Henry James (1843–1916) was an American author and literary critic. He wrote some two dozen novels, including Portrait of a Lady¿and The Golden Bowl,¿and left behind more than ten thousand letters. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Michael Anesko is a professor of English and American studies at The Pennsylvania State University. He is a general editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James and the author, most recently, of Generous Mistakes: Incidents of Error in Henry James. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Greg W. Zacharias is a professor of English and the director of the Center for Henry James Studies at Creighton University. He is the editor of A Companion to Henry James and the coeditor of Tracing Henry James. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Katie Sommer has been an associate editor of the Complete Letters of Henry James series since 2007 and has worked on the Henry James letters project since 2001.Kathleen¿Lawrence is an editor for¿The Complete Fiction of Henry James. ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1883-1884, volume 1, contains 173 letters, of which 115 are published for the first time. Each letter is followed by previous publication information or a note that there is no previous publication. Acknowledgments     Introduction: Restless Ambition; A Cosmopolite Author at the Height of His Powers, by Kathleen Lawrence     Symbols and Abbreviations     Chronology     Errata     1883 January 2    To Florence Bayard Lockwood     January 3    To James Ripley Osgood     [January 4-April 5]    To Isabella Stewart Gardner     [January 5-April 6]    To Isabella Stewart Gardner     [January 5-March 31]    To Lillian June Bailey Henschel     [January 7-April 1]    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     January 8    To William James     [January 11]    To Isabella Stewart Gardner     January 11    To Robertson James     January 11    To William James     January 12    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     [January 14]    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     January 23    To William James     January 25    To William James     January 26    To Helena de Kay Gilder     January 27    To James Stoddart Bain     January 27    To Frederick Macmillan     [January 29]    To Thomas Sergeant Perry     [c. January 30]    To Thomas Sergeant Perry     February 1    To Frances “Fanny” Anne Kemble     February 5    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     February 5    To Mary Elizabeth “Lilian” Woodman Aldrich     February 5    To Caroline Dall     February 5    To John Milton Hay     February 5    To William James     February 5    To Frederick Macmillan     February 7    To William James     February 11    To William James     February 12    To Louisa Lawrence     [February 12-June 11]    To Grace Norton     [February 18-August 12]To Grace Norton     February 21    To George Washburn Smalley     February 21    To John Wilson and Son     February 23    To Thomas Sergeant Perry     February 27    To Thomas Sergeant Perry     February 28    To Marian “Clover” Hooper Adams     March 2    To Houghton, Mifflin and Company     March 5    To Rhoda Broughton     March 5    To Unknown     March 7    To Henry C. Ahlborn     March 13    To Richard Watson Gilder     March 15    To Sir George Henschel     March 18    To Richard Watson Gilder     March 20    To William Dean Howells     March 27    To Elizabeth Boott     March 29    To Frederick Macmillan     March 30    To Alice Stopford Green     April 2    To Edmund Gosse     April 8    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     April 8    To James Ripley Osgood     April 12    To Francis Boott     [April 15]    To Grace Norton     April 17    To George Du Maurier     April 18    To Julia Colt Pierson Emmet     April 19    To Frederick Macmillan     April 19    To James Ripley Osgood     April 22    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     April 26    To Charles Hamilton Aïdé     April 26    To Grace Norton     May 2    To Robertson James     May 2    To Houghton, Mifflin and Company     May 2    To Grace Norton     May 2    To Thomas Sergeant Perry     May 4    To Lillian June Bailey Henschel     May 5    To James Ripley Osgood     May 5    To James Ripley Osgood     [May 7-July 9]    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     May 8    To Frederick Macmillan     May 9    To Emma Lazarus     May [13]    To Emma Lazarus     [May 17 or 24]    To Grace Norton     May 17    To James Ripley Osgood     [May 20 or 27]    To Grace Norton     May 22    To James Ripley Osgood     [c. May 23 or June 6, 13, 20, 1883]    To Grace Norton     May 24    To John Milton Hay     May 24    To Grace Norton     [May 25]    To Grace Norton     May 29    To Grace Norton     June 1    To Grace Norton     June 4    To Robertson James     June 7    To Louisa Lawrence     June 9    To Elizabeth Palmer Peabody     June 10    To Charles Hamilton Aïdé     June 11    To Frederick Macmillan     June 15    To Annie Adams Fields     June 15    To George Abbot James     June 16    To Houghton, Mifflin and Company     June 16    To Louisa Lawrence     June 16    To Christina Stewart Rogerson     June 16    To Hannah de Rothschild Primrose, Lady Rosebery     June 16    To Ellen Twisleton Parkman Vaughan  June 18    To Sir John Forbes Clark     June 20    To Robertson James     June 23    To George Pellew     June 24    To Caroline Sturgis Tappan     June 26    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     June 27    To Henrietta Reubell     June 28    To Sarah Wyman Whitman     July 8    To Thomas Sergeant Perry     July 10    To Sir John Forbes Clark     July 10    To George Abbot James     July 10    To Benjamin Holt Ticknor     [July 14]    To George Abbot James     [July 14]    To Grace Norton     July 18    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     July 21    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     July 22    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     July 22    To Whitelaw Reid     July 26    To Francis Boott     July 26    To George Abbot James     July 27    To Whitelaw Reid     July 28    To Grace Norton     August 8    To Grace Norton     August 8    To Whitelaw Reid     August 10    To Thomas Sergeant Perry     August 16    To Mary Cadwalader Jones     August 17    To William James     August 18    To John Milton Hay     August 19    To Grace Norton     August 21    To Sarah Wyman Whitman     [after September 1]    To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley     September 2    To Emma Lazarus     September 5    To Elizabeth Thompson     [September 5, 1883-March 3, 1886]    To Alice Stopford Green     September 6    To Sir John Forbes Clark     September 10    To Charles Eliot Norton     September 10    To Benjamin Holt Ticknor     September 15    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     September 20    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     October 1    To Theodore E. Child     October 10    To Theodore E. Child     October 10    To Sir John Forbes Clark     October 10    To William James     October 11    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     October 13    To Henrietta Reubell     October 14    To Elizabeth Boott     October 14    To Alice Stopford Green     October 15    To John Eliot Bowen     October 19    To Maurice Crawford Macmillan     October 24    To Walter Herries Pollock     October 24    To Christina Stewart Rogerson     October 25    To William James     October 27    To Louisa Lawrence     October 29    To Grace Norton     October 31    To James Ripley Osgood     November 2    To Frederick Macmillan     November 6    To James Ripley Osgood     November 7    To Edmund Gosse     November 8    To Ellen “Nellie” Epps Gosse     November 14    To Thomas Bailey Aldrich     November 14    To Grace Norton     November 24    To William James     November 25    To Thomas Sergeant Perry     December 2    To Robertson James     December 3    To Virginia Clark Waring     December 8    To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley     December 11    To Elizabeth Boott     December 11    To Grace Norton     December 11    To Dr. James John Garth Wilkinson     December 12, [1883 or 1885]    To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley     December 12, [1883 or 1885]    To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley     December 13    To Circe     [15 December 1883]    To Dr. James John Garth Wilkinson     December 17    To Alice Stopford Green     December 26    To Editors of the Galaxy     December 26    To Edmund Gosse     1884 January [1-29]    To Mary Augusta Arnold Ward     January 6    To Mary Morton Hartpence Sands     January 7    To Alice Stopford Green     January 15    To Lady Louisa Erskine Wolseley     January 16    To Juliet Creed, Lady Pollock     January 16    To William Ralston Shedden-Ralston     January 19    To Grace Norton     January 24    To Mary Morton Hartpence Sands     January 25    To William James     January 29    To Frederick Macmillan     Biographical Register     General Editors’ Note     Works Cited     Index