Joseph Conrad

by H.L. Mencken


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[1] Joseph Conrad: A short study of his intellectual and emotional attitude toward his work and of the chief characteristics of his novels, by Wilson Follett; New York, Doubleday, Page & Co. (1915).

[2] The Advance of the English Novel. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1916, p. 215.

[3] Conrad, in the Forum, May, 1915.

[4] New York and London. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1907.

[5] The Intelligence of Woman. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1916, p. 6-7.

[6] In The New Review, Dec., 1897.

[7] Printed in the United States as Children of the Sea, but now restored to its original title.

[8] Here are some actual prices from booksellers' catalogues:

                    				                1914	1916	1920
Almayer's Folly (1895)				$12.          $24.    $40.    
An Outcast of the Islands (1896)	       11.50	20.    	 35.    
The Nigger of the Narcissus (1898)         7.50	20.    	 35.    
Tales of Unrest (1898)	 			12.50	20.    	 35.    
Lord Jim (1900)	 				7.50	       22.50	 25.    
The Inheritors (1901)	 			12.    	 20.    	 30.    
Youth (1902)	 					5.    	        7.50	        25.    
Typhoon (1903)	 				4.    	        5.50	        16.    
Romance (1903)	 				5.    	        7.50	          9.    
Nostromo (1904)	 				2.50	        4.50	        7.50
The Mirror of the Sea (1906)	  	        5.    	        11.    	 15.    
A Set of Six (1908)	  				3.    	         7.50	 10.    
Under Western Eyes (1911)	 		4.50	         4.50	  6.    
Some Reminiscences (1912)	 		4.50	         9.    	 15.    
Chance (1913)	  				2.    	         5.    	 15.    
Victory (1915)	  					2.    	         2.50	 4.25

[9] New York, Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1915, pp. 1-21.

[10] New York, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1916, pp. 192-217.

[11] Some English Story Tellers: A Book of the Younger Novelists; New York, Henry Holt & Co., 1912, pp. 1-30.

[12] A Disquisition on Conrad, Fortnightly Review, April, 1908.

[13] The Genius of Mr. Joseph Conrad, North American Review, June, 1904.

[14] Joseph Conrad: A Study; New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914.

[15] Joseph Conrad; London, Nisbet & Co. (1916).

 

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