... admirable subject for Mr. de la Bedoyere's biography. Mr. Richard Curie has written an original kind of literary study in JOSEPH CONRAD and His Charac ters (Heinemann. 21s.). For one thing, Mr. Curie analyses not the writer so much as his stories, and the ...

... block. At one time it was claimed to be the oldest inn in England, and it was a favourite haunt of Charles Dickens and Joseph Conrad. The Committee for the Preservation of Rural Kent is trying hard to prevent its destruction, but their efforts may be in ...