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A LITERARY LETTER: W. Robertson Nicoll on Dickens

... that kind of work a really finished performance. I am aware that two brilliant masters of style at the present day, Mr. Joseph Conrad and Mr. George Moore, both dictate their work, but the type-written copy of both these authors which I have seen bear witness ...

Published: Saturday 12 January 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2215 | Page: 24 | Tags: Review 

The Literary Lounger: Dogs

... of a [Coniimted over lea f. POLISH-BORN-- BUT ONE OF THE GREATEST ENGLISH NOVELISTS MR. JOSEPH CONRAD AS SAVA SEES HIM. From the Caricature by Sava. Mr. Joseph Conrad was born in 1857 of Polish parents, and is a Master in the Merchant Service. His first ...

Published: Wednesday 06 February 1924
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2781 | Page: 40 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: Libraries v. Gardens

... of the Vine). By Vicente Blasco Ibanez. Trans lated from the Spanish by Dr. Isaac Goldberg. 7s. 6d. net. The Rover. By Joseph Conrad. 7s. 6d. net. The Will to Peace. By Mrs. Rhys Davis. 5s. net. Some Commotion. By H. M. Ward. 7s. 6d. net. Memories of Mark ...

Published: Saturday 08 March 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2336 | Page: 28 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: The Harleian Miscellany

... Castleton, Passenger: A Romance of the Little Things. By Richard Blaker. 7s. 6d. net. J. NL DENT SONS.-- The Works of Joseph Conrad. Under Western Eyes; The Mirror of the Sea; and A Personal Record. 10s. 6d. net each vol. Kari the Elephant. By Dhan ...

Published: Saturday 26 April 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2298 | Page: 23 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: Marie Corelli as a Letter Writer

... his father gave distinction. It will have a certain value among collectors from the fact that there is a contribution by Joseph Conrad, written in conjunction with Mr. Ford, or Mr. Hueffer. There is a letter from Mr. Conrad asking, Why on earth did we do ...

Published: Saturday 17 May 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2537 | Page: 32 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: The First Edition Craze

... price. My friend was anxious not to make the mistake which people made who bought Robert Louis Stevenson's stories or Joseph Conrad's in the years that are gone, and then threw them away, ignorant of the fact that a book which twenty years ago was valued ...

Published: Saturday 19 July 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2087 | Page: 43 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: Shakspere's Portrait

... sold for £9. All the Masefield books sell better here than in America. As a rule there is an astonishing solidarity. The Joseph Conrad books sell for about the same in both countries. Typhoon sold for £5, Youth for £6 10s., Tales of Unrest for £6 10s. But ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2792 | Page: 12 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: The Yeats Family

... Yeats Family. London, August 11, 1924. I have read a hundred biographies in the various newspapers concerning the late Joseph Conrad. I think, on the whole, I like best the summary of his work contained in a leading article in The Manchester Guardian, ...

Published: Saturday 16 August 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2639 | Page: 14 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: A Remarkable Biography

... was there a finer revelation of the heart of woman. America should be proud of Edith Wharton. lust before his death Mr. Joseph Conrad wrote a preface to The Nature of a Crime, a short novel which he had written in collaboration with Mr. Ford Madox Huefler; ...

Published: Saturday 23 August 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3210 | Page: 32 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: New Novels

... the best friends I have ever had have been of Jewish and therefore of Oriental lineage. We have read much about the late Joseph Conrad of late, and critics and readers will go on discussing his work and agreeing or disagreeing about the greatness of his ...

Published: Saturday 30 August 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2868 | Page: 14 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: A Forged Bronte Letter

... are interested in Joseph Conrad, and will tempt them to send the small sum of twopence, not forgetting the postage, to Mr. Nowell for a copy. This number of The Readers' Bulletin contains a bibliography of the work of Joseph Conrad, with a little essay ...

Published: Saturday 06 September 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2835 | Page: 14 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: Mark Twain and the Critics

... verse concerning tobacco and its virtues. A still newer volume is Laughing Anne, and One Day More (6s. net), two plays by Joseph Conrad, with an introduction by John Galsworthy. The conjunction of the names of two novelists so eminent gives the little book ...

Published: Saturday 15 November 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2436 | Page: 12 | Tags: Review