File contains summaries of papers given at Hull Literary Club meetings, which summaries were required to be submitted to the Club's secretary prior to delivery of the paper.

The following summaries are present: 'Ronald Blythe's 'Akenfield'' by [Barry Ward?], 21 Jan 1991; 'Little Dorrit' by Dr Sanders, 1992; 'The Art and Craft of Classical Rhetoric' by Professor Purdie, 1992; 'Utopia' by Dr Turner, 7 Jan 1992; 'Arthur Miller - A Tragedy, ancient & modern' by Geoff Annis, 31 Jan 1992; 'English Poetry in the 1920s' by K. Parsons, Dec 1991; 'The Harry Potter Phenomenon' by Michael Sanders, 2003; 'Knut Hamsun' by Miller, 1994; 'The other novels of George Orwell' by G. Annis, 1994; 'The 1840s - A Literary Watershed' by Howard Peach, 2003; 'Malcolm Bradbury - Signifier of the New Age' by Leo Murphy, 2003; 'The Tragic Generation' by Keith Parsons, 1998; 'Jerome K. Jerome' by Morton, 1986; 'Lancelot (Capability) Brown 1715-1789' by F.S. Sanderson, 1991; 'Charles Dickens - Early and American Influences' by Barry E. Cundill, 24 Oct 1994; 'Swinburne' by Alan Newton, 18 Sep 2004; 'Edwin Abbott Abbott and Flatland' by D.N. Gale, 9 Sep 2002; 'Kingston upon Hull - A Century of Change' by Geoff Bell, 2 Nov 1998; 'Vicarious Excursions - A Ramble amongst Travel Writers' by [Peter?] Rathbone, Feb 1987; 'Cross-grained Cobbett, The Rural Rider' by Raymond Hodge, 6 Oct 1985; 'Vera Brittain' by [Brooke?], 1987; 'Plot Description of 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd' by Agatha Christie…'; 'The Novel and Social History', 17 Nov 1986; History of Colonial and early 19th century literature by Garratt, 1990; 'Henry Williamson (1895-1977)' by J. Anderson, 1986; Francis Bacon by Ledgard, 1987; 'Shelley - A Man of Fiery Aspirations and Great Poetry' by Heinz Crewe, 1986; 'Hardy's Tess - The Subversion of the Plain Sense' by A. Newton, 1986; 'Which Fairway Beckons Miss Drabble?' by Capt. Thomas, 1 Dec 1986; 'Byron' by Mr Pointon, 11 Mar 1985; 'A Reading List Meander - Some Pleasures and Disappointments' by Mr J.S. Scruton, 4 Mar 1985; H.M. Tomlinson (1873-1958) by Philip Harrison, 1981; 'C.M. Doughty and his Arabian Travels' by F.S. Sanderson, 10 Dec 1984; 'Ovid' by D. Neale, 13 Oct 1986; 'Wordsworth: A Reappraisal' by Pointon, 1983; 'Hull 1923 - a portrayed by Maurice Philip in his 'Rhymes of Hull Streets' by A.G. Bell, 24 Sep 1986; 'Young Goethe and the Romantic Revolution' by F.H. Crewe; 'Dog-Watch' by D.C. Thomas, 1 Sep 1988; 'John Evelyn'; 'Thomas De Quincey' by Alan Newton, Nov 1988; 'Edmund Blunden - A Gentle Warrior' by Philip Brooke; 'The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club' by Mr Kemp; 'William Henry Hudson. Writer and Naturalist' by Mr Sanderson, 1988; 'The Raven and its Writer' by Greenwood, 1987; 'Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling' by Scott [O?], 20 Sep 1989; 'Geraghty's Hull 1939-1945' by A.G. Bell, 10 Oct 1989; 'Literature and Truth'; 'George Cissing' by Barry Ward; Untitled paper by Roy Greenway, 1981. Note: File compiled by [Barry Ward as Honorary Secretary?]