Officers: W.J. McCombe, President; W.J. Strachan, Past President; J.E. Forty, Hubert Johnson, Alfred Jordan, Rev A.J. Parkes, Vice-Presidents; S. Nicholson, Secretary; F. Noble Wood, Treasurer. Council: Hubert Boden; J.L. Calvard; E. Haworth Earle; Rev T.M. Falconer; J.H. Noble; P. Pigott; G.T. White; J.H. Wilson.

Syllabus:

'The Poetry of the War' by W.J. McCombe, 23 Oct 1916; 'Cervantes: A Tercentenary Appreciation' by Rev E.C. Cree, 30 Oct 1916; 'Some Literary Phases and Reactions due to the War' by Rev H.W. Perris, 6 Nov 1916; 'Hebrew and Jewish Literature' by Rev S. Gross, 13 Nov 1916; Short Essays in Verse and Prose, 20 Nov 1916; 'Some Legends and Songs from India, Percy Pigott; 'Rough Nature: Notes and Sonnets' by Ed. Lamplough, 4 Dec 1916; 'The Universality of Shakespeare (A Tercentenary Tribute)' by Rev T.M. Falconer, 11 Dec 1916; 'Sensuous Adventures (Two Italian Writers)' by E. Haworth Earle, 18 Dec 1916; Ladies Evening Dramatic Recital by Mrs Jas. Downs, 15 Jan 1917; 'A Chapter of Pre-Victorian Prose' by Jas. MacNidder, 22 Jan 1917; 'The Two Locksley Halls' by Rev A.J. Parkes, 29 Jan 1917; 'Modern Political Thought in Germany' by G.E.S. Coxhead, 5 Feb 1917; 'The Work of James Russell Lowell, a Plea and a Criticism' by T.H. Leahair, 12 Feb 1917; Short Essays in Verse and Prose, 19 Feb 1917; 'Francis Jammes: A Poet of Modern France' by Hubert Boden, 26 Feb 1917; 'The Spirit of Byron' by F. Noble Wood, 5 Mar 1917; 'Tolstoi and Russian Literature' by C.H. Burden, 12 Mar 1917; 'The Art of Henry James' by S. Nicholson, 19 Mar 1917; 'History' by J.E. Forty, 26 Mar 1917; Review of Session and Annual Meeting, 2 Apr 1917.

Meetings held 8pm at the Royal Station Hotel.