... LITERARY PORTRAITS, Joseph Conrad and Cunninghame Graham. Joseph Conrad is one of the most remarkable figures in contemporary literature- By birth Poje, who did not understand the English language until he had passed well into manhood, ho is now in the ...

... The Literary. interesting paper on Joseph Conrad” was gmm Harvey Simpson, M.A. “Tho Mirror of the Sea was referred to ae revealing (./onrad passionate love of the sea the type and symbol of romance. The theme of Conrad's novels was generally tragic, hie ...

... several famous Scottish vessels occur. Mention made, for instance, of the sailing in August, 1880, of the Loch Etive with Joseph Conrad as third mate That was his first voyage as an officer, and his experiences on the trip provided him with material for his ...

... conversation can be extracted from Scott. Dumas, Balzac. Victor Hugo, Fenimore Cooper, Stevenson, Neil Munro, Stanley Weyman, Joseph Conrad, John Buchan, and A. E. W. Mason. Probably that is why they are called (again with touch of acidity) “men's authors,” as ...

... they have done pet haps some good, they have lizzied out, at least in comparison to what was expected them. Headers of Mr Joseph Conrad’s Chance,” which was regarded as the novel of year 1914, will remember Barral, the great financier (who may have stood ...

... would be lost. Take the case of the descriptions of storms at sea. Perhaps the most magnificent is that to found in Mr Joseph Conrad’s Typhoon.” There are a couple of excellent storm descriptions Robinson Crusoe,” and plenty in the books of Captain Marryat ...