Description
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"Like earlier releases in the ambitious "Complete Letters of Henry James" series, this richly rewarding compilation is well annotated and scrupulously edited: in addition to the letters, it includes a brief chronology of the years covered, genealogies of principal named families, and a "biographical register" of "relatively obscure" persons mentioned."—J. J. Benardete,
ChoiceTable of ContentsContents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Symbols and Abbreviations
Chronology
Errata
1873
July 15 To Mary Walsh James
July 17 To Grace Norton
July 23 To Mary Walsh James
August 1 To Catharine Walsh
August 4 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
August 5 To William James
August 10 To Sarah Butler Wister
August 14 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
August 15 To Elizabeth Boott
September 3 To Alice James
September 9 To William Dean Howells
September 15 To William James
September 22 To Mary Walsh James
September 26 To William James
October 18 To William Dean Howells
October 26 To Henry James Sr.
November 2 To Henry James Sr.
November 16, 17 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
December 3 To Henry James Sr.
December 10 To Elizabeth Boott
December 22 To Henry James Sr.
1874
January 4 To Samuel Gray Ward
January 9 To William Dean Howells
January 13 To Alice James
January 14 To Grace Norton
February 5 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
February 11 To Anna Hallowell
February 15 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
February 27 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
February 28 To William James
March 1 To Editor of the Independent
March 9 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James
March 10 To William Dean Howells
March 22 To William James
April 4 To Mary Walsh James
April 7, 8 To Elizabeth Boott
April 18, 19 To Alice James
May 3 To William Dean Howells
May 3 To William James
May 10 To Sarah Butler Wister
May 17 To Mary Walsh James
June 3 To Mary Walsh James
June 13 To William James
June 23 To Henry James Sr.
July 6 To William James
July 28 To Mary Walsh James
July 29 To Elizabeth Boott
July 29 To Sarah Butler Wister
October 13 To Robertson James
November 18 or 25, December 2 or 9, 1874 To H. O. Houghton and Co.
late December 1874January 1875 To Welch and Bigelow
December 22, 29, 1874, or January 5, 12, 19, or 26, or February 2, 1875 To Elizabeth Boott
1875
January 13 To William Dean Howells
January 23 To Sarah Butler Wister
January 29 To Welch and Bigelow
February To Wendell Phillips Garrison
March 8 To Elizabeth Boott
March 19 or 26 To William Dean Howells
spring To Anna Hazard Barker Ward
April 16 To Caroline Dall
April 27 To H. O. Houghton and Co.
May 27 To Mary Lucinda Holton James
late spring To James Ripley Osgood
June 7 To George William Curtis
June 7 To Caroline Dall
June 23 or 30 To William Dean Howells
July 21 To John Milton Hay
August 5 To John Milton Hay
August 18 To John Milton Hay
August 18 To J. R. Osgood and Co.
August 24 To H. O. Houghton and Co.
August 30 To H. O. Houghton and Co.
August 31 To James Ripley Osgood
September 1 To Edmund Clarence Stedman
October 7 To H. O. Houghton and Co.
October 13 To H. O. Houghton and Co.
October 13 To George Abbot James
October 15 To H. O. Houghton and Co.
Biographical Register
Genealogies
General Editors’ Note
Works Cited
Index
