The complete letters of Henry James, 1880-1883

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The complete letters of Henry James, 1880-1883

Henry James ; edited by Michael Anesko and Greg W. Zacharias ; associate editor, Katie Sommer ; with an introduction by Susan M. Griffin

（The complete letters of Henry James）

University of Nebraska Press, c2016

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  • v. 2

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Vol. 1. 1880-1881 -- v. 2. 1881-1883

Responsibility slightly changes: v. 2: Henry James ; edited by Michael Anesko and Greg W. Zacharias ; associate editor, Katie Sommer

"Modern Language Association, an approved edition. Committee on scholarly edition"--T.p. verso

Physical description: v. 1: xliii, 344 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm ; v. 2. xxvii, 343 p. ; 27 cm

Chronology: v. 1: p. xxxvii-xlii ; v. 2: p. xxi-xxv

Errata: v. 1: p. xliii ; v. 2: p. xxvii

Bibliography: v. 1: p. 311-320 ; v. 2: 317-325

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780803285477

Description

Recipient of the "Approved Edition" seal from the Modern Language Association's Committee on Scholarly Editions This volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James: 1880-1883 includes 122 letters, 67 of which are published for the first time, written between June 6, 1880, and October 20, 1881. The letters record Henry James's confirmation of his identity as a London resident, follow his struggles with the complexities of his professional life, and illustrate his closer attention to family and friends. His friends, such as Henry and Clover Adams, and family members, such as his brother, William, view him as their resident Londoner. When his sister, Alice, and her companion, Katharine Loring, travel to Britain, James both supervises Alice's state of health and also reports on its status to their parents. The letters show Henry James's professional life as he shifts away from writing pot-boiling reviews and short fiction toward the greater novels that continue to be associated with him, especially The Portrait of a Lady. We also see James negotiating with publishers and arranging whenever possible simultaneous publication in Britain and the United States in order to maximize his writing income. This volume concludes with James's much-anticipated return to his native America, buoyed by his completion of The Portrait of a Lady. The journey marked a significant milestone in the author's life.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: A Finer Art, by Susan M. Griffin Symbols and Abbreviations Chronology Errata 1880 June 6 To William Dean Howells June 6 To Mary Walsh James June 6 To Louise Chandler Moulton June 20 To Henry James Sr. July 3 To Henrietta Heathorn Huxley July 4 To Mary Walsh James July 10 To Maria Theresa Villiers Earle July 20 To William Dean Howells July 20 To Mary Walsh James July 26 To Grace Norton July 26 To Thomas Sergeant Perry July 30 To Thomas Sergeant Perry August 8 To Alice James August 8 To Francis Parkman August 18 To William Dean Howells August 19 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James August 19 To Grace Norton August 31 To William James August 31 To Thomas Sergeant Perry September 9 To Marian "Clover" Hooper Adams September 11 To William Dean Howells September 11 To Mary Walsh James September 20 To William Dean Howells September 20 To Frederick Macmillan September 20 To Grace Norton September 25 To Elizabeth Boott October 6 To Eliza Lynn Linton October 8 To Frederick Macmillan October 9 To Alice James October 11 To William Jones Hoppin October 13 To Alice James October 31 To Mary Walsh James November 7 To Grace Norton November 11 To William Dean Howells November 13 To William James November 13 To Charles Eliot Norton November 14 To Sarah Butler Wister November 18 To Henry James Sr. November 27 To William James November 28 To Mary Walsh James December 5 To William Dean Howells December 7 To Alice James December 1318 To Archibald Philip Primrose, Lord Rosebery December 15 To Blanche Althea Elizabeth Holt Cookson December 16 To Walter Herries Pollock December 16 To Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley December 18 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley December 21 To Robert Thomson December 27 To Henry James Sr. December 28 To Frederick Macmillan December 28 To Grace Norton 1881 January 4 To James Russell Lowell January 6 To Eveleen Tennant Myers January 9, 11 misdated 10 To Mary Walsh James January 12 To John Walter Cross January 24 To Thomas Sergeant Perry January 30 To Alice James January 30 To Henry James Sr. February 7 To Mary Walsh James February 7 To Francis Turner Palgrave February 9 To William Jones Hoppin February 9 To Henrietta Reubell February 12 To Mary Smith Mundella February 12 or 19 To Theodore Child February 16 To Thomas Sergeant Perry February 24 To Henry James Sr. February 24 To Frances "Fanny" Anne Kemble February 27 To Frederick Macmillan March 8 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich March 9 To Thomas Sergeant Perry March 16 To Sir John Forbes Clark March 16 To Mary Walsh James March 21 To William James March 22 To William James and Alice Howe Gibbens James March 24 To Frances "Fanny" Anne Kemble April 15 To James Ripley Osgood April 25 To Daniel Sargent Curtis April 27 To Katherine Louisa Cullen Boughton May or June To Katharine de Kay Bronson May or June To Katharine de Kay Bronson May or June To Katharine de Kay Bronson May or June To Phoebe Garnaut Smalley May 9 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich May 11 To Henry James Sr. May 31 To Henry Burr Barnes June 5 To Henry James Sr. June 6 To Henry James Sr. June 12 To Grace Norton June 24 To Katharine de Kay Bronson July 13 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company July 14 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich July 18 To Mary Walsh James July 18 To Francis Parkman July 19 To Katharine de Kay Bronson July 20 To Grace Norton July 31 To Henry James Sr. August 3 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company August 6 To Alice Howe Gibbens James August 8 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich August 8 To James Bryce August 9 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company August 16 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company August 18 To Grace Norton August 18 To Henrietta Reubell August 25 To Mary Walsh James August 28 To Frances Power Cobbe August 31 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich August 31 To Frederick Macmillan September 9 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James September 10 To Helen Leah Reed September 16 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company September 17 To Katharine Peabody Loring September 26 To James Russell Lowell September 28 To Alice James September 28 To Henrietta Reubell October 1 To Alice James October 4 To Katharine de Kay Bronson October 4 To William Dean Howells October 9 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich October 14 To Frederick Macmillan October 18 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company October 20 To Frederick Macmillan Biographical Register General Editors' Note Works Cited Index
Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9781496201188

