Conrad First The Joseph Conrad Periodical Archive
Serialization

Unpublished draft of "The Black Mate"

in Tit-Bits (London, UK)

NOTE
This entry is a deliberate anomaly on the Conrad First site, which otherwise includes only periodicals that serialized Conrad's writing.

In 1886, Conrad submitted a now-lost draft of "The Black Mate" to a Competition for Sailors in George Newnes's pioneering magazine Tit-Bits. Although Conrad's submission did not win the prize and was only published many years later in revised form, we have nonetheless chosen to include the issues of the magazine relating to the Competition for Sailors, believing that its special nature makes it of interest to students of Conrad's work.