The Quakers' Conversazione
[Thomas Hood]
Genre: | Introduction, Spoof; Proceedings, Spoof |
Subjects: | Religion, Animal Behaviour, Natural History |
Introduces the supposed minute book of the 'Tottenham Friends' Conversazione'—a twice weekly meeting at which 'original essays or papers were to be read, and afterwards discussed' (93). The minutes record: 'Friend Greathead read forth an original paper on the Manners of the Beaver. Much meditation thereon.' | |
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