Description

Recipient of the Approved Edition seal from the Modern Language Association's committee on scholarly editions This volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1880-1883 includes 178 letters, 98 of which are published for the first time, written from November 1, 1881, to January 1, 1883. The letters record Henry James's establishment as one of the preeminent professional writers in Britain and the United States and follow James's return journeys to the United States following the deaths of his parents. This volume concludes with James's assumption of his role as the executor of his father's will and thus the de facto head of the family.

Table of Contents

The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1880-1883, volume 2, contains 177 letters, of which 97 are published for the first time. Each letter is followed by previous publication information or a note that there is no previous publication. Acknowledgments 000 Symbols and Abbreviations 000 Chronology 000 Errata 000 1881 [November 1, 1881-April 25, 1882, or December 26, 1882-August 7, 1883] To Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick Child 000 November 1 To William Dean Howells 000 November 3 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company 000 November 5 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000 November 5 To Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. 000 November 5 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company 000 November 6 To Marian "Clover" Hooper Adams 000 [November 6, 1881, November 20, 1881, or February 5, 1882] To Grace Norton 000 [November 9] To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 [November 10, 1881, November 24, 1881, or February 9, 1882] To Grace Norton 000 [November 14] To Grace Norton 000 [November 14] To George Abbot James 000 [November 15, 1881-January 7, 1882] To Mary Sherwin Gibbens 000 [November 16] To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000 November 17 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 November 17 To Frederick Macmillan 000 November 18 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000 November 19 To George Abbot James 000 [November 20] To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000 November 21 To Abby Alger 000 November 23 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000 November 23 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company 000 [November 24] To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 November 25 To Elinor Mead Howells 000 [November 27] To Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick Child 000 [November 28] To Elinor Mead Howells 000 [November 28] To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000 [November 30] To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000 [November 30] To George Abbot James 000 December 3 To Charles Strong 000 December 5 To Robert Grant 000 December 6 To William Dean Howells 000 December 7 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 December 8 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company 000 December 10 To Julia Ward Howe 000 December 13 To Grace Norton 000 [December 18] To Helena de Kay Gilder 000 [December 18] To Whitelaw Reid 000 December 20 To Henry Adams 000 December 26 To Whitelaw Reid 000 December 27 To Henry Adams 000 December 27 To Frederick Macmillan 000 December 29 To Whitelaw Reid 000 December 30 To Frederick Macmillan 000 1882 January 1 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000 January 7 To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000 January 7 To William Ralston 000 January 8 To Sir John Forbes Clark 000 January 9 To William Dean Howells 000 January 9 To Henrietta Reubell 000 January 10 To Grace Norton 000 January 15 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000 January 15 To Jane Dalzell Finlay Hill 000 January 22 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000 January 22 To Mary Walsh James 000 January 23 To Sir John Forbes Clark 000 January 23 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 January 23 To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000 January 27 To Robertson James 000 January 27 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company 000 [January 29] To Mary Walsh James 000 [February 2] To George Abbot James 000 [February 3] To Francis James Child 000 February 3 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000 [February 3] To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 [February 3] To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000 February 7 To Charles Eliot Norton 000 February 7 To Julia Ward Howe 000 [February 8] To George Abbot James 000 February 10 To Caroline Dall 000 February 10 To George Abbot James 000 February 12 To Unidentified 000 February 13 To Mary James Wilkinson