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Mark Twain Returns to the Whitefriars ClubOn 16th June 1899, more than twenty-five years from his first visit, the celebrated humorist Mark Twain returned to the Whitefriars Club.
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Sir Hugh Walpole
Sir Hugh Walpole (1884–1941) was a lecturer and best-selling author, with the historical novel Rogue Herries among his best-known and most enduring works.
Hugh Walpole spoke at the Whitefriars Club on 26th November 1920 on the subject of ‘The Crisis in the Book Trade’.
