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THE SECRET AGENT A SIMPLE TALE

                                BY
                          JOSEPH CONRAD

                          SECOND EDITION

                          METHUEN & CO.,
                       36 ESSEX STREET W C.
                              LONDON

             _First Published_ . . . _September_ 1907

              _Second Edition_ . . . _October_ 1907

                                TO
                           H. G. WELLS

               THE CHRONICLER OF MR LEWISHAM’S LOVE
                 THE BIOGRAPHER OF KIPPS AND THE
                  HISTORIAN OF THE AGES TO COME

               THIS SIMPLE TALE OF THE XIX CENTURY
                    IS AFFECTIONATELY OFFERED