Arthur Conan Doyle gives a talk on ‘The Art of Fiction’ at the Whitefriars Club. He will later attend more dinners at the club and extend an invitation for a club pilgrimage to Undershaw, his home in Hindhead, Surrey, which was cancelled due to the death of his wife.
Bram Stoker gives a talk on ‘The State Censorship of Novels’ at the Whitefriars Club. He will later attend further dinners as a guest.
Winston Churchill gives a talk on ‘War Correspondence’ at the Whitefriars Club. He will later become a member of the club.
Mark Twain speaks for a second time at the Whitefriars Club
Summer Pilgrimage to Canterbury
Inaugural Dinner, 21st February 1868 at Anderton’s Hotel
Dinner at the Mitre Tavern with Mark Twain (who gave a speech) and Ambrose Bierce