| 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.) |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 15 Apr 1898 and 16 Apr 1898 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Stanford-le-Hope county: Essex specific address: Ivy Walls Farm |
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| Reader: | Joseph Conrad |
| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Hugh Clifford |
| Title: | Studies in Brown Humanity |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel, possibly anthropology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London Grant Richards 1898 |
| Provenance: | owned review copy |
| Record ID: | 18759 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | 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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18759, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Conrad's review published in 'Academy' 23 April 1898 (fn.5 p57 source text) |
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