The Letters of William James, Vol. 2

THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM JAMES

Reading edition

EDITED BY HIS SON HENRY JAMES IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME II THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON

CONTENTS

XI. 1893-18991-52

Turning to Philosophy—A Student's Impressions—Popular Lecturing—Chautauqua.

Letters:—

To Dickinson S. Miller 17

To Henry Holt19

To Henry James20

To Mrs. Henry Whitman20

To G. H. Howison22

To Theodore Flournoy23

To his Daughter25

To E. L. Godkin28

To F. W. H. Myers30

To F. W. H. Myers32

To Henry Holt33

To his Class at Radcliffe College33

To Henry James34

To Henry James36

To Benjamin P. Blood38

To Mrs. James40

To Miss Rosina H. Emmet44

To Charles Renouvier44

To Theodore Flournoy46

To Dickinson S. Miller48

To Henry James51

XII.1893-1899 (Continued)53-91

The Will to Believe—Talks to Teachers—Defense of Mental Healers—Excessive Climbing in the Adirondacks.

Letters:—

To Theodore Flournoy53

To Henry W. Rankin56

To Benjamin P. Blood58

To Henry James60

To Miss Ellen Emmet62

To E. L. Godkin64

To F. C. S. Schiller65

To James J. Putnam66

To James J. Putnam72

To François Pillon73

To Mrs. James75

To G. H. Howison79

To Henry James80

To his Son Alexander81

To Miss Rosina H. Emmet82

To Dickinson S. Miller84

To Dickinson S. Miller86

To Henry Rutgers Marshall86

To Henry Rutgers Marshall88

To Mrs. Henry Whitman88

XIII.1899-190292-170

Two Years of Illness in Europe—Retirement from Active Duty at Harvard—The First and Second Series of the Gifford Lectures.

Letters:—

To Miss Pauline Goldmark95

To Mrs. E. P. Gibbens96

To William M. Salter99

To Miss Frances R. Morse102

To Mrs. Henry Whitman103

To Thomas Davidson106

To John C. Gray108

To Miss Frances R. Morse109

To Mrs. Glendower Evans112

To Dickinson S. Miller115

To Francis Boott117

To Hugo Münsterberg119

To G. H. Palmer120

To Miss Frances R. Morse124

To his Son Alexander129

To his Daughter130

To Miss Frances R. Morse133

To Josiah Royce135

To Miss Frances R. Morse138

To James Sully140

To Miss Frances R. Morse142

To F. C. S. Schiller142

To Miss Frances R. Morse143

To Miss Frances R. Morse146

To Henry W. Rankin148

To Charles Eliot Norton150

To N. S. Shaler153

To Miss Frances R. Morse155

To Henry James159

To E. L. Godkin159

To E. L. Godkin161

To Miss Pauline Goldmark162

To H. N. Gardiner164

To F. C. S. Schiller164

To Charles Eliot Norton166

To Mrs. Henry Whitman167

XIV. 1902-1905171-218

The Last Period (I)—Statements of Religious Belief—Philosophical Writing.

Letters:—

To Henry L. Higginson173

To Miss Grace Norton173

To Miss Frances R. Morse175

To Henry L. Higginson176

To Henri Bergson178

To Mrs. Louis Agassiz180

To Henry L. Higginson182

To Henri Bergson183

To Theodore Flournoy185

To Henry James188

To his Daughter192

To Miss Frances R. Morse193

To Henry James195

To Henry W. Rankin196

To Dickinson S. Miller197

To Mrs. Henry Whitman198

To Miss Frances R. Morse200

To Mrs. Henry Whitman201

To Henry James202

To François Pillon203

To Henry James204

To Charles Eliot Norton206

To L. T. Hobhouse207

To Edwin D. Starbuck209

To James Henry Leuba211

Answers to the Pratt Questionnaire on Religious Belief212

To Miss Pauline Goldmark215

To F. C. S. Schiller216

To F. J. E. Woodbridge217

To Edwin D. Starbuck217

To F. J. E. Woodbridge218

XV. 1905-1907219-282

The Last Period (II)—Italy and Greece—Philosophical Congress in Rome—Stanford University—The Earthquake—Resignation of Professorship.

Letters:—

To Mrs. James221

To his Daughter223

To Mrs. James225

To George Santayana228

To Mrs. James229

To Mrs. James230

To H. G. Wells230

To Henry L. Higginson231

To T. S. Perry232

To Dickinson S. Miller233

To Dickinson S. Miller235

To Dickinson S. Miller237

To Daniel Merriman238

To Miss Pauline Goldmark238

To Henry James239

To Theodore Flournoy241

To F. C. S. Schiller245

To Miss Frances R. Morse247

To Henry James and W. James, Jr.250

To W. Lutoslawski252

To John Jay Chapman255

To Henry James258

To H. G. Wells259

To Miss Theodora Sedgwick260

To his Daughter262

To Henry James and W. James, Jr.263

To Moorfield Storey265

To Theodore Flournoy266

To Charles A. Strong268

To F. C. S. Schiller270

To Clifford W. Beers273

To William James, Jr.275

To Henry James277

To F. C. S. Schiller280

XVI. 1907-1909283-332

The Last Period (III)—Hibbert Lectures in Oxford—The Hodgson Report.

Letters:—

To Charles Lewis Slattery287

To Henry L. Higginson288

To W. Cameron Forbes288

To F. C. S. Schiller290

To Henri Bergson290

To T. S. Perry294

To Dickinson S. Miller295

To Miss Pauline Goldmark296

To W. Jerusalem297

To Henry James298

To Theodore Flournoy300

To Norman Kemp Smith301

To his Daughter301

To Henry James302

To Henry James303

To Miss Pauline Goldmark303

To Charles Eliot Norton306

To Henri Bergson308

To John Dewey310

To Theodore Flournoy310

To Shadworth H. Hodgson312

To Theodore Flournoy313

To Henri Bergson315

To H. G. Wells316

To Henry James317

To T. S. Perry318

To Hugo Münsterberg320

To John Jay Chapman321

To G. H. Palmer322

To Theodore Flournoy322

To Miss Theodora Sedgwick324

To F. C. S. Schiller325

To Theodore Flournoy326

To Shadworth H. Hodgson328

To John Jay Chapman329

To John Jay Chapman330

To Dickinson S. Miller331

XVII. 1910333-350

Final Months—The End.

Letters:—

To Henry L. Higginson334

To Miss Frances R. Morse335

To T. S. Perry335

To François Pillon336

To Theodore Flournoy338

To his Daughter338

To Henry P. Bowditch341

To François Pillon342

To Henry Adams344

To Henry Adams346

To Henry Adams347

To Benjamin P. Blood347

To Theodore Flournoy349

Appendix I.353

Three Criticisms for Students.

Appendix II.357

Books by William James.

Index363

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

William James in middle lifeFrontispiece

"Damn the Absolute": two snapshots of William James and Josiah Royce135

William James and Henry James posing for a kodak in 1900161

William James and Henry Clement at the "Putnam Shanty" in the Adirondacks (1907?) 315

Facsimile of Post-card addressed to Henry Adams347