The complete letters of Henry James, 1878-1880

Author(s)

• James, Henry
• Walker, Pierre A.
• Zacharias, Greg W.
• Anesko, Michael

Bibliographic Information

The complete letters of Henry James, 1878-1880

Henry James ; edited by Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias ; with an introduction by Michael Anesko

（The complete letters of Henry James）

University of Nebraska Press, c2014-

• v. 1 : cloth
• v. 2 : cloth

Other Title

HJ

Note

On t.p. verso of v. 1 and v. 2: Modern Language Association, an approved edition. Committee on scholarly edition

Chronology: v. 1: p. xlix-liv; v. 2: p. xv-xviii

Errata: v. 1: p. lv; v. 2: p. xix

Bibliography: v. 1: p. 307-324; v. 2: p. 235-244

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 : cloth ISBN 9780803254244

Description

Containing letters written between October 3, 1878, and August 30, 1879, this volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James reveals Henry James establishing control of his writing career and finding confidence in himself not only as a professional author on both sides of the Atlantic but also as an important social figure in London. In this volume of 114 letters, of which 58 are published for the first time, we see James learning to negotiate, pitting one publisher against another, and working to secure simultaneous publication in the United States and England. He establishes a working relationship with Frederick Macmillan and with the Macmillan publishing house, cultivates reviewers, basks in the success-and notoriety-of his novella Daisy Miller, and visits Alfred Tennyson and George Eliot, among others. James also produces essays on political subjects and continues to publish reviews and travel essays. Perhaps most important, James negotiates terms for and begins planning The Portrait of a Lady.

Table of Contents

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Real Career, the Larger Success, by Michael AneskoSymbols and AbbreviationsChronologyErrata1878October 3To William Ernest HenleyOctober 4To Alice JamesOctober 4To Thomas Sergeant PerryOctober 6To William Ernest HenleyOctober 6To Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord HoughtonOctober 9To Elizabeth BoottOctober 11To Frederick MacmillanOctober 11, 18 or 25 To William Ernest HenleyOctober 18To Henry James Sr.October 24To Henry James Sr.October 27To Mary Walsh JamesOctober 27To Frederick MacmillanOctober 30To Elizabeth BoottNovember 9To Richard von HoffmannNovember 14To William JamesNovember 17To Charles Eliot NortonNovember 17To Mary Walsh JamesNovember 17To John Foster KirkNovember 17?To Frederick MacmillanNovember 17To Whitelaw ReidNovember 17To Elizabeth BoottNovember 24To Henry James Sr.December 8To Frederick MacmillanDecember 9To Alice JamesDecember 10To Henrietta Heathorn HuxleyDecember 21To Moncure Daniel ConwayDecember 25To Elizabeth BoottDecember 29To William D. HertzDecember 29To William Dean HowellsDecember 31January 1To Alice James1879January 4, 5To Grace NortonJanuary 8To James Payn and Louisa Edlin Payn January 13To James BryceJanuary 15To Julian HawthorneJanuary 18To Mary Walsh JamesJanuary 19To Frederick MacmillanJanuary 20To Frederick MacmillanJanuary 21To Edward Smyth PigottJanuary 22To Julian HawthorneJanuary 22To Frederick MacmillanJanuary 31To Mary Walsh JamesFebruary 5To William Ernest HenleyFebruary 11To Elizabeth BoottFebruary 16To George GroveFebruary 16, 17To Alice JamesFebruary 17To Frederick MacmillanFebruary18To Frederick MacmillanFebruary20To Katherine Fearing Strong WelmanFebruary26To Elizabeth BoottFebruary26To Frederick MacmillanMarch1To Sarah Perkins ClevelandMarch4To Fanny HertzMarch4To William JamesMarch5To Louisa LawrenceMarch11To Moncure Daniel Conway and Ellen Davis Dana ConwayMarch 17To Elizabeth BoottMarch 17To Fanny HertzMarch 17To Frederick MacmillanMarch 21To Jane Dalzell Finlay HillMarch 23, 26To Alice JamesMarch 27To Josiah HollandApril 7To William Dean HowellsApril 8To Mary Walsh JamesApril 9To William Ernest HenleyApril 14To Elizabeth BoottApril 16To Henry James Sr.May 3To Josiah HollandMay 3To Henrietta Heathorn HuxleyMay 4To Elizabeth BoottMay 4
• misdated 14 MayTo Mary Walsh JamesMay 5To Henry AdamsMay 6To Edward Smyth PigottMay 10To Frederick MacmillanMay 16To Thomas Sergeant PerryMay 16To Elizabeth SmithMay 19, 20To Alice JamesMay 23To George GroveMay 26To Elizabeth BoottMay 26To Henry James Sr.May 26To William Ernest HenleyMay 26To Eliza Bella Fisher LelandMay 28To Scribner's Monthly May 28To Henry SidgwickMay 29To Louisa LawrenceMay 31To Mary Walsh JamesJune 6 or 13 To Isabella Stewart GardnerJune 7To Scribner's MonthlyJune 8To Grace NortonJune 15To William JamesJune 17To William Dean HowellsJune 18To Frederick MacmillanJune 21To William Ernest HenleyJune 28To Elizabeth BoottJuly 5To Isabella Stewart GardnerJuly 6To Mary Walsh JamesJuly 13To Lady Louisa Erskine WolseleyJuly 14To Frederick MacmillanJuly 15To Isabella Stewart GardnerJuly 15To Frederick Macmillanc. July 18To William Dean HowellsJuly 19To Elizabeth Eberstadt LewisJuly 21To Elizabeth BoottJuly 22To Isabella Stewart GardnerJuly 22To William Dean HowellsJuly 22To Frederick MacmillanJuly 26To Alexander MacmillanJuly 28To Mary Walsh JamesJuly 28To Frederic William Henry MyersAugust 16To Wendell Phillips GarrisonAugust 19To William Dean HowellsAugust 19To Alice JamesAugust 19To William JamesAugust 23
• misdated AprilTo William Dean HowellsAugust 30To William JamesBiographical RegisterGenealogiesGeneral Editors' NoteWorks CitedIndex

