Chapter I: 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 Wagniere 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 Wagniere 144

To Thomas Sergeant Perry 146

To Owen Wister 148