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The Enemy of Grub Street at the Whitefriars

George Gissing, the celebrated author of the novel New Grub Street, which satirizes the literary and journalistic world of 1880s London, attended the 20th April 1900 Dinner as a guest of Friar Edward Clodd.

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The Bittersweet Pilgrimage to Hindhead of 7th July 1906

The July 1906 Pilgrimage to Tennyson country was one of the most anticipated events of the year.

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