Volume

v. 2 : cloth ISBN 9780803269859

Description

Containing letters written between September 2, 1879, and May 14, 1880, this second volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1878–1880 documents the full establishment of Henry James as a professional writer and critic on both sides of the Atlantic, as James publishes the novel Confidence and the literary biography Hawthorne and begins work on Washington Square and The Portrait of a Lady. James also visits Paris, Florence, Rome, and Naples; begins his friendship with Constance Fenimore Woolson; and deepens his attachment to London and to his friends and acquaintances there.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     Symbols and Abbreviations     Chronology      Errata     1879 September 2    To Delano Alexander Goddard     September 14    To Mary Walsh James     September 14    To Alexander Macmillan     September 14    To Thomas Sergeant Perry     [September 15-22]    To Isabella Stewart Gardner     September 18    To Josiah Holland     September 27    To Chatto & Windus     September 28    To Alexander Macmillan     [early October]     To Frances Rollins Morse     October 5    To Chatto & Windus     October 11    To Henry James Sr.     October 13    To Chatto & Windus     October 17    To Grace Norton     October 19    To Alexander Macmillan     October 21    To Alexander Macmillan     October 31    To William Dean Howells     October 31    To Henry James Sr.      November 2    To Thomas Sergeant Perry     November 6    To Henrietta Heathorn Huxley     November 10    To William James     November 18    To Mary Walsh James     [November 19]    To Julia C. Coster Reubell     November 20    To Elizabeth Boott     November 26    To Richard Watson Gilder     December 7    To Elizabeth Boott     December 15    To Theodore Child     December 15    To Richard von Hoffmann     December 16    To Henry James Sr.     December 16    To William James     December 19    To Sarah Butler Wister     December 20 or 27, 1879, or January 3, 10, 17, 24, or 31, 1880    To Helena de Kay Gilder     December 21    To John S. Barron     December 21    To Grace Norton     December 22    To Frances Rollins Morse     December 31    To Elizabeth Boott     1880 January 3    To William Dean Howells     January 5    To Alice James     January 5    To James Ripley Osgood     January 8    To George Abbot James     January 11    To Henry James Sr.      January 11    To Robertson James     January 13    To Louisa Lawrence     January 17    To Henry James Sr.     January 17    To Grace Norton     January 17    To Thomas Sergeant Perry     January 19    To John S. Barron     January 22    To William Jones Hoppin     January 22    To Henrietta Heathorn Huxley     January 29    To Isabella Stewart Gardner     January 31    To Richard von Hoffmann     January 31    To William Dean Howells         February 2    To Mary Walsh James     February 3    To Helena de Kay Gilder     February 4    To Theodore E. Child     February 6    To Theodore E. Child         February 7    To Anthony John Mundella and Mary Smith Mundella     February 9    To Joseph Hatton      February 11    To Henrietta Heathorn Huxley     February 15    To Henry James Sr.      February 16    To Gertrude Barbara Rich Collier Tennant     February 17    To Theodore E. Child     February 22    To Elizabeth Boott     February 22    To Thomas Sergeant Perry      February 22    To John Russell Young     February 26    To Chatto & Windus     March 3    To William Jones Hoppin     March 9    To Jane Octavia Brookfield     March 9    To Mary Walsh James     [late March-early May] To Linda White Mazini Villari     March 30    To Henry James Sr.      March 31    To Charles Eliot Norton     April 9    To Grace Norton     April 11    To Fanny Hertz     April 16    To Sarah Butler Wister     April 18    To George Grove     April 18    To William Dean Howells     April 18    To Thomas Sergeant Perry     April 22    To Scribner’s Monthly     April 25    To Alice James     May 3    To Catharine Walsh     May 9    To William James     May 14    To John Walter Cross     May 14    To Henry James Sr.     Supplement     Introduction         July 26 [1868]    To Ticknor & Fields     July 29 [1876]    To Richard Watson Gilder     May 22 [1878]    To William Jones Hoppin     July 19 [1879]    To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis     Biographical Register     Genealogies     General Editors’ Note     Works Cited     Index    

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Details

• NCID: BB17619136
• ISBN:
  • 9780803254244
  • 9780803269859
• LCCN: 2013044469
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lincoln
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS2123
  • DC23 : 813/.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Correspondence
  • LCSH : Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence
  • LCSH : Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA80209508