Chapter I: Introduction 1-30

_Ancestry--Henry James, Senior--Youth--Education--Certain Personal Traits._

II. 1861-1864 31-52

_Chemistry and Comparative Anatomy in the Lawrence Scientific School._

LETTERS:--

To his Family 33

To Miss Katharine Temple (Mrs. Richard Emmet) 37

To his Family 40

To Katharine James Prince 43

To his Mother 45

To his Sister 49

III. 1864-1866 53-70

_The Harvard Medical School--With Louis Agassiz to the Amazon._

LETTERS:--

To his Mother 56

To his Parents 57

To his Father 60

To his Father 64

To his Parents 67

IV. 1866-1867 71-83

_Medical Studies at Harvard._

LETTERS:--

To Thomas W. Ward 73

To Thomas W. Ward 76

To his Sister 79

To O. W. Holmes, Jr. 82

V. 1867-1868 84-139

_Eighteen Months in Germany._

LETTERS:--

To his Parents 86

To his Mother 92

To his Father 95

To O. W. Holmes, Jr. 98

To Henry James 103

To his Sister 108

To his Sister 115

To Thomas W. Ward 118

To Thomas W. Ward 119

To Henry P. Bowditch 120

To O. W. Holmes, Jr. 124

To Thomas W. Ward 127

To his Father 133

To Henry James 136

To his Father 137

VI. 1869-1872 140-164

_Invalidism in Cambridge._

LETTERS:--

To Henry P. Bowditch 149

To O. W. Holmes, Jr., and John C. Gray, Jr. 151

To Thomas W. Ward 152

To Henry P. Bowditch 153

To Miss Mary Tappan 156

To Henry James 157

To Henry P. Bowditch 158

To Henry P. Bowditch 161

To Charles Renouvier 163

VII. 1872-1878 165-191

_First Years of Teaching._

LETTERS:--

To Henry James 167

[Henry James, Senior, to Henry James] 169

To his Family 172

To his Sister 174

To his Sister 175

To his Sister 177

To Henry James 180

To Miss Theodora Sedgwick 181

To Henry James 182

To Henry James 183

To Charles Renouvier 186

VIII. 1878-1883 192-222

_Marriage--Contract for the Psychology--European Colleagues--Death of his Parents._

LETTERS:--

To Francis J. Child 196

To Miss Frances R. Morse 197

To Mrs. James 199

To Josiah Royce 202

To Josiah Royce 204

To Charles Renouvier 206

To Charles Renouvier 207

To Mrs. James 210

To Mrs. James 211

To Henry James 217

To his Father 218

To Mrs. James 221

IX. 1883-1890 223-299

_Writing the "Principles of Psychology"--Psychical Research--The Place at Chocorua--The Irving Street House--The Paris Psychological Congress of 1889._

LETTERS:--

To Charles Renouvier 229

To Henry L. Higginson 233

To Henry P. Bowditch 234

To Thomas Davidson 235

To G. H. Howison 237

To E. L. Godkin 240

To E. L. Godkin 240

To Shadworth H. Hodgson 241

To Henry James 242

To Shadworth H. Hodgson 243

To Carl Stumpf 247

To Henry James 250

To W. D. Howells 253

To G. Croom Robertson 254

To Shadworth H. Hodgson 256

To his Sister 259

To Carl Stumpf 262

To Henry P. Bowditch 267

To Henry James 267

To his Sister 269

To Henry James 273

To Charles Waldstein 274

To his Son Henry 275

To his Son Henry 276

To his Son William 278

To Henry James 279

To Miss Grace Norton 282

To G. Croom Robertson 283

To Henry James 283

To E. L. Godkin 283

To Henry James 285

To Mrs. James 287

To Miss Grace Norton 291

To Charles Eliot Norton 292

To Henry Holt 293

To Mrs. James 294

To Henry James 296

To Mrs. Henry Whitman 296

To W. D. Howells 298

X. 1890-1893 300-348

_The "Briefer Course" and the Laboratory--A Sabbatical Year in Europe._

LETTERS:--

To Mrs. Henry Whitman 303

To G. H. Howison 304

To F. W. H. Myers 305

To W. D. Howells 307

To W. D. Howells 307

To Mrs. Henry Whitman 308

To his Sister 309

To Hugo Münsterberg 312

To Henry Holt 314

To Henry James 314

To Miss Grace Ashburner 315

To Henry James 317

To Miss Mary Tappan 319

To Miss Grace Ashburner 320

To Theodore Flournoy 323

To William M. Salter 326

To James J. Putnam 326

To Miss Grace Ashburner 328

To Josiah Royce 331

To Miss Grace Norton 335

To Miss Margaret Gibbens 338

To Francis Boott 340

To Henry James 342

To François Pillon 343

To Shadworth H. Hodgson 343

To Dickinson S. Miller 344

To Henry James 346

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

William James _Frontispiece_

Henry James, Sr., and his Wife 8

William James at eighteen 20

Pencil Sketch: _A Sleeping Dog_ 52

Pencil Sketch from a Pocket Note-Book: _A Turtle_ 66

Pencil Sketch: _Retreating Figure of a Man_ 83

William James at twenty-five 86

Pencil Sketches from a Pocket Note-Book 108

Pencil Sketch: _An Elephant_ 139

Francis James Child 291

DATES AND FAMILY NAMES

1842. January 11. Born in New York.

1857-58. At School in Boulogne.

1859-60. In Geneva.

1860-61. Studied painting under William M. Hunt in Newport.

1861. Entered the Lawrence Scientific School.

1863. Entered the Harvard Medical School.

1865-66. Assistant under Louis Agassiz on the Amazon.

1867-68. Studied medicine in Germany.

1869. M.D. Harvard.

1873-76. Instructor in Anatomy and Physiology in Harvard College.

1875. Began to give instruction in Psychology.

1876. Assistant Professor of Physiology.

1878. Married. Undertook to write a treatise on Psychology.

1880. Assistant Professor of Philosophy.

1882-83. Spent several months visiting European universities
and colleagues.

1885. Professor of Philosophy. (Between 1889 and 1897 his
title was Professor of Psychology.)

1890. "Principles of Psychology" appeared.

1892-93. European travel.

1897. Published "The Will to Believe and other Essays on
Popular Philosophy."

1899. Published "Talks to Teachers," etc.

1899-1902. Broke down in health. Two years in Europe.

1901-1902. Gifford Lectures. "The Varieties of Religious Experience."

1906. Acting Professor for half-term at Stanford University.
(Interrupted by San Francisco earthquake.)

1906. Lowell Institute lectures, subsequently published as
"Pragmatism."

1907. Resigned all active duties at Harvard.

1908. Hibbert lectures at Manchester College, Oxford;
subsequently published as "A Pluralistic Universe."

1910. August 26. Died at Chocorua, N.H.

(See Appendix in volume II for a full list of books by William
James, with their dates.)

William James was the eldest of five children. His brothers and sister, with their dates, were: Henry (referred to as "Harry"), 1843-1916; Garth Wilkinson (referred to as "Wilky"), 1845-1883; Robertson (referred to as "Bob" and "Bobby"), 1846-1910; Alice, 1848-1892.

He had five children. Their dates and the names by which they are referred to in the letters are: Henry ("Harry"), 1879; William ("Billy"), 1882; Hermann, 1884-1885; Margaret Mary ("Peggy," "Peg"), 1887; Alexander Robertson ("Tweedie," "François"), 1890.

THE LETTERS OF

WILLIAM JAMES

THE LETTERS OF

WILLIAM JAMES