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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
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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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