Record Number: 33623

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The loading of ships was once a matter of skill, judgement and knowledge. Thick books have been written about it. "Stevens on Stowage" is a portly volume with the renown and weight of "Coke on Littleton". Stevens is an agreeable writer[...]. He gives you the official teaching on the whole subject, is precise as to rules [...]'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1878 and 1 Jan 1894

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

Master mariner and author

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

Poland

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert White Stevens

Title:

On the Stowage of Ships

Genre:

Technology, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London and Plymouth: Longmans, 1878

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33623

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Mirror of the Sea

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1906

Vol:

n/a

Page:

46

Additional Comments:

Pagination is from the Dent Collected edition of 1923, which follows the 1906 Methuen edition.

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, The Mirror of the Sea, (London, 1906), p. 46, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33623, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Conrad presumably read and referred to this standard work many times when in port and when studying for his examinations.