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Book SynopsisFills a crucial gap in modern literary studies by presenting in a scholarly edition the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. Comprising more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a remarkably wide range of topics, this edition is an indispensable resource for students of James and of American and English literature, culture, and criticism.
Trade Review"For a snapshot of 19th-century Europe—and a sampling of a great novelist's young mind—there is perhaps nothing better than the latest, meticulously edited volume of
The Complete Letters of Henry James."—Alexander Theroux,
Wall Street JournalTable of ContentsContents
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Millicent Bell
Symbols and Abbreviations
Chronology
Errata
1872
May 20 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
May 23 To Mary Walsh James
May 24 To Grace Norton
May 29 To Henry James Sr.
June 1 To Charles Eliot Norton
June 4 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
June 11, 12, 13 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
June 19, 20 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
June 22 To Grace Norton
June 28, 29 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
July 2 To Elizabeth Boott
July 5, 6 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
July 13 To Mary Walsh James
July 14 To Charles Eliot Norton
July 21 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
July 24, 28 To William James
July 28 To Henry James Sr.
July 28 To Grace Norton
August 5 ; misdated August 14 To Mary Walsh James
August 8 To Grace Norton
August 11 To Henry James Sr.
August 13 To Elizabeth Boott
August 18 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
August 25, 26 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
August 31, September 3 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
September 9 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
September 11 To Charles Eliot Norton
September 15, 16 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
September 19 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
September 22, 28 To William James
September 29 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
October 10 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
October 28 To Alice James
early November To Henry James Sr.
November 5 To Grace Norton
November 16 To Elizabeth Boott
November 19 To Charles Eliot Norton
December 1, 2 ; misdated November 31, December 1 To William James
December 9 To Henry James Sr.
December 14 To Elizabeth Boott
December 14 To Wendell Phillips Garrison
December 16 To Alice James
December 25 To Henry James Sr.
December 29 To Mary Walsh James
1873
January 1 To Thomas Sergeant Perry
January 8 To William James
January 8 To Henry James Sr.
January 15 To Grace Norton
January 19 To Henry James Sr.
January 24 To Thomas Sergeant Perry
January 25April 2 To Elizabeth Boott
January 26, 27 To Mary Walsh James
February 1 To Henry James Sr.
February 10 To Alice James
February 17 To Mary Walsh James
February 18 To Jane Norton
March 4 To Henry James Sr.
March 5 To Grace Norton
March 13 To Charles Eliot Norton
March 24 To Mary Walsh James
March 28; misdated February 28 To Henry James Sr.
March 31 To Charles Eliot Norton
April 9 To William James
April 25, 26 To Alice James
April 26 To Elizabeth Boott
May 4 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
May 8 To Grace Norton
May 9, 11 To Sarah Butler Wister
May 19 To William James
May 23 To Elizabeth Boott
May 27 To Mary Walsh James
May 31 To William James
June 8, 11 To Alice James
June 12, 13 1872; misdated June 11 To Elizabeth Boott
June 18 To William James
June 22 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
June 22 To William Dean Howells
June 23 To Thomas Sergeant Perry
June 29 To Henry James Sr.
July 8 To Mary Lucinda Holton James
Biographical Register
Genealogies
General Editors' Note
Works Cited
Index
