BIB_ID
382395
Accession number
MA 6091.5
Creator
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Display Date
1896 May 13.
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
On stationery embossed with "34, De Vere Gardens. / W." James has changed this address to "Point Hill / Playden / Sussex."
Part of a collection of eight letters from Henry James to Clement Shorter. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 6091 for more information.
Part of a collection of eight letters from Henry James to Clement Shorter. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 6091 for more information.
Provenance
Bookplate of Clement K. Shorter; inscribed to Leon Edel by Frederica and Harold Landon, 1959; signed by Leon Edel, 1959; The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Explaining that his first installment of his story "is purely and simply the first instalment [sic] only and exactly"; noting that he went over 5000 words "because of the difficulty of making ... in so small a compass, a telling start"; remarking that the next twelve installments "shall consist of 5,000 words exactly."
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