 ... wife, his daughter, and Dain, the daughter's native lover — are well drawn, and the parting between father and daughter has a pathetic naturalness about it, unspoiled by straining after effect. There are, too, some admirably graphic passages in...  Father Felix's Chronicles - Page 302by Nora Chesson - 1907 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Rutherford Crockett - Scotland - 1896 - 388 pages
...effect. There are, too, some admirably graphic passages in the book. The approach of a monsoon is most effectively described. . . . The name of Mr Joseph Conrad is new to us, but it appears to us as if he might become the Kipling of the Malay Archipelago.' — Spectator. AN OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS By... | |
 | Henry de Rosenbach Walker - Australia - 1897 - 360 pages
...effect. There are, too, some admirably graphic passages in the book. The approach of a monsoon is most effectively described. . . . The name of Mr. Joseph...might become the Kipling of the Malay Archipelago."— Spectator. 11, Paternoster Buildings, London, EG THE EBBING OF THE TIDE LOUIS BECKE Author of " By... | |
 | Louis Becke - Oceania - 1897 - 396 pages
...effect. There are, too, some admirably graphic passages in the book. The approach of a monsoon Is most effectively described. . . . The name of Mr. Joseph Conrad is new to us, but it appears to us as if he might become the Kipling of the Malay Archipelago."— Spectator 11, Paternoster Buildings, London,... | |
 | Henry de Rosenbach Walker - History - 1897 - 366 pages
...are, too, some admirably graphic passages in the book. The approach of a monsoon is most effect'vely described. . . . The name of Mr. Joseph Conrad is new to us, but it appears to us as if he might become the Kipling of the Malay Archipelago."— Spectator. 11, Paternoster Buildings, London,... | |
 | Henry de Rosenbach Walker - Australia - 1897 - 360 pages
...effect There are, too, some admirably graphic passages in the book. The approach of a monsoon is most effectively described. . . . The name of Mr. Joseph Conrad is new to us, but it appeara to us as if he might become the Kipling of the Malay Archipelago."— Spectator. II, Paternoster... | |
 | Stuart Dodgson Collingwood - Art, Victorian - 1898 - 494 pages
...effect. There are, too, some admirably graphic passages in the book. The approach of a monsoon is most effectively described. . . . The name of Mr. Joseph Conrad is new to us, but it appears to us as if he m1ght become the Kipling of the Malay Archipelago." — Spectator 11, Paternoster Buildings, London,... | |
 | William Somerset Maugham - English fiction - 1898 - 332 pages
...effect There are, too, some admirably graphic passages in the book. The approach of a monsoon is most effectively described. . . The name of Mr. Joseph Conrad is new to us, but it appears to us as if he might become the Kipling of the Malay Archipelago."—Spectator. T. FISHER UNWIN, Publisher, PADDY'S... | |
 | Timothy Holmes - Surgeons - 1898 - 282 pages
...effect. There are, too, some admirably graphic passages in the book. The approach of a monsoon is most effectively described. . . . The name of Mr. Joseph Conrad is new to us, but it appears to us as if he might become the Kipling of the Malay Archipelago."— Spectator. T. FISHER UN WIN, Publisher, THE... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - Painters - 1898 - 326 pages
...book — Almayer, his wife, his daughter, and Dain, the daughter's native lover— are well drawn, and described. . . . The name of Mr. Joseph Conrad is new to us, but it appears to us as if he might become tlie Kipling of the Malay Archipelago."— Spectator 11, Paternoster Buildings, London,... | |
 | Louis Becke - Fiction - 1898 - 360 pages
...effect There are, too, some admirably graphic passages In the book. The approach of a monsoon is most effectively described. . . . The name of Mr. Joseph Conrad is new to us, but it appears to uaaa if he might become the Kipling of the Malay Archipelago."— Spectator. 11, Paternoster Buildings,... | |
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