... speakers seemed oppressed by something, and spoke in a mournful monotone which was decidedly depressing. How differently Joseph Conrad or Stephen Reynolds would have presented the same facts. Sir Auckland is not an inspiring speaker, but his incisiveness ...

... MR. CONRAD'S NEW NOVEL. Mr. Joseph Conrad's new novel, The Rescue, which has been so long delayed owing to paper difficulties, is 'now promised by Messrs. Dent for the 25th of this month. A city bookseller told me to-day that there is a bigger demand ...

... do you? No—er—but my brother does, and this is his hat. THE NEW CONRAD. When one tries to analyse the secret of Mr. Joseph Conrad's art, more clues may perhaps be found in The Rescue (Dent, 95.) than in any of his other books. There is the same sheer ...