Ins Works or Josep Conran, Uniform Edition. The Nigger of the Narcissus," etc., and "Lord Jim."
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This. fine library edition of (Mr. Joseph Conrad grows apace, Two more volumes—making four in all—have now been issued; and in the last two are found, more: completely, perhaps, than in any other of his works, the essential Conrad. It was by "Lord Jim" that Mr. Conrad's fame as a story-teller was made, and it is by "The Nigger of the Narcissus'? that he established incontestably his claim.to rank as a great artist' In the preface—and the aces to the volumes of this edition will be precious to the reader—Mr. Conrad discusses the aim and purpose and difficulty of the artist in words. "He speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives to our sense of pity and beauty and pain; to the latent feeling of fellowship with all creation." That is an epitome of the effect of such masterpieces as "The Nigger of the Narcissus," and "Lord Jim," which attempts an
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