Chapter VII: Preface: 272

LETTERS:

To W. D. Howells 277 To Arthur Christopher Benson 278 To William James 280 To Miss Muir Mackenzie 283 To Gaillard T. Lapsley 285 To Paul Bourget 286 To W. D. Howells 291 To Madame Paul Bourget 292 To Miss Frances R. Morse 294 To Dr. Louis Waldstein 296 To H. G. Wells 298 To F. W. H. Myers 300 To Mrs. William James 301 To Charles Eliot Norton 306 To Henry James, junior 309 To A. F. de Navarro 311 To Edward Warren 315 To William James 315 To Howard Sturgis 317 To Mrs. Humphry Ward 318 To Mrs. Humphry Ward 320 To Mrs. Humphry Ward 323 To Mrs. A. F. de Navarro 328 To Sidney Colvin 330 To Edmund Gosse 332 To Miss Henrietta Reubell 333 To H. G. Wells 335 To Charles Eliot Norton 337 To Edmund Gosse 344 To Mrs. Everard Cotes 346 To A. F. de Navarro 348 To W. D. Howells 349 To W. D. Howells 354 To W. E. Norris 361 To A. F. de Navarro 364 To W. E. Norris 366 To A. F. de Navarro 368 To the Viscountess Wolseley 369 To William James 371 To Miss Muir Mackenzie 373 To W. D. Howells 375 To Edmund Gosse 378 To Miss Jessie Allen 379 To Mrs. W. K. Clifford 381 To Miss Muir Mackenzie 382 To Edmund Gosse 385 To H. G. Wells 388 To Percy Lubbock 390 To Gaillard T. Lapsley 391 To Mrs. Cadwalader Jones 395 To W. D. Howells 397 To H. G. Wells 400 To Mrs. Cadwalader Jones 401 To H. G. Wells 404 To Mrs. Frank Mathews 406 To W. D. Howells 407 To Madame Paul Bourget 410 To Mrs. Waldo Story 411 To W. D. Howells 413 To William James 415 To Miss Violet Hunt 424 To W. E. Norris 425 To Howard Sturgis 428 To Henry Adams 431 To Sir George O. Trevelyan 432

THE LETTERS OF HENRY JAMES
VOLUME II
Selected And Edited By Percy Lubbock
CONTENTS
VI. Rye (continued): 1904-1909
PAGE
Preface 1
Letters:
To W. D. Howells 8
To Edward Lee Childe 10
To W. E. Norris 12
To Mrs. Julian Sturgis 14
To J. B. Pinker 15
To Henry James, junior 16
To Mrs. W. K. Clifford 18
To Edmund Gosse 19
To W. E. Norris 22
To Edmund Gosse 24
To Mrs. W. K. Clifford 29
To Edward Warren 31
To Mrs. William James 32
To William James 34
To Miss Margaret James 36
To H. G. Wells 37
To William James 42
To W. E. Norris 45
To Paul Harvey 47
To William James 50
To William James 52
To Miss Margaret James 53
To Mrs. Dew-Smith 55
To Mrs. Wharton 56
To W. E. Norris 58
To Thomas Sergeant Perry 61
To Gaillard T. Lapsley 62
To Bruce Porter 65
To Miss Grace Norton 67
To William James, junior 71
To Howard Sturgis 72
To Howard Sturgis 74
To Madame Wagnière 76
To Mrs. Wharton 78
To Miss Gwenllian Palgrave 81
To William James 82
To W. E. Norris 84
To W. E. Norris 87
To Dr. and Mrs. J. William White 88
To Mrs. Wharton 90
To Gaillard T. Lapsley 92
To Mrs. Wharton 94
To Henry James, junior 96
To W. D. Howells 98
To Mrs. Wharton 104
To J. B. Pinker 105
To Miss Ellen Emmet 107
To George Abbot James 110
To Hugh Walpole 112
To George Abbot James 113
To W. E. Norris 114
To Mrs. Henry White 117
To W. D. Howells 118
To Edward Lee Childe 120
To Hugh Walpole 122
To Mrs. Wharton 123
To Arthur Christopher Benson 125
To Charles Sayle 127
To Mrs. W. K. Clifford 129
To Miss Grace Norton 131
To William James 134
To H. G. Wells 137
To Miss Henrietta Reubell 139
To William James 140
To Mrs. Wharton 142
To Madame Wagnière 144
To Thomas Sergeant Perry 146
To Owen Wister 148

