The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1880–1883 by James, Henry; Anesko, Michael; Zacharias, Greg W.; Sommer, Katie;

Recipient of the Approved Edition seal 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, to January 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.

The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1880-1883, volume 2, contains 177 letters, of which 97 are published for the first time. Each letter is followed by previous publication information or a note that there is no previous publication.

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Symbols and Abbreviations 000
Chronology 000
Errata 000
1881
[November 1, 1881-April 25, 1882, or December 26, 1882-August 7, 1883] To Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick Child 000
November 1 To William Dean Howells 000
November 3 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company 000
November 5 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000
November 5 To Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. 000
November 5 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company 000
November 6 To Marian “Clover” Hooper Adams 000
[November 6, 1881, November 20, 1881, or February 5, 1882] To Grace Norton 000
[November 9] To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
[November 10, 1881, November 24, 1881, or February 9, 1882] To Grace Norton 000
[November 14] To Grace Norton 000
[November 14] To George Abbot James 000
[November 15, 1881-January 7, 1882] To Mary Sherwin Gibbens 000
[November 16] To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000
November 17 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
November 17 To Frederick Macmillan 000
November 18 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000
November 19 To George Abbot James 000
[November 20] To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000
November 21 To Abby Alger 000
November 23 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000
November 23 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company 000
[November 24] To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
November 25 To Elinor Mead Howells 000
[November 27] To Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick Child 000
[November 28] To Elinor Mead Howells 000
[November 28] To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000
[November 30] To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000
[November 30] To George Abbot James 000
December 3 To Charles Strong 000
December 5 To Robert Grant 000
December 6 To William Dean Howells 000
December 7 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
December 8 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company 000
December 10 To Julia Ward Howe 000
December 13 To Grace Norton 000
[December 18] To Helena de Kay Gilder 000
[December 18] To Whitelaw Reid 000
December 20 To Henry Adams 000
December 26 To Whitelaw Reid 000
December 27 To Henry Adams 000
December 27 To Frederick Macmillan 000
December 29 To Whitelaw Reid 000
December 30 To Frederick Macmillan 000

1882
January 1 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000
January 7 To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000
January 7 To William Ralston 000
January 8 To Sir John Forbes Clark 000
January 9 To William Dean Howells 000
January 9 To Henrietta Reubell 000
January 10 To Grace Norton 000
January 15 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000
January 15 To Jane Dalzell Finlay Hill 000
January 22 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000
January 22 To Mary Walsh James 000
January 23 To Sir John Forbes Clark 000
January 23 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
January 23 To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000
January 27 To Robertson James 000
January 27 To Houghton, Mifflin and Company 000
[January 29] To Mary Walsh James 000
[February 2] To George Abbot James 000
[February 3] To Francis James Child 000
February 3 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000
[February 3] To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
[February 3] To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000
February 7 To Charles Eliot Norton 000
February 7 To Julia Ward Howe 000
[February 8] To George Abbot James 000
February 10 To Caroline Dall 000
February 10 To George Abbot James 000
February 12 To Unidentified 000
February 13 To Mary James Wilkinson Mathews 000
February 14 To Elizabeth Boott 000
[February 14-April 25, 1882] To Daniel Chester French 000
February 17 To Helena de Kay Gilder 000
February 20 To George Abbot James 000
February 27 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000
February 27 To Archibald Philip Primrose, Lord Rosebery 000
[March 3, 10, or 17] To Grace Norton 000
March 4 To William B. Closson 000
March 4 To William Jones Hoppin 000
March 4 To Henrietta Reubell 000
March 7 To Abbott Handerson Thayer 000
March 11 To Unidentified 000
[March 18]To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000
[March 23]To Grace Norton 000
March 29 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
March 29 To Arthur George Sedgwick 000
April 5 To John Milton Hay 000
April 5 To Frances “Fanny” Anne Kemble 000
April 7 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
April 11 To Grace Norton 000
April 11 To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000
April 12 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
April 14 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
[April 16]To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
[April 16 or 17] To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
[April 17]To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
April 18 To Julia Ward Howe 000
April 20 To Francis J. Garrison 000
April 20 To Edmund Clarence Stedman 000
April 24 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
April 25 To Owen Wister 000
April 28 To Edward Waldo Emerson 000
[April 29] To Thomas Sergeant Perry 000
[May 3] To Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick Child 000
May 25 To Grace Norton 000
May 25 To Mary Lucinda Holton James 000
May 26 To William Ralston 000
June 1 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000
June 5 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
June 5 To Edwin Lawrence Godkin 000
June 14 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000
June 16 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000
June 20 To Eliza Lynn Linton 000
June 27 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000
July 3 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000
July 6 To Frank 000
July 12 To Frederick Macmillan 000
July 23 To Eliza Lynn Linton 000
July 27 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000
July 28 To William Dean Howells 000
July 31 To Henry James Sr. 000
[August 1]To William Dean Howells 000
August 2 To Elizabeth Boott 000
August 2 To Edmund Gosse 000
August 2 To Grace Norton 000
[August 4]To William Dean Howells 000
August 8 To William Dean Howells 000
[August 10]To William Dean Howells 000
August 12 To William Dean Howells 000
August 12 To William Jones Hoppin 000
August 19 To William Dean Howells 000
August 29 To Thomas Bailey Aldrich 000
August 29 To James Ripley Osgood 000
September 3 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
September 3 To Henrietta Reubell 000
September 10 To Moncure Daniel Conway 000
September 11 To Henrietta Reubell 000
September 11 To Moncure Daniel Conway 000
September 14 To William Dean Howells 000
October 4 To James Ripley Osgood 000
October 7 To Elizabeth Boott 000
October 15 To William James 000
October 15 To William Dean Howells 000
October 16 To Alice Howe Gibbens James 000
October 17 To Grace Norton 000
October 28 To Henrietta Reubell 000
November 8 To James Ripley Osgood 000
November 12 To Isabella Stewart Gardner 000
November 13 To Sir John Forbes Clark 000
November 22 To Charles Hallam Elton Brookfield 000
November 22 To William Henry Huntington 000
November 26 To John Milton Hay 000
November 27 To William Dean Howells 000
[November 30] To Theodore E. Child 000
November 30 To William Dean Howells 000
December 1 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000
December 5 To John Milton Hay 000
December 5 To Theodore E. Child 000
December 5 To Henrietta Reubell 000
December 6 To Robertson James 000
December 8 To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000
December 10 To Edmund Gosse 000
[December 11] To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis 000
[December 21, 1882-January 4, 1883] To Charles Eliot Norton 000
[December 24, 1882-August 12, 1883] To George Abbot James 000
December 26, 27 To William James 000
December 26 To Frederick Macmillan 000
December 28, 29 To William James 000
December 29 To Gertrude Bloede 000
December 30 To Robertson James 000
December 30 To Grace Norton 000
December 30 To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley 000

1883
January 1 To William James 000
January 1 To James Ripley Osgood 000

Biographical Register 000
General Editors’ Note 000
Works Cited 000
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