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

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INTRODUCTIONxiii

NOTExxxii

I. FIRST EUROPEAN YEARS: 1869-1874

PREFACE1

LETTERS:

To Miss Alice James15

To his Mother19

To his Mother21

To William James24

To William James26

To his Father28

To Charles Eliot Norton30

To his Parents32

To W. D. Howells33

To Miss Grace Norton35

To his Mother38

II. PARIS AND LONDON: 1875-1881

PREFACE41

LETTERS:

To his Father45

To W. D. Howells47

To William James50

To William James52

To Miss Grace Norton54

To Miss Grace Norton56

To William James59

To Miss Alice James62

To William James65

To his Mother67

To Miss Grace Norton69

To W. D. Howells71

To Charles Eliot Norton74

To his Mother76

To Mrs. Fanny Kemble78

III. THE MIDDLE YEARS: 1882-1888

PREFACE82

LETTERS:

To Miss Henrietta Reubell90

To Charles Eliot Norton91

To Mrs. John L. Gardner92

To Miss Grace Norton93

To William James97

To George du Maurier98

To Miss Grace Norton100

To William James102

To W. D. Howells103

To John Addington Symonds106

To Alphonse Daudet108

To Robert Louis Stevenson110

To William James111

To Miss Grace Norton113

To William James115

To James Russell Lowell118

To William James119

To Charles Eliot Norton122

To Miss Grace Norton126

To Edmund Gosse129

To Robert Louis Stevenson130

To Robert Louis Stevenson132

To W. D. Howells134

To Robert Louis Stevenson136

To William James139

IV. LATER LONDON YEARS: 1889-1897

PREFACE144

LETTERS:

To Robert Louis Stevenson152

To William James154

To Robert Louis Stevenson155

To Robert Louis Stevenson158

To William James161

To W. D. Howells163

To Miss Alice James166

To William James170

To Edmund Gosse172

To Mrs. Hugh Bell173

To Robert Louis Stevenson174

To William James179

To Robert Louis Stevenson181

To Charles Eliot Norton183

To Edmund Gosse185

To Mrs. Mahlon Sands186

To Mrs. Humphry Ward187

To Robert Louis Stevenson188

To Robert Louis Stevenson190

To the Countess of Jersey192

To Charles Eliot Norton193

To W. D. Howells197

To Robert Louis Stevenson199

To Mrs. Edmund Gosse201

To Edmund Gosse202

To Robert Louis Stevenson204

To Robert Louis Stevenson207

To William James210

To Julian R. Sturgis212

To George du Maurier212

To William James214

To Edmund Gosse217

To Edmund Gosse220

To Edmund Gosse221

To Edmund Gosse223

To Sidney Colvin224

To Miss Henrietta Reubell225

To William James227

To George Henschel229

To W. D. Howells230

To William James232

To Sidney Colvin236

To Mrs. John L. Gardner238

To Arthur Christopher Benson240

To W. E. Norris242

To William James244

To Edmund Gosse246

To Jonathan Sturges248

To W. E. Norris250

To Arthur Christopher Benson251

To the Viscountess Wolseley254

To Miss Frances R. Morse255

To Mrs. George Hunter258

To Edward Warren261

To Arthur Christopher Benson262

To Mrs. William James263

To Miss Grace Norton268

V. RYE: 1898-1908

PREFACE272

LETTERS:

To W. D. Howells277

To Arthur Christopher Benson278

To William James280

To Miss Muir Mackenzie283

To Gaillard T. Lapsley285

To Paul Bourget286

To W. D. Howells291

To Madame Paul Bourget292

To Miss Frances R. Morse294

To Dr. Louis Waldstein296

To H. G. Wells298

To F. W. H. Myers300

To Mrs. William James301

To Charles Eliot Norton306

To Henry James, junior309

To A. F. de Navarro311

To Edward Warren315

To William James315

To Howard Sturgis317

To Mrs. Humphry Ward318

To Mrs. Humphry Ward320

To Mrs. Humphry Ward323

To Mrs. A. F. de Navarro328

To Sidney Colvin330

To Edmund Gosse332

To Miss Henrietta Reubell333

To H. G. Wells335

To Charles Eliot Norton337

To Edmund Gosse344

To Mrs. Everard Cotes346

To A. F. de Navarro348

To W. D. Howells349

To W. D. Howells354

To W. E. Norris361

To A. F. de Navarro364

To W. E. Norris366

To A. F. de Navarro368

To the Viscountess Wolseley369

To William James371

To Miss Muir Mackenzie373

To W. D. Howells375

To Edmund Gosse378

To Miss Jessie Allen379

To Mrs. W. K. Clifford381

To Miss Muir Mackenzie382

To Edmund Gosse385

To H. G. Wells388

To Percy Lubbock390

To Gaillard T. Lapsley391

To Mrs. Cadwalader Jones395

To W. D. Howells397

To H. G. Wells400

To Mrs. Cadwalader Jones401

To H. G. Wells404

To Mrs. Frank Mathews406

To W. D. Howells407

To Madame Paul Bourget410

To Mrs. Waldo Story411

To W. D. Howells413

To William James415

To Miss Violet Hunt424

To W. E. Norris425

To Howard Sturgis428

To Henry Adams431

To Sir George O. Trevelyan432