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Dom Jonathan Markison, O.S.B.(2) New College, Master of St.
Cuthbert's Hall. [Polymath.]
Sir Gerard Manface. All Souls. Lawyer. Mountaineer; much
travelled. Has many children, for whom he wrote many (unpub-
lished) books and tales. [Seldom appears. A special friend of
Frankley, but not resident in Oxford.]
Ranulph Stainer. University College. Born 1936. Profes-
sionally an expert in banking and economics; privately devoted
to the history and practice of music, and has composed several
works, major and minor, including one (moderately successful)
opera: Midas.
Alexander Cameron. Exeter. Born 1935. Modern historian,
specially interested in Spanish and South American history.
Collects coins and stamps. Plays a pianola. [No one remembers
his being invited to join the Club, or knows why he comes; but
he appears from time to time.]
John Jethro Rashbold. Magdalen. Born 1965. Undergradu-
ate. Classical scholar; apprentice poet. [Introduced by Frankley,
to whom he is much attached.]

Note. It is represented as the habit of the Club for all -
members to initial the record of any meeting at which they were
present, whether they are reported as speaking or not. Presum-
ably the initialling, which in the extant Papers is in the same
hand as the text, took place after N.G.'s report has been seen
and passed, and before the fair copy was made. Mr. Cameron's
initials never appear.

Leaves from
The
NOTION CLUB PAPERS.

[PART ONE](3)

Night 54. Thursday, November 16th, 1986.(4)

A wet night. Only Frankley and Dolbear arrived (Dolbear's
house). Dolbear reports that Philip never said a word worth
recording, but read him an unintelligible poem about a Mech-
anical Nightingale (or he thought that was the subject). Frankley
reports that Rufus was drowsy and kept on chuckling to
himself. The only clearly audible remark that he made was
going off the deep end, I think. This was in reply to an enquiry
about Michael Ramer, and whether D. had seen him lately.
After F. had read a poem (later read again) called The Canticle
of Artegall they parted. R.D. P.F.(5)

[One or two minor entries, defectively preserved, are here
omitted.]