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Joseph Conrad to Karol Zagórski, 22 May 1890 (Freetown, Sierre Leone) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Joseph Conrad to Margeurite Poradowska (6 September 1890, Kinshasa) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Joseph Conrad to T. Fisher Unwin (22 July 1896) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Joseph Conrad to William Blackwood (31 December 1898) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Joseph Conrad to Ford Madox Hueffer [Ford] (3 January 1899) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Joseph Conrad to R. B. Cunninghame Graham (8 February 1899) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. William Blackwood to Joseph Conrad (10 March 1899) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Joseph Conrad to William Blackwood (31 May 1902) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Joseph Conrad to Roger Casement (17 December 1903) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Joseph Conrad to Roger Casement (21 December 1903) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Joseph Conrad to R. B. Cunninghame Graham (26 December 1903) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Joseph Conrad to Ernest Dawson (25 June 1908) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix C: Contemporary Reviews \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Hugh Clifford, “The Art of Mr. Joseph Conrad,” The Spectator (London) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. [Edward Garnett], “Mr. Conrad’s New Book,” The Academy and Literature (London) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. “Youth; and Other Stories,” The Graphic (London) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. “Joseph Conrad,” The Literary World (London) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Desmond B. O’Brien [Richard Ashe King], “Letters on Books,” Truth (London) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. From “Books Worth Reading,” The Times of India (Mumbai) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. 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