The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872

The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872–1876

Volume 1

Henry James

Edited by Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias

Introduction by Millicent Bell

The Complete Letters of Henry James Series

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April 2009

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About the Book

Recipient of the “Approved Edition” seal from the Modern Language Association’s Committee on Scholarly Editions

The Complete Letters of Henry James fills 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—from James’s own life and literary projects to broader questions on art, literature, and criticism—this edition is an indispensable resource for students of James and of American and English literature, culture, and criticism as well as for research libraries throughout North America and Europe and for scholars who specialize in James, the European novel, and modern literature. This volume is the first of three to include James's letters from 1872 to 1876.

Author Bio

Henry James (1843–1916) wrote short stories, plays, literary criticism, travel essays and is most famous for his many novels, which include The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl. American born, he spent considerable time in England and eventually became a British subject. When he died he left behind more than ten thousand letters.

Pierre A. Walker is a professor of English at Salem State College. He is the editor of Henry James on Culture: Collected Essays on Politics and the American Social Scene, available in a Bison Books edition, and the author of Reading Henry James in French Cultural Contexts. Greg W. Zacharias is a professor of English and the founder and director of the Center for Henry James Studies at Creighton University. He is the author of Henry James and the Morality of Fiction and editor of A Companion to Henry James.

Praise

"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 Journal

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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 25<n>April 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

The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872–1876

Volume 1

About the Book

Author Bio

Praise

Table of Contents

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