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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield : Letters to His Son

'Meeting held at Hilliers, Northcourt Avenue. 26. ii. 40Meeting held at Hilliers, Northcourt Avenue. 26. ii. 40. Rosamund Walis in the Chair
1. Minutes of last read + approved
2. Minute 7 of 19th Dec. – relating to the accounts – was continued
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5. The subject of letters was introduced by Roger Moore, and led to a desultory but amusing discussion ranging from the Pastons to modern family letters and scurrilous blackmailing letters.
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7. Margaret Dilkes read from Lord Chesterfield’s letters to his son.
8. Ethel Stevens read letters which she had cut out of the papers from time to time, notably one from a child of thirteen to John Ruskin.
9. H. R. Smith read some four or five short letters from E. V. Lucas, “The Second Post.”
10. Mary Pollard read Pliny’s account of the Eruption of Vesuvius.
11. Roger Moore read some of Keats’s letters which were much enjoyed, and a Keats evening was suggested for some future meeting.
[signed as a true record:] S A Reynolds
18/3/40'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Dilks      Print: Book

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