Reading Observer 11-1920

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PEERESSES 4Il LE(}IS:LA1:P!!I>,
b Lady RhoDdda. 5 claim to SIt 10.
Lords II allowed by the COmnultee on FriViIi.d'...·1
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have fifteen or 5lXtee a. pearenea m lt~'";,·I;:O"
owe ngbt. !llttlng In the Uppel' Ohamber while ...
yathe;ro l' only one lady Member 81ttmg and
voting In t..he H ouse of Commons There ~e 24
peeres.~ In their ow I T ght", but. not. all are ~er
C98le1!l of the Untted K ngdoln
Several of them
Ur't!I Scot.t.lm peerages nnd two are m'l,1ort '.{oo
oldest t tic 1& that or tho Baroness de:Roe erc
~ted In 1264
The newest. 15 that of Vi licOtlllt.eSl'
Rhonq,da., created two yean ago The li~fI: eon
tam. ()nly onB duohctlS-Pnnces- Arthur o~ C~1l1
naqght-who mhented from her fa.ther the duke

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INSPIRING ADDRESS

.A large aua ence attended

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1Il last \'ieek to he(J,f
lecture by t.ho Rev CllQo,n A lthony
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NO\'eJs and Nmel Read ng
18 the Chairnfllrt of the
:\.nthora n Id author of In
:The chair was taken Vby Mr H

Tho teet\ rer remarked th~t:. most. people read
novels and everyone wrotc them In fact Jt would
be achrftntRgcOl 8 to ho.\;6 an age hmlt~ F ctlon
wa!i a lery Wldo t cnn and lncluded eyen ne.ws
pa ~r artlcJes and political speeches 'tbe novel
wa.s fl comparahvely late development of hter
aLlJre and \dr"k, came fil'St bemg enSler to reniem
bar Drama came Jloe...~t and finally the novel

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ENTERTAINING OUR FRIENDS
LIke most otber tblllgs VLUtJDg OOfts
It rued to Entertalnmg...tS expenSIve and
e.:ro mcroaaed calls upon the vuut.or fot' tfBve1hng
expemes and sCn'ant., tms The spar& room
()oll-~quently doe!. not l;() frequently eetv& 1.be
purpose It used to and the one-hme,. popular
, J t.tlo-d nner n bosteJl15 115 mclmed t:O resf'\"'t. to the
resLa.UJ1I,nts for M1 occaslonaJ. enlertamu ... oJr her
fnends
Small .,dances and COIlV brIdge pattIe&
too axe dOCldedly fower a.nd further ..between
.. mle men regard ca rds and "blskey ~ \hsep
....bl.. and owmg t.o Ibe CJ.uadrupled cMrge! of
the wme merchant the tantal... 11k. the ipM<!
room bas to be more or less put out of aerytce
IC cIrcumstances compel us to resort to the
.. lImplo life
t.ij best to ma.k6 the fact ltn6wn
and to offer our fr end9 wha.t can be afforded
~ Tea. tablo h ospitality 115 at
rate aJwa.yl
pleaaant a.nd not -expcn- 'I; c ftnd it 1ft never more

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closmg D aDd there IS comfort by the fireflldo
PREPARATIONS FOR CHRISTM~
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mw their .ppe&rpnc&

Among them ate the

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And calendars..... for
1921 IWhJCh Temmd peqpJe th.t It IS time to l~mk
about any g1f<.J they Wl!~ to .end to ,..lallv.., or
lrJends In distant pa.rts of the WOfld
! few
GbrlsimaS8ea bclnce OTganued 4eTlal servtCeft mny
carry
parcel post to A.ustral & or NeW' Zeafand
itt )eM; tha n a week but schemes of thAt krnd aft
Efforts are to be made to

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THE FIRSl NOVEL

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enJoynble than -wheI}. the autumfJ~ evenlDgs are

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The cal'hesl:. novel was Hio PIlgnm Ii Progreal
In wh ch ot any place one could always find a
pi ece of fine wrltmg Stnctly speakmg the firsi
EnglIsh novelist was Defoe but there was a. great
gap between the ~8th and 19th century FPoJll
1766 when (be
VIcar of W&keJIeld
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wntten uRbl 1813 ( Pl1de and PreJudice ) and
1814 ( Waver eo)' I) there ¥,ere no novels of any
lmporla-ncp nt all I But It was very different DOW
an d before the wu,r the average annual output of
new workS o~ fiction (e%clu!1v8 of repnnts) was
two thouund
The ht..erary output was by no
m.,.ns below! the ti.tum hne (Laughter) The
cmema. could nev~ take the place of the novel
though, used rlg~rly 1t could ~ lDereasmgly
-useful; It WflS almorrt. Imp~lble to OIUtHl the
grrea.tcst no,!ehst fOI the tedn wae too uti and
such writers as Scott and Jane Austen dOfied corn
p&Tlson There were 11Ulny tests BS to & ~ove1tst.'tI
popula.rlty one WI\.9 v. hat novel would one hke
to have on a. deseljt lsland v and another WhICh
no\ el would one lJ.ke to have written,.'
Thelecturer conslderod 11.1'1' 1J G Wells ~ first class
[luthor Judged by hi S earher works 9ut lwhen he
started dISCUSS ng Ithe future I fe an d ~tTent
pohtlCR m h s war~ tho monos Buffered In the

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home.made cakes. With t4e economy of price
always associated With InternatIOnal shoPPlDg

w•.bye a large

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same" ..y The Ololster and the Bea-rtn was a.
- C(lml"unitlcs1 fine piece of wrItldg but , when &arlMl Rellde
sttrted to att'ack tJ:te prt-ons he was not nearly
'Successful Slmll t rlv
Plcl;:\V1Ck PaMrll and
D:l.v d Copperfield r v. ere much mor@ erterb n
'"g than Dlckcnfi later dtncke on peson. Inllt,
tuLJOns and go'l; er~mcnt departmeqt! Sermonll

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PROVISIONS

.Weffl 1llost udmm~,ble( I!tOrJoCS "e.re most ildmlr"hfe
but. b06k combmmg the t\,o falled to be eIther
THE S1jlIiRE ME TEST
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If one gOtdlP fTO!"
book feel ng bett«
hn.rp 61 on~ could be sure be bad read,
novel and tlilS w~ the most dJfficult test
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THe lecturer classified

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romance such at tEose

Bw:.pan Weyma.n ra.nld otbers '8.nd
""toT 11k. thOso of Arnold Beono't
a.l ao a 'V.ery feW" humorous novel, mch

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of Jacob!! nnd Ian Hay

Offermg Ddv1ce on how
to read the Canon adVlsed hiS audlc:.nce to read
w daly book3 both new and old The nmng gen
emhon ~Ollld be poor mdeed If It had not
mtimate knowledge of the Pdgnm s PT" ...... " . 1
Driloc Thackera.y Dlcken3 and other
.A Wlse reader was WIiO a JUdl~lOU&
althou~h
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crIme a sk pped hdok <Quia alJVny! ". , _._ , ~

All. good book. Mould be r.,.,..ad, and
be found that Ih. book wpuJd not ha.. ,",(Wlge.,
but t~o reader -\vouId

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The Chaninan J.,d how glad be l"as
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"pproolatlon of Canon neAne, most / n:l're.t.,1,_.,;,,),.:.;::& leCtu", =4 called ,jpon M,.. Stur~ t<l plo
• vote of th.o)<s
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