The complete letters of Henry James, 1880-1883. Volume 2 / Henry James ; editors Michael Anesko, Greg Zacharias, Katie Sommer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Henry, 1843-1916, author.

Contributor:

Anesko, Michael, editor.

Zacharias, Greg W., 1958- editor.

Sommer, Katie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--19th century--Correspondence.

Authors, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska ; London, [England] : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.

Summary:

Recipient of the Approved Editionseal from the Modern Language Association's committee on scholarly editions This volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1880-1883 includes 178 letters, 98 of which are published for the first time, written from November 1, 1881, toJanuary 1, 1883. The letters record Henry James's establishment as one of the preeminent professional writers in Britain and the United States and follow James's return journeys to the United States following the deaths of his parents. This volume concludes with James's assumption of his role as the executor of his father's will and thus the de facto head of the family.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Symbols and Abbreviations

Chronology

Errata

1881

[November 1, 1881-April 25, 1882, or December 26, 1882-August 7, 1883] To Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick Child

November 1 To William Dean Howells

November 3 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company

November 5 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich

November 5 To Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

November 5 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company

November 6 To Marian "Clover" Hooper Adams

[November 6, 1881, November 20, 1881, or February 5, 1882] To Grace Norton

[November 9] To Isabella Stewart Gardner

[November 10, 1881, November 24, 1881, or February 9, 1882] To Grace Norton

[November 14] To Grace Norton

[November 14] To George Abbot James

[November 15, 1881- January 7, 1882] To Mary Sherwin Gibbens

[November 16] To Thomas Bailey Aldrich

November 17 To Isabella Stewart Gardner

November 17 To Frederick Macmillan

November 18 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich

November 19 To George Abbot James

[November 20] To Thomas Sergeant Perry

November 21 To Abby Alger

November 23 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich

November 23 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company

[November 24] To Isabella Stewart Gardner

November 25 To Elinor Mead Howells

[November 27] To Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick Child

[November 28] To Elinor Mead Howells

[November 28] To Thomas Sergeant Perry

[November 30] To Thomas Sergeant Perry

[November 30] To George Abbot James

December 3 To Charles Strong

December 5 To Robert Grant

December 6 To William Dean Howells

December 7 To Isabella Stewart Gardner

December 8 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company

December 10 To Julia Ward Howe

December 13 To Grace Norton

[December 18] To Helena de Kay Gilder

[December 18] To Whitelaw Reid

December 20 To Henry Adams.

December 26 To Whitelaw Reid

December 27 To Henry Adams

December 27 To Frederick Macmillan

December 29 To Whitelaw Reid

December 30 To Frederick Macmillan

1882

January 1 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin

January 7 To Thomas Sergeant Perry

January 7 To William Ralston

January 8 To Sir John Forbes Clark

January 9 To William Dean Howells

January 9 To Henrietta Reubell

January 10 To Grace Norton

January 15 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin

January 15 To Jane Dalzell Finlay Hill

January 22 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin

January 22 To Mary Walsh James

January 23 To Sir John Forbes Clark

January 23 To Isabella Stewart Gardner

January 23 To Thomas Sergeant Perry

January 27 To Robertson James

January 27 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company

[January 29] To Mary Walsh James

[February 2] To George Abbot James

[February 3] To Francis James Child

February 3 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin

[February 3] To Isabella Stewart Gardner

[February 3] To Thomas Sergeant Perry

February 7 To Charles Eliot Norton

February 7 To Julia Ward Howe

[February 8] To George Abbot James

February 10 To Caroline Dall

February 10 To George Abbot James

February 12 To Unidentified

February 13 To Mary James Wilkinson Mathews

February 14 To Elizabeth Boott

[February 14-April 25, 1882] To Daniel Chester French

February 17 To Helena de Kay Gilder

February 20 To George Abbot James

February 27 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin

February 27 To Archibald Philip Primrose, Lord Rosebery

[March 3, 10, or 17] To Grace Norton

March 4 To William B. Closson

March 4 To William Jones Hoppin

March 4 To Henrietta Reubell

March 7 To Abbott Handerson Thayer

March 11 To Unidentified

[March 18] To Edwin Lawrence Godkin

[March 23] To Grace Norton

March 29 To Isabella Stewart Gardner.

March 29 To Arthur George Sedgwick

April 5 To John Milton Hay

April 5 To Frances "Fanny" Anne Kemble

April 7 To Isabella Stewart Gardner

April 11 To Grace Norton

April 11 To Thomas Sergeant Perry

April 12 To Isabella Stewart Gardner

April 14 To Isabella Stewart Gardner

[April 16] To Isabella Stewart Gardner

[April 16 or 17] To Isabella Stewart Gardner

[April 17] To Isabella Stewart Gardner

April 18 To Julia Ward Howe

April 20 To Francis J. Garrison

April 20 To Edmund Clarence Stedman

April 24 To Isabella Stewart Gardner

April 25 To Owen Wister

April 28 To Edward Waldo Emerson

[April 29] To Thomas Sergeant Perry

[May 3] To Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick Child

May 25 To Grace Norton

May 25 To Mary Lucinda Holton James

May 26 To William Ralston

June 1 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich

June 5 To Isabella Stewart Gardner

June 5 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin

June 14 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis

June 16 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis

June 20 To Eliza Lynn Linton

June 27 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich

July 3 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis

July 6 To Frank

July 12 To Frederick Macmillan

July 23 To Eliza Lynn Linton

July 27 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis

July 28 To William Dean Howells

July 31 To Henry James Sr.

[August 1] To William Dean Howells

August 2 To Elizabeth Boott

August 2 To Edmund Gosse

August 2 To Grace Norton

[August 4] To William Dean Howells

August 8 To William Dean Howells

[August 10] To William Dean Howells

August 12 To William Dean Howells

August 12 To William Jones Hoppin

August 19 To William Dean Howells

August 29 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich

August 29 To James Ripley Osgood

September 3 To Isabella Stewart Gardner

September 3 To Henrietta Reubell

September 10 To Moncure Daniel Conway

September 11 To Henrietta Reubell.

September 11 To Moncure Daniel Conway

September 14 To William Dean Howells

October 7 To Elizabeth Boott

October 15 To William James

October 15 To William Dean Howells

October 16 To Alice Howe Gibbens James

October 17 To Grace Norton

[18-28 October] To James Ripley Osgood

October 28 To Henrietta Reubell

November 8 To James Ripley Osgood

November 12 To Isabella Stewart Gardner

November 13 To Sir John Forbes Clark

November 22 To Charles Hallam Elton Brookfield

November 22 To William Henry Huntington

November 26 To John Milton Hay

November 27 To William Dean Howells

[November 30] To Theodore E. Child

November 30 To William Dean Howells

December 1 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis

December 5 To John Milton Hay

December 5 To Theodore E. Child

December 5 To Henrietta Reubell

December 6 To Robertson James

December 8 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis

December 10 To Edmund Gosse

[December 11] To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis

[December 24, 1882-August 12, 1883] To George Abbot James

[December 24 or 31] To Charles Eliot Norton

December 26, 27 To William James

December 26 To Frederick Macmillan

[December 28, 1882, or January 4 or 11, 1883] To Elizabeth Cabot Lodge James

December 28, 29 To William James

December 29 To Gertrude Bloede

December 30 To Robertson James

December 30 To Grace Norton

December 30 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley

1883

January 1 To William James

January 1 To James Ripley Osgood

Biographical Register

General Editors' Note

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed December 7, 2017).

ISBN:

9781496203250

1496203259

OCLC:

1009042494