Bound in rich sea-blue limp leather
Chance
“‘Chance’ is a book that could have been written by no one but a master—a book which it is well nigh a duty for every lover of good writing to read.”—Basil King, author of “The Inner Shrine,” etc.
Youth
Contains “Youth,” “Heart of Darkness,” and “End of the Tether.”
“To read it is in some sense to live again, and that, I think, is the highest praise that can be laid upon a work of the imagination.”—Henry L. Mencken.
Lord Jim
“‘Lord Jim’ is the greatest psychological study of cowardice that I have ever read.”—David Belasco.
The Nigger of the Narcissus
“The sea, in his hands, fades to a background—sometimes smooth and blue—sometimes white and furious—but always a background against which are silhouetted the haunting figures in which he interprets man’s endless struggle.”—Chicago Evening Post.