Mathews 000 February 14 To Elizabeth Boott 000 [February 14-April 25, 1882] To Daniel Chester French 000 February 17 To Helena de Kay Gilder 000 February 20 To George Abbot James 000 February 27 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000 February 27 To Archibald Philip Primrose, Lord Rosebery 000 [March 3, 10, or 17] To Grace Norton 000 March 4 To William B. Closson 000 March 4 To William Jones Hoppin 000 March 4 To Henrietta Reubell 000 March 7 To Abbott Handerson Thayer 000 March 11 To Unidentified 000 [March 18]To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000 [March 23]To Grace Norton 000 March 29 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 March 29 To Arthur George Sedgwick 000 April 5 To John Milton Hay 000 April 5 To Frances "Fanny" Anne Kemble 000 April 7 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 April 11 To Grace Norton 000 April 11 To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000 April 12 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 April 14 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 [April 16]To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 [April 16 or 17] To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 [April 17]To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 April 18 To Julia Ward Howe 000 April 20 To Francis J. Garrison 000 April 20 To Edmund Clarence Stedman 000 April 24 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 April 25 To Owen Wister 000 April 28 To Edward Waldo Emerson 000 [April 29] To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000 [May 3] To Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick Child 000 May 25 To Grace Norton 000 May 25 To Mary Lucinda Holton James 000 May 26 To William Ralston 000 June 1 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000 June 5 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 June 5 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000 June 14 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000 June 16 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000 June 20 To Eliza Lynn Linton 000 June 27 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000 July 3 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000 July 6 To Frank 000 July 12 To Frederick Macmillan 000 July 23 To Eliza Lynn Linton 000 July 27 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000 July 28 To William Dean Howells 000 July 31 To Henry James Sr. 000 [August 1]To William Dean Howells 000 August 2 To Elizabeth Boott 000 August 2 To Edmund Gosse 000 August 2 To Grace Norton 000 [August 4]To William Dean Howells 000 August 8 To William Dean Howells 000 [August 10]To William Dean Howells 000 August 12 To William Dean Howells 000 August 12 To William Jones Hoppin 000 August 19 To William Dean Howells 000 August 29 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000 August 29 To James Ripley Osgood 000 September 3 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 September 3 To Henrietta Reubell 000 September 10 To Moncure Daniel Conway 000 September 11 To Henrietta Reubell 000 September 11 To Moncure Daniel Conway 000 September 14 To William Dean Howells 000 October 4 To James Ripley Osgood 000 October 7 To Elizabeth Boott 000 October 15 To William James 000 October 15 To William Dean Howells 000 October 16 To Alice Howe Gibbens James 000 October 17 To Grace Norton 000 October 28 To Henrietta Reubell 000 November 8 To James Ripley Osgood 000 November 12 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000 November 13 To Sir John Forbes Clark 000 November 22 To Charles Hallam Elton Brookfield 000 November 22 To William Henry Huntington 000 November 26 To John Milton Hay 000 November 27 To William Dean Howells 000 [November 30] To Theodore E. Child 000 November 30 To William Dean Howells 000 December 1 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000 December 5 To John Milton Hay 000 December 5 To Theodore E. Child 000 December 5 To Henrietta Reubell 000 December 6 To Robertson James 000 December 8 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000 December 10 To Edmund Gosse 000 [December 11] To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000 [December 21, 1882-January 4, 1883] To Charles Eliot Norton 000 [December 24, 1882-August 12, 1883] To George Abbot James 000 December 26, 27 To William James 000 December 26 To Frederick Macmillan 000 December 28, 29 To William James 000 December 29 To Gertrude Bloede 000 December 30 To Robertson James 000 December 30 To Grace Norton 000 December 30 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley 000 1883 January 1 To William James 000 January 1 To James Ripley Osgood 000 Biographical Register 000 General Editors' Note 000 Works Cited 000 Index 000

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