Tales of the Malayan Coast
From Penang to the Philippines | Wildman, Rounsevelle, 1864-1901 | en | | Baboo's good tiger -- Baboo's pirates -- How we played Robinson Crusoe -- The sarong -- The kris -- The white rajah of Borneo -- Amok! -- Lepas's revenge -- King Solomon's mines -- Busuk -- A crocodile hunt -- A New Year's Day in Malaya -- In the burst of the southwest monsoon -- A pig hunt on Mount Ophir -- In the court of Johore -- In the Golden Chersonese -- A fight with Illanum pirates. | | Malaya -- Fiction; Philippines -- Fiction | 2009-01-12 |
Notes on Life and Letters | Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 | en | | Part I-Letters: Books-1905 -- Henry James-an appreciation-1905 -- Alphonse Daudet-1898 -- Guy de Maupassant-1904 -- Anatole France-1904 -- Turgenev-1917 -- Stephen Crane-a note without dates-1919 -- Tales of the sea-1898 -- An observer in Malaya-1898 -- A happy wanderer-1910 -- The life beyond-1910 -- The ascending effort-1910 -- The censor of plays-an appreciation-1907 -- Part II-Life: Autocracy and war-1905 -- The crime of partion-1919 -- A note on the Polish problem-1916 -- Poland revisited-1915 -- First news-1918 -- "Well done"-1918 -- Tradition-1918 -- Confidence-1919 -- Flight-1917 -- Some reflections on the loss of the Titanic-1912 -- Certain aspects of the admirable inquiry-1912 -- Protection of ocean liners-1914 -- A friendly place. | | | 1997-12-01 |