VII. Rye and Chelsea: 1910-1914
Preface 151
Letters:
To T. Bailey Saunders 155
To Mrs. Wharton 156
To Miss Jessie Allen 158
To Mrs. Bigelow 159
To W. E. Norris 160
To Mrs. Wharton 161
To Mrs. Wharton 163
To Bruce Porter 164
To Miss Grace Norton 165
To Thomas Sergeant Perry 167
To Mrs. Wharton 168
To Mrs. Charles Hunter 170
To Mrs. W. K. Clifford 171
To W. E. Norris 173
To Mrs. Wharton 175
To Miss Rhoda Broughton 178
To H. G. Wells 180
To C. E. Wheeler 183
To Dr. J. William White 184
To T. Bailey Saunders 186
To Sir T. H. Warren 188
To Miss Ellen Emmet 189
To Howard Sturgis 192
To Mrs. William James 194
To Mrs. John L. Gardner 195
To Mrs. Wharton 197
To Mrs. Wilfred Sheridan 199
To Miss Alice Runnells 201
To Mrs. Frederic Harrison 202
To Miss Theodora Bosanquet 204
To Mrs. William James 205
To Mrs. Wharton 208
To W. E. Norris 211
To Miss M. Betham Edwards 213
To Wilfred Sheridan 215
To Walter V. R. Berry 217
To W. D. Howells 221
To Mrs. Wharton 227
To H. G. Wells 229
To Lady Bell 231
To Mrs. W. K. Clifford 234
To Hugh Walpole 236
To Miss Rhoda Broughton 238
To Henry James, junior 239
To R. W. Chapman 241
To Hugh Walpole 244
To Edmund Gosse 246
To Edmund Gosse 248
To Edmund Gosse 250
To Edmund Gosse 252
To Edmund Gosse 255
To Edmund Gosse 257
To H. G. Wells 261
To Mrs. Humphry Ward 264
To Mrs. Humphry Ward 265
To Gaillard T. Lapsley 267
To John Bailey 269
To Dr. J. William White 272
To Edmund Gosse 274
To Mrs. Bigelow 278
To Robert C. Witt 280
To Mrs. Wharton 281
To A. F. de Navarro 286
To Henry James, junior 288
To Miss Grace Norton 293
To Mrs. Henry White 296
To Mrs. William James 299
To Bruce Porter 302
To Lady Ritchie 304
To Mrs. William James 305
To Percy Lubbock 310
To Two Hundred and Seventy Friends 311
To Mrs. G. W. Prothero 313
To William James, junior 314
To Miss Rhoda Broughton 317
To Mrs. Alfred Sutro 319
To Hugh Walpole 322
To Mrs. Archibald Grove 324
To William Roughead 327
To Mrs. William James 329
To Howard Sturgis 330
To Mrs. G. W. Prothero 332
To H. G. Wells 333
To Logan Pearsall Smith 337
To C. Hagberg Wright 339
To Robert Bridges 341
To André Raffalovich 343
To Henry James, junior 345
To Edmund Gosse 348
To Bruce L. Richmond 350
To Hugh Walpole 352
To Compton Mackenzie 354
To William Roughead 356
To Mrs. Wharton 357
To Dr. J. William White 358
To Henry Adams 360
To Mrs. William James 361
To Arthur Christopher Benson 364
To Mrs. Humphry Ward 366
To Thomas Sergeant Perry 367
To Mrs. Wharton 369
To William Roughead 371
To William Roughead 373
To Mrs. Alfred Sutro 375
To Sir Claude Phillips 376
VIII.
Preface 379
Letters:
To Howard Sturgis 382
To Henry James, junior 385
To Mrs. Alfred Sutro 387
To Miss Rhoda Broughton 389
To Mrs. Wharton 391
To Mrs. W. K. Clifford 392
To William James, junior 394
To Mrs. W. K. Clifford 397
To Mrs. Wharton 399
To Mrs. R. W. Gilder 401
To Mrs. Wharton 403
To Mrs. Wharton 405
To Mrs. T. S. Perry 406
To Miss Rhoda Broughton 408
To Edmund Gosse 409
To Miss Grace Norton 412
To Mrs. Wharton 414
To Thomas Sergeant Perry 416
To Henry James, junior 419
To Hugh Walpole 423
To Mrs. Wharton 425
To Mrs. T. S. Perry 427
To Edmund Gosse 430
To Miss Grace Norton 431
To Mrs. Dacre Vincent 434
To the Hon. Evan Charteris 436
To Compton Mackenzie 437
To Miss Elizabeth Norton 441
To Hugh Walpole 444
To Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge 447
To Mrs. William James 449
To Mrs. Wharton 452
To the Hon. Evan Charteris 453
To Mrs. Wharton 456
To Thomas Sergeant Perry 459
To Edward Marsh 462
To Edward Marsh 464
To Mrs. Wharton 465
To Edward Marsh 468
To G. W. Prothero 469
To Wilfred Sheridan 470
To Edward Marsh 472
To Edward Marsh 474
To Compton Mackenzie 475
To Henry James, junior 477
To Edmund Gosse 480
To J. B. Pinker 482
To Frederic Harrison 483
To H. G. Wells 485
To H. G. Wells 487
To Henry James, junior 490
To Edmund Gosse 492
To John S. Sargent 493
To Wilfred Sheridan 494
To Edmund Gosse 496
To Mrs. Wilfred Sheridan 499
To Hugh Walpole 501
Index 503

ILLUSTRATIONS Henry James, from a Photograph by E. O. Hoppé Frontispiece Page of "the American" (original Version) as Revised by Henry James, 1906 to face page 70.

NOTES OF A SON AND BROTHER By Henry James

CONTENTS I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII.

Transcriber's note Footnotes ILLUSTRATIONS Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 Frontispiece FACING PAGE Louis Osborne. Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne—excellent for melancholia."—From a letter of William James (page 448) 448

PARTIAL PORTRAITS By Henry James CONTENTS PAGE I. Emerson 1 II. The Life of George Eliot 37 III. Daniel Deronda: A Conversation 65 IV. Anthony Trollope 97 V. Robert Louis Stevenson 137 VI. Miss Woolson 177 VII. Alphonse Daudet 195 VIII. Guy de Maupassant 243 IX. Ivan Turgénieff 291 X. George du Maurier 327 XI. The Art of Fiction 375

ENGLISH HOURS By Henry James

CONTENTS LONDON 1 BROWNING IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY 51 CHESTER 61 LICHFIELD AND WARWICK 77 NORTH DEVON 93 WELLS AND SALISBURY 107 AN ENGLISH EASTER 121 LONDON AT MIDSUMMER 153 viii TWO EXCURSIONS 175 IN WARWICKSHIRE 197 ABBEYS AND CASTLES 225 ENGLISH VIGNETTES 245 AN ENGLISH NEW YEAR 269 AN ENGLISH WATERING-PLACE 277 WINCHELSEA, RYE AND "DENIS DUVAL" 287 OLD SUFFOLK 317 ILLUSTRATIONS A Tower on the Walls, Chester Half-title Magdalen Tower, Oxford (see p. 189) Frontispiece The Gate-House, Cambridge Title The Senate House, Oxford v Peterhouse Quad, Cambridge vii The Medway and Rochester Keep ix Richmond, from the Thames 1 St. Paul's, from Ludgate Hill 6 Entrance to St. James's Park, Duke of York's Column 16 In the Green Park 22 St. Paul's, from the Water 40 x The Terrace, Richmond 42 North Door of the Abbey 51 The Abbey, from Victoria Street 54 Eaton Hall 61 Chester High Street 64 The Rows, Chester 68 Chester Cathedral, West Front 72 Shrewsbury 76 Haddon Hall 77 Lichfield Cathedral 80 The Three Spires of Lichfield 82 Warwick Castle 88 Haddon Hall, from the Road 91 Lynmouth 93 A Devonshire Lane 94 The Norman Towers of Exeter 98 Porlock Church, Exmoor 105 The West Front, Wells 107 The Market-Place, Wells 112 Salisbury Cathedral 116 Stonehenge 118 Glastonbury 120 The Abbey and Victoria Tower, from St. James's Park 121 Dark Mysterious London. Near Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster 126 In St. James's Park 130 Baker Street 134 Canterbury, from the Meadows 140 Rochester Castle 144 The Cathedral Close, Canterbury 148 The Nave, Canterbury 150 The Great Tower, Canterbury 152 xi Greenwich Observatory 153 Piccadilly, near Devonshire House 156 The Ship, Greenwich 162 Kensington Gardens 166 Greenwich Park 173 Epsom Heath, Derby Day 175 The Start for the Derby 180 The Finish of the Derby 184 On the Downs, Derby Day 196 Kenilworth 197 Stratford-on-Avon Church 208 Charlecote Park 214 The Hospital, Warwick 223 Ludlow Castle 225 Ludlow Castle, from the Moat 234 Stokesay Castle 240 Ludlow Tower 243 Portsmouth Harbor, and "The Victory" 245 Shanklin 254 Chichester Cross 260 Abbey Gateway, Bury St. Edmunds 264 Trinity Gate, Cambridge 267 The Workhouse 269 A Factory Town at Night 272 A Factory Town 275 The Parade, Hastings 277 The Front, Brighton 280 A Crescent, Hastings 286 Winchelsea High Street 287 Rye, from Winchelsea Gate 290 Rye, from the Winchelsea Road 296 Rye, from the Marshes 300 The Sandgate, Rye 308 xii A Street in Rye 315 FitzGerald's House 317 In Old Suffolk 326 A Suffolk Common 330