Record Number: 18759
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Mr Clifford's book reached me only yesterday--the 15th [...] The book is interesting, has insight and of course unrival[l]ed knowledge of the subject. But it is not literature.' (Then follows a justification of the responsibilities of a critic to sign reviews even if unflattering.)
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 15 Apr 1898 and 16 Apr 1898
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stanford-le-Hope
county: Essex
specific address: Ivy Walls Farm
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Master mariner and author
Religion:originally Polish Catholic, by now agnostic/atheist
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Studies in Brown Humanity
Genre:Geography / Travel, possibly anthropology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon Grant Richards 1898
Provenanceowned
review copy
Source Information:
Record ID:18759
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:2
Page:57
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to C.L.Hind (then editor of the 'Academy' 16 April 1898 Stanford-le-Hope.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902 (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 57, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18759, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Conrad's review published in 'Academy' 23 April 1898 (fn.5 p57 source text)
