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Peterhead Literary Society ROMANCE OF SHIPPINC

... bearing presents and love tokens.” Among many literary allusions to the sea Mr ‘MacDonald mentioned that the great novelist, Joseph Conrad, sailed in 1880 as third mate on the Loch Etive commanded b the famous clipper skipper, W)i,llimn Stuart of Peterhead. ...

We Did Not See That Wild Man of Borneo but-

... islanders now have their independence and think adopting the English language, or its American variety! It is certain that Joseph Conrad knew towns like Jolo. Its sordid sea front and shoddy, unpaved streets are constantly met with in the pages of his books ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1950
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 927 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DOWELL'S LIMITED AUCTIONEERS AND VALUATORS

... Library Edition ; Thackeray , I-argo Papoi and other editions ; George Meredith , Rudsard KiplillC Ilariison Aintworth , Joseph Conrad , uniform wlition George Eliot , Burton ' s Arabian >* i £ hts . Library EiUtion Collectors' Books—Gulland ' s Chinese ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1393 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

HER GOLF IS PRAISED

... by Carol Reed in North Africa, has never acted before. She will play Aissa, the strange and unhappy jungle heroine of Joseph Conrad's book. Shfc is a sophisticated girl with raven hair, taken severely from the face, dark lustrous eyes, and an olive complexion ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1950
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 569 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

The Fir Trade

... 195 I call woman sincere when she volunteers statement resembling remotely in form what she really would like to say.— Joseph Conrad. Forfar B Forfar A Webster’s BOYS' FOOTBALL Schools* Uatkr-15 League GOALS P W L D A PTS 5 3 0 2 19 II 8 5 3 7 7 5 3 24 ...

Published: Thursday 21 December 1950
Newspaper: Forfar Dispatch
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1371 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

There's A Big Treat In Store

... Tales of Hoffmann.—Made by the Red Shoes team. An Outcast of the Islands.—Carol ( Third Man ) Reed's production of a Joseph Conrad story. New star Kerima, for whom Reed searched hall-way across the world. Three Little Words.—Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen ...

Published: Sunday 31 December 1950
Newspaper: Sunday Post
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 665 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

BOOKS OF THE

... to-day is a | more complex and slower process. | atib— The Undeteated THE LONG WALK HOME. By Peter Medd. | Two volumes of Joseph Conrad’s stories have Completed by Frank Simms (10s 6d. | been added to the attractively produced col- Lehmanr.) SUNBEAMS LIKE ...

Published: Thursday 08 March 1951
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4427 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

FIRST JOBS OF FAMOUS MEN

... Charles Dickens factory boy. Lord Inchcape errand boy. H. G. Wells draper's assistant. Danny Kaye insurance clerk. Joseph Conrad seaman- Bing Crosby bottle-washer. ...

Published: Sunday 01 April 1951
Newspaper: Sunday Post
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 74 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

NEW BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY

... Orleans—Tod Claymore. . She i'Vai Will Not—Cicely CoIOUs. Almayer's Folly (reprint)—Joseph Con- rid. Lord Jim (reprint)—Joseph Conrad. Adolphe and the Red Note Book—Benjamin Constant. One Green Bottle—Elizabeth Coxhead. Turquoise Shop (reprint)—Frances ...

Published: Wednesday 18 April 1951
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 479 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

TO-DAY’S RADIO

... (baritone). 3.30—-Forces Educational Broadcast. How the Writer “Does it. 5— ‘‘ Remembering,”’ L. A. G, Strens taiks aboutl Joseph Conrad’s “ Yyouth '’ as an example of personal expsrience re-created by the wriler. 3.4s—Music While You Weork. Cecil Norman and ...

Published: Thursday 26 April 1951
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 929 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

OVER Sm Gnarry TH. f MY SHOULDER 4. Some Stately Binaings rpm mini WAS in semidarkness. novel and turned his

... he dared us to accept his philosophy. Many have lifted the gauntlet in the last 50 years. The century opened also on Joseph Conrad (42), Conan Doyle (40) and J. M. Barrie (30). Conrad, the perfectionist, had the ability to tell an almost too true story ...

Published: Thursday 31 May 1951
Newspaper: Dalkeith Advertiser
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 802 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CROSSWORD SOLUTION (See Page 4.)

... CROSSWORD SOLUTION (See Page 4.) Across: I—Joseph Conrad. 6 — Riga. 7—Novello. 9—Minotaur. 12 — Tiara. 13—Aztec 16—Hecatomb. 18—Cateran. 20—Oder. 21—Philadelphia. Down: I—Jeremiah. 2—Erato. 3 —Hannay. 4—Obvert. s—Awl. 8 — Legato. 10—Natant. 11—Canberra ...

Published: Friday 10 August 1951
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 37 | Page: 6 | Tags: none