8.30 p.m. Dickensian Lecture by lÉf.Angus Wilson, the disting uished author and critic, in the Conference Room of The Grand Hotel. SUNDAY, 2nd JUNE Morning - Free. 2.15 p.m. Coaches will leave from outside The Grand .Hotel for Canterbury. 3.30 p.m. Evensong at Canterbury Cathedral. Seats are being reserved by the Dean for Conference delegates wishing to at tend the Service. 5 p.m. Tea at Slatters Restaurant, St.Margarets Road,Canter bury. 8.30 p.m. Lecture Recital by Mr.John Greaves, HonSecretary in the Conference Room of The Grand Hotels "Fagin". MONDAY, 3rd JUNE 10 a.m. His Worship the Mayor of Folkestone will unveil a tablet on 3, Albion Villas, where Dickens spent the summer of 1855s an<i wrote parts of Little Dorrit. (Officers of the Fellowship will be available to point out the "Pavilionstone Hotel'1 where Dickens stayed on several occasions, and the "steep, crooked street, like a crippled ladder" - now the High Street, where Dickens witnessed a runaway brewer's van.) Luncheon will be served at 12 noon in the Hotel to allow time for the afternoon coach trip. 1.30 p.m. Coaches will leave from outside The Grand Hotel for a visit to The Ellen Terry Memorial at Smallhythe. Mr. Staples will give a short talk at Smallhythe on Ellen Terry. 8 p.m. Conference Dinner in The Grand Hotel Ballroom. The Toast to the Immortal Memory of Charles Dickens will be pro posed by Mr.Philip Collins, M.A., of the University of Leicester, and author of "Dickens and Crime." FROM THE CHAIR. o Jan Jacobs, ons lid dat te Groningen uit alle macht een Dickensvuur,tracht aan te blazen, zond ons een knipsel uit „ons Noorden"„Nieuwe Provinciale Courant", waaraan wij ont lenen? „Volgens hem (de Heer Jacobs) bestaan er twee manie-

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