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MOTLEY NOTES: A Busy Censor

... suitable chap, and then fixed on Mr. Rudyard Kipling. If the Mercantile Marine was the theme to be boosted, he tackled Mr. Joseph Conrad. When the chronicles of the Royal Naval Air Service seemed in danger of being neglected, off he posted to Mr. H. G. Wells ...

Published: Wednesday 11 February 1920
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1087 | Page: 8 | Tags: Photographs 

OVER THERE

... supers withdraw themselves to some maritime retreat where they employ themselves navally in read ing the works of Mr. Joseph Conrad whilst the miserable travellers are left to that mournful and searching in trospection which is the lot of most of those ...

Published: Wednesday 18 August 1920
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 893 | Page: 24 | Tags: Photographs 

Without Prejudice

... Sitting up a little and taking nourishment in the galley (or cuddy) here, is this dramatic criticism or a novel by Mr. Joseph Conrad Have patience, brave reader he asks, Where am I And the manly voice of Mr. Dennis Eadie replies, In the Royalty Theatre ...

Published: Wednesday 27 October 1920
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 986 | Page: 28 | Tags: Photographs 

WHY O, WHY?

... Hampstead, robed in a buskless bodice, and crowned, orbed, and sceptred with the collected works of D. H. Lawrence and Joseph Conrad, she dictates our tastes and our prefer ences in letters and drama. Running rather to repertory, she tends to command our ...

Published: Wednesday 19 January 1921
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 982 | Page: 29 | Tags: Photographs 

MOTOR DICTA: MINERS AND MOTORS: OFFICIAL AUTO SCORCHERS

... A A FAMOUS NOVELIST'S SON AS WIRELESS OPERATOR MR. A. B. CONRAD. Our photograph shows Mr. A. B. Conrad, the son of Mr. Joseph Conrad, the famous novelist, acting as a wireless operator. He is seen with an instrument manufactured by the Surrey Scientific ...

Published: Wednesday 13 April 1921
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1202 | Page: 36 | Tags: Photographs 

The Lights of Paris: Easter Trippers

... turn, is taking more notice of English writers than she has ever done before as witness the publication in Le Temps of a Joseph Conrad story. Einstein Films. While I am prepared to respect Einstein as a greai mathematician, while I am ready to accept on ...

Published: Wednesday 19 April 1922
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1376 | Page: 18 | Tags: Photographs 

The Literary Lounger: Success?

... the Literary jerKs. stQry The teUing of it> as I have said, is mannered. I fancy that Mr. Owen is a keen admirer of Mr. Joseph Conrad well, who could help it and has also taken stimulating doses of Mr. Wells, with a homoeopathic nip or two of Henry James ...

Published: Wednesday 03 May 1922
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2793 | Page: 26 | Tags: Photographs 

Criticisms in Cameo: MID-CHANNEL, AT THE ROYALTY; THE JEWISH ART THEATRE OF VILNA, AT THE KINGSWAY; THE BALANCE ..

... threatened to become dull. THE FAMOUS NOVELIST WHOSE 44 SECRET AGENT WAS PRODUCED LAST WEEK AT THE AMBASSADORS' MR. JOSEPH CONRAD. Mr. Joseph Conrad is one of the most distinguished of the novelists of to-day, and much interest has been aroused by the dramatic ...

Published: Wednesday 08 November 1922
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1630 | Page: 20 | Tags: Review 

Criticisms in Cameo: ANNA CHRISTIE, AT THE STRAND; ITALIAN MARIONETTES, AT THE SCALA; AREN'T WE ALL? AT THE GLOBE

... gripping by moments in the creating of atmospheres reminiscent of Jack London's John Barleycorn, and in expression of Joseph Conrad; but, by the method of the actors, the words became torrential and weary ing, and much of their beauty and their power ...

Published: Wednesday 25 April 1923
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1518 | Page: 35 | Tags: Review 

The Literary Lounger: The Music of Words

... cornered the world's enthusiasm as surely as they have cornered Europe's gold. I wonder whether Mildred Cram has read much Joseph Conrad If not, the similarity of their style is amazing, and that is a high compliment to pay Mildred, whether she has read her ...

Published: Wednesday 13 June 1923
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2822 | Page: 41 | Tags: Review 

The Aeolian Company's Vocation records for October are a particularly interesting collection, and comprise ..

... its background, and tales by Rita Weiman and Emma-Lindsay Squier. Forecasts of the autumn's fashions will be found Mrs. Joseph Conrad contributes excellent suggestions on cooking besides which there are many useful articles on matters of interest to women ...

Published: Wednesday 03 October 1923
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 406 | Page: 92 | Tags: none

The Literary Lounger: The Great Conrad

... ^The Literary Lounger. By Keble Howard The Great Conrad. This is a tremendous fellow, this Joseph Conrad. With out any preliminary trum peting, or boosting, or blaring, or swank in general, out he quietly comes with a new story of 317 pages which -knocks ...

Published: Wednesday 19 December 1923
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2811 | Page: 38 | Tags: Review