylor ColeridgeHymn before Sun-rise, in the Vale of ChamouniUnknown
1900-1945Meeting held at 219, Kings Road. 15th October 1942. Dorothea Taylor in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
2. The secreta...
Margaret Dilks Margaret DilksMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1...
1900-1945'Meeting held at 219, Kings Road. 15th October 1942. Dorothea Taylor in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
2. The secret...
Margaret Dilks Dyson[postcard declining an invitation to address the X...Manuscript: Postcard
1900-1945'Meeting held at 219, Kings Road. 15th October 1942. Dorothea Taylor in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
2. The secret...
Roger Moore Roger Moore[The Life of Charles Lamb]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 219, Kings Road. 15th October 1942. Dorothea Taylor in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
2. The secret...
Francis E. Pollard Charles Lamb[letters]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 219, Kings Road. 15th October 1942. Dorothea Taylor in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
2. The secret...
Sylvanus A. Reynolds Charles Lamb[essay] Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 219, Kings Road. 15th October 1942. Dorothea Taylor in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
2. The secret...
Sylvanus A. Reynolds Charles Lamb[an unnamed sonnet, as revised by S. T. Coleridge]Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 219, Kings Road. 15th October 1942. Dorothea Taylor in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
2. The secret...
Elsie Harrod Charles Lamb‘Mackery End, In Hertfordshire’Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 219, Kings Road. 15th October 1942. Dorothea Taylor in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
2. The secret...
Arnold Joselin Charles Lamb‘Christ's Hospital Five-And-Thirty Years Ago’Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72, Shinfield Road, 14th November 1942 Arnold Joselin in the Chair
2. In the absence of the Secretary, the Treasurer [Bruce Dilks] took it upo...
Knox Taylor Knox Taylor[on the Age of Pericles]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72, Shinfield Road, 14th November 1942 Arnold Joselin in the Chair
2. In the absence of the Secretary, the Treasurer [Bruce Dilks] took it upo...
Francis E. Pollard Francis E. Pollard[on the thought and writing of the Age of Pericles...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72, Shinfield Road, 14th November 1942
Arnold Joselin in the Chair

2. In the absence of the Secretary, the Treasurer [Bruce Dilks] t...
Arnold Joselin PlatoThe RepublicPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72, Shinfield Road, 14th November 1942
Arnold Joselin in the Chair

2. In the absence of the Secretary, the Treasurer [Bruce Dilks] t...
Roger Moore PlatoThe RepublicPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72, Shinfield Road, 14th November 1942
Arnold Joselin in the Chair

2. In the absence of the Secretary, the Treasurer [Bruce Dilks] t...
Harry Stevens [Unidentified acting secretary of the XII Book Club] The RepublicManuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, Elm Road. 12.12.42
Harry Stevens in the Chair

[...]

2. The minutes of the last meeting were read & sign...
Margaret Dilks [Unidentified acting secretary of the XII Book Club] Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, Elm Road. 12.12.42
Harry Stevens in the Chair

[...]

2. The minutes of the last meeting were read & sign...
Bruce Dilks Bruce Dilks[statement of accounts of the XII Book Club at Dec...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, Elm Road. 12.12.42
Harry Stevens in the Chair

[...]

2. The minutes of the last meeting were read & sign...
Sylvanus A. Reynolds Margaret DilksMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 10.2.41
A. B. Dilks in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
4. The sub...
Margaret Dilks Margaret DilksMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 10.2.41 A. B. Dilks in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
4. The subject ...
Roger Moore Charles DickensA Christmas CarolPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 10.2.41 A. B. Dilks in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
4. The subject ...
Edith B. Smith Thomas HardyUnder the Greenwood TreePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 10.2.41 A. B. Dilks in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
4. The subject ...
Margaret Dilks Vita Sackville WestThe LandPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 10.2.41 A. B. Dilks in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
4. The subject ...
Howard Smith Henry Marriage Wallis[An Account of the Blizzard of 1881]Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 10.2.41 A. B. Dilks in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
4. The subject ...
Bruce Dilks Charles DickensThe Pickwick PapersPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 10.2.41
A. B. Dilks in the chair
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
4. The sub...
Francis E. Pollard Margaret DilksMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 10.3.41
F. E. Pollard in the Chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
3. Violet...
Margaret Dilks Margaret DilksMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 10.3.41 F. E. Pollard in the Chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
3. Violet Clou...
Violet Clough Violet CloughChildren’s LiteratureManuscript: Unknown



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