The sun., 1916-01-23


tan, corners; there we're there living pages.
pages scored and wounded, dead PAGES
that would be burned at the end Oh the
aay-the inter OF crue' oa,''ehe.u,
'ons. iohs' Anu oespe,e lrsy
.ot nm ,ho sam. nunh.r 81 times. Yes,
/ sunnose I slep,. and ate the food pu,
! before me, and talked connectediy to my
household on suitable occasions. But
had never been aware OF the even now OF
daily Hie' made easy ana noiseIess TOT no
ny sient' watchtul' tlte'ess "eouo"
I,.,, :. s,e'aou 10 ..s ''o ..,a hv ~,
,,,,a. ass.aaa,s ,sa,, ,or davs and
nIeb,. n, end I, seemed SO because OF
| the intense WEAKNESS Of which that in
| terruption had made me aware--the awful
disenchan,mcnt of a mind realizing sud
denly the futillty OF an enormous TASK
| Joined TO bodily tausue such az no ol
u'nary amour, OF ia,rs ne",' pug
49, .ou'u e.e, a ,n, hsn, nj.
moo, dou,Io urdcr .h,n,s deck tearns,
| from .Ix in the morn,ns tili elk In the
evening with an hour and a half OF for
mcals,. so ! ought to know.
| II have dared to ouote thus at
length Il ia because herein one catches
at one of the secrets of Conrad's magic
nouor tho so,u hebind tho soul the
| .nir,, within tho spirit. the strength
NJ tho Imagination which can cast
aside this whole yoodly earth with It's
comforts and i,s solaces. and then
grain of sand by grain OF sand. brick
hv brick headland by headland. build
nm a new ear,h and set the sea TO
s,,rpipp around ~ and blow the breath
Of iife into the paper shapes OF men
and women. And wit. what a n,mbus
of rlor, fed words the creation is ac-
complished. And We, Conrad said that
when he decided to write he hesitated
somewhat which of three languages
IN use and then decided that the sub
| atanco of his thought the WAYS of the
sea with mon and the responses Of
mans soul To life were subjects to hold
m English public aud 80 ont OF three
languages he chose English
That underneath all the restraint
and the reserve OF Conrad there dwells
tho true romantic heart one can de-
rive from the fact that living In po-
land with never a glimpse OF the sea
or the ships that 90 and come BY the
sea his boyish imagination reached
out IN the subject OF his llfe's work,
and while still at school he announced
his vacation. His uncle and guardian
advised reflection and sen, him of on
n summers vacation with a young
tutor who used every form of dissuad-
ing eloa,enc. with the boy and took
him to Venice for his first glimpse Of
the life mariner he had chosen
Eleven wears later Conrad stood on
Tower Hill. on the steps OF st. kath-
crimes dockhouse. a master in the
British merchant service.
The next event of Conrad's life. per-
hans some ten wears later. was the
meeting with Alm;.yer and then the
beginning of the first novel "Almayer's
Folly" book begun in an idle holiday,
I'm n I,ondon lodging. n hook that grew
not cban,ar hv chan,sr hut limo h,.
H.. 4, ,.i,,,o, po,,.a ,,,i,, TO-, oro,,,r
-, .
anu W." "'p '' sans w
Nustraiia. Jonn Sais"or'nE was
ABOARD tnat vessel ana Cambridge
student, who died in Australia. and the
| result of that combination and that
trim was that We have in the world to-
d.y I,san,, Conrad tho ,rea,es, Evipy
,..j,or -. l,.orin,I,.. r,r,I,h o.,a n,a
-,
VI '"e Sie"'es' Pss e"o'oe'N"' ho' e''''S
vi any ti'he'
Joseph Conrad was over thirty when
he turned from the sea and took up
literature as profession. He has
been publishing since 1885, some