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Jessie Conrad
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Jessie Conrad : Times Literary Supplement
'What really [underlined] has [end underlining] harmed me here [as opposed to Violet Hunt's memoirs]- oddly enough -is Jessie's letter to the [underlined] Times [end underlining]'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Serial / periodical
Jessie Conrad : Joseph Conrad as I Knew Him
'Mrs van Doren told me yesterday that Macfee - one of her reviewers- had received a letter full of the most incredible Billingsgate from Jessie because he had mentioned my book about C. more favourably than hers. I've read hers. It's really quite good and not [underlined] very [end underlining] offensive to me.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ford Madox Ford Print: Book
Jessie Conrad : A handbook of Cookery for a Small House
'Jessie's cooking book is written and quite ready and corrected with several Remarks, 130 recipes and Prefaces by yours truly- all wanting to be retyped nice and clean.[...] My preface is a mock serious thing[...] but the little book is not bad. Its about 15,000 words or a little less.'