The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I)

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INTRODUCTION

NOTE

I F IRST E UROPEAN Y EARS (1869-74)

II P ARIS AND L ONDON (1875-1881)

III T HE M IDDLE Y EARS (1882-1888)

IV L ATER L ONDON Y EARS (1889-1897)

V R YE (1898-1903)

THE GOLDEN DREAM. A L ITTLE T ALE .

Henry James From a Drawing by John S. Sargent R. A. 1886.

THE LETTERS
OF
HENRY JAMES

SELECTED AND EDITED BY

PERCY LUBBOCK



VOLUME I



NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1920




COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION xiii
 
NOTE xxxii
 
I. FIRST EUROPEAN YEARS: 1869-1874
 
PREFACE 1
 
LETTERS:
To Miss Alice James 15
To his Mother 19
To his Mother 21
To William James 24
To William James 26
To his Father 28
To Charles Eliot Norton 30
To his Parents 32
To W. D. Howells 33
To Miss Grace Norton 35
To his Mother 38
 
II. PARIS AND LONDON: 1875-1881
 
PREFACE 41
 
LETTERS:
To his Father 45
To W. D. Howells 47
To William James 50
To William James 52
To Miss Grace Norton 54
To Miss Grace Norton 56
To William James 59
To Miss Alice James 62
To William James 65
To his Mother 67
To Miss Grace Norton 69
To W. D. Howells 71
To Charles Eliot Norton 74
To his Mother 76
To Mrs. Fanny Kemble 78
 
III. THE MIDDLE YEARS: 1882-1888
 
PREFACE 82
 
LETTERS:
 
To Miss Henrietta Reubell 90
To Charles Eliot Norton 91
To Mrs. John L. Gardner 92
To Miss Grace Norton 93
To William James 97
To George du Maurier 98
To Miss Grace Norton 100
To William James 102
To W. D. Howells 103
To John Addington Symonds 106
To Alphonse Daudet 108
To Robert Louis Stevenson 110
To William James 111
To Miss Grace Norton 113
To William James 115
To James Russell Lowell 118
To William James 119
To Charles Eliot Norton 122
To Miss Grace Norton 126
To Edmund Gosse 129
To Robert Louis Stevenson 130
To Robert Louis Stevenson 132
To W. D. Howells 134
To Robert Louis Stevenson 136
To William James 139
 
IV. LATER LONDON YEARS: 1889-1897
 
PREFACE 144
 
LETTERS:
To Robert Louis Stevenson 152
To William James 154
To Robert Louis Stevenson 155
To Robert Louis Stevenson 158
To William James 161
To W. D. Howells 163
To Miss Alice James 166
To William James 170
To Edmund Gosse 172
To Mrs. Hugh Bell 173
To Robert Louis Stevenson 174
To William James 179
To Robert Louis Stevenson 181
To Charles Eliot Norton 183
To Edmund Gosse 185
To Mrs. Mahlon Sands 186
To Mrs. Humphry Ward 187
To Robert Louis Stevenson 188
To Robert Louis Stevenson 190
To the Countess of Jersey 192
To Charles Eliot Norton 193
To W. D. Howells 197
To Robert Louis Stevenson 199
To Mrs. Edmund Gosse 201
To Edmund Gosse 202
To Robert Louis Stevenson 204
To Robert Louis Stevenson 207
To William James 210
To Julian R. Sturgis 212
To George du Maurier 212
To William James 214
To Edmund Gosse 217
To Edmund Gosse 220
To Edmund Gosse 221
To Edmund Gosse 223
To Sidney Colvin 224
To Miss Henrietta Reubell 225
To William James 227
To George Henschel 229
To W. D. Howells 230
To William James 232
To Sidney Colvin 236
To Mrs. John L. Gardner 238
To Arthur Christopher Benson 240
To W. E. Norris 242
To William James 244
To Edmund Gosse 246
To Jonathan Sturges 248
To W. E. Norris 250
To Arthur Christopher Benson 251
To the Viscountess Wolseley 254
To Miss Frances R. Morse 255
To Mrs. George Hunter 258
To Edward Warren 261
To Arthur Christopher Benson 262
To Mrs. William James 263
To Miss Grace Norton 268
 
V. RYE: 1898-1908
 
PREFACE 272
 
LETTERS:
 
To W. D. Howells 277
To Arthur Christopher Benson 278
To William James 280
To Miss Muir Mackenzie 283
To Gaillard T. Lapsley 285
To Paul Bourget 286
To W. D. Howells 291
To Madame Paul Bourget 292
To Miss Frances R. Morse 294
To Dr. Louis Waldstein 296
To H. G. Wells 298
To F. W. H. Myers 300
To Mrs. William James 301
To Charles Eliot Norton 306
To Henry James, junior 309
To A. F. de Navarro 311
To Edward Warren 315
To William James 315
To Howard Sturgis 317
To Mrs. Humphry Ward 318
To Mrs. Humphry Ward 320
To Mrs. Humphry Ward 323
To Mrs. A. F. de Navarro 328
To Sidney Colvin 330
To Edmund Gosse 332
To Miss Henrietta Reubell 333
To H. G. Wells 335
To Charles Eliot Norton 337
To Edmund Gosse 344
To Mrs. Everard Cotes 346
To A. F. de Navarro 348
To W. D. Howells 349
To W. D. Howells 354
To W. E. Norris 361
To A. F. de Navarro 364
To W. E. Norris 366
To A. F. de Navarro 368
To the Viscountess Wolseley 369
To William James 371
To Miss Muir Mackenzie 373
To W. D. Howells 375
To Edmund Gosse 378
To Miss Jessie Allen 379
To Mrs. W. K. Clifford 381
To Miss Muir Mackenzie 382
To Edmund Gosse 385
To H. G. Wells 388
To Percy Lubbock 390
To Gaillard T. Lapsley 391
To Mrs. Cadwalader Jones 395
To W. D. Howells 397
To H. G. Wells 400
To Mrs. Cadwalader Jones 401
To H. G. Wells

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