The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1883-1884, volume 1, contains 173 letters, of which 115 are published for the first time. Each letter is followed by previous publication information or a note that there is no previous publication.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Restless Ambition; A Cosmopolite Author at the Height of His Powers, by Kathleen Lawrence
Symbols and Abbreviations
Chronology
Errata
1883
January 2 To Florence Bayard Lockwood
January 3 To James Ripley Osgood
[January 4-April 5] To Isabella Stewart Gardner
[January 5-April 6] To Isabella Stewart Gardner
[January 5-March 31] To Lillian June Bailey Henschel
[January 7-April 1] To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
January 8 To William James
[January 11] To Isabella Stewart Gardner
January 11 To Robertson James
January 11 To William James
January 12 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
[January 14] To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
January 23 To William James
January 25 To William James
January 26 To Helena de Kay Gilder
January 27 To James Stoddart Bain
January 27 To Frederick Macmillan
[January 29] To Thomas Sergeant Perry
[c. January 30] To Thomas Sergeant Perry
February 1 To Frances “Fanny” Anne Kemble
February 5 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
February 5 To Mary Elizabeth “Lilian” Woodman Aldrich
February 5 To Caroline Dall
February 5 To John Milton Hay
February 5 To William James
February 5 To Frederick Macmillan
February 7 To William James
February 11 To William James
February 12 To Louisa Lawrence
[February 12-June 11] To Grace Norton
[February 18-August 12]To Grace Norton
February 21 To George Washburn Smalley
February 21 To John Wilson and Son
February 23 To Thomas Sergeant Perry
February 27 To Thomas Sergeant Perry
February 28 To Marian “Clover” Hooper Adams
March 2 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company
March 5 To Rhoda Broughton
March 5 To Unknown
March 7 To Henry C. Ahlborn
March 13 To Richard Watson Gilder
March 15 To Sir George Henschel
March 18 To Richard Watson Gilder
March 20 To William Dean Howells
March 27 To Elizabeth Boott
March 29 To Frederick Macmillan
March 30 To Alice Stopford Green
April 2 To Edmund Gosse
April 8 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
April 8 To James Ripley Osgood
April 12 To Francis Boott
[April 15] To Grace Norton
April 17 To George Du Maurier
April 18 To Julia Colt Pierson Emmet
April 19 To Frederick Macmillan
April 19 To James Ripley Osgood
April 22 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
April 26 To Charles Hamilton Aïdé
April 26 To Grace Norton
May 2 To Robertson James
May 2 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company
May 2 To Grace Norton
May 2 To Thomas Sergeant Perry
May 4 To Lillian June Bailey Henschel
May 5 To James Ripley Osgood
May 5 To James Ripley Osgood
[May 7-July 9] To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
May 8 To Frederick Macmillan
May 9 To Emma Lazarus
May [13] To Emma Lazarus
[May 17 or 24] To Grace Norton
May 17 To James Ripley Osgood
[May 20 or 27] To Grace Norton
May 22 To James Ripley Osgood
[c. May 23 or June 6, 13, 20, 1883] To Grace Norton
May 24 To John Milton Hay
May 24 To Grace Norton
[May 25] To Grace Norton
May 29 To Grace Norton
June 1 To Grace Norton
June 4 To Robertson James
June 7 To Louisa Lawrence
June 9 To Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
June 10 To Charles Hamilton Aïdé
June 11 To Frederick Macmillan
June 15 To Annie Adams Fields
June 15 To George Abbot James
June 16 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company
June 16 To Louisa Lawrence
June 16 To Christina Stewart Rogerson
June 16 To Hannah de Rothschild Primrose, Lady Rosebery
June 16 To Ellen Twisleton Parkman Vaughan
June 18 To Sir John Forbes Clark
June 20 To Robertson James
June 23 To George Pellew
June 24 To Caroline Sturgis Tappan
June 26 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
June 27 To Henrietta Reubell
June 28 To Sarah Wyman Whitman
July 8 To Thomas Sergeant Perry
July 10 To Sir John Forbes Clark
July 10 To George Abbot James
July 10 To Benjamin Holt Ticknor
[July 14] To George Abbot James
[July 14] To Grace Norton
July 18 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
July 21 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
July 22 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
July 22 To Whitelaw Reid
July 26 To Francis Boott
July 26 To George Abbot James
July 27 To Whitelaw Reid
July 28 To Grace Norton
August 8 To Grace Norton
August 8 To Whitelaw Reid
August 10 To Thomas Sergeant Perry
August 16 To Mary Cadwalader Jones
August 17 To William James
August 18 To John Milton Hay
August 19 To Grace Norton
August 21 To Sarah Wyman Whitman
[after September 1] To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley
September 2 To Emma Lazarus
September 5 To Elizabeth Thompson
[September 5, 1883-March 3, 1886] To Alice Stopford Green
September 6 To Sir John Forbes Clark
September 10 To Charles Eliot Norton
September 10 To Benjamin Holt Ticknor
September 15 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
September 20 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
October 1 To Theodore E. Child
October 10 To Theodore E. Child
October 10 To Sir John Forbes Clark
October 10 To William James
October 11 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
October 13 To Henrietta Reubell
October 14 To Elizabeth Boott
October 14 To Alice Stopford Green
October 15 To John Eliot Bowen
October 19 To Maurice Crawford Macmillan
October 24 To Walter Herries Pollock
October 24 To Christina Stewart Rogerson
October 25 To William James
October 27 To Louisa Lawrence
October 29 To Grace Norton
October 31 To James Ripley Osgood
November 2 To Frederick Macmillan
November 6 To James Ripley Osgood
November 7 To Edmund Gosse
November 8 To Ellen “Nellie” Epps Gosse
November 14 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich
November 14 To Grace Norton
November 24 To William James
November 25 To Thomas Sergeant Perry
December 2 To Robertson James
December 3 To Virginia Clark Waring
December 8 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley
December 11 To Elizabeth Boott
December 11 To Grace Norton
December 11 To Dr. James John Garth Wilkinson
December 12, [1883 or 1885] To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley
December 12, [1883 or 1885] To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley
December 13 To Circe
[15 December 1883] To Dr. James John Garth Wilkinson
December 17 To Alice Stopford Green
December 26 To Editors of the <i>Galaxy</i>
December 26 To Edmund Gosse
1884
January [1-29] To Mary Augusta Arnold Ward
January 6 To Mary Morton Hartpence Sands
January 7 To Alice Stopford Green
January 15 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley
January 16 To Juliet Creed, Lady Pollock
January 16 To William Ralston Shedden-Ralston
January 19 To Grace Norton
January 24 To Mary Morton Hartpence Sands
January 25 To William James
January 29 To Frederick Macmillan
Biographical Register
General Editors’ Note
Works Cited
Index
