The Letters of Henry James (Vol. II)

by Henry James

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THE LETTERS
OF
HENRY JAMES

SELECTED AND EDITED BY
PERCY LUBBOCK
VOLUME II
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1920

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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 (Mrs. Blanchard Rand)	[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].	The War 1914-1916
	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].

VI
Rye (continued)
(1904